Shooting star dazzles at Asian Games

Palak Gulia, a 17-year-old from Gurugram, who became India’s first-ever Asian Games gold-medallist in women’s 10m air pistol, spends 12 hours training for the sport

Rahul races past the hurdles

Delhi runner Rahul, who’d buy second-hand kit and shoes from the Sunday Chor Bazaar due to hard times, has become the fourth fastest Indian in 1500m

Shankar set for bigger leap after success in Nationals

India’s top decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, who won gold at the recent National Inter State Athletics, is putting his American experience to prepare for Asian Championships and Asiad

Delhi’s sports icons outline the evolution of sports in the capital

Top achievers like cricketer Madan Lal, footballer Surinder Kumar and others among Delhi’s sporting community tell Patriot about how the landscape of five major fields has changed in the national capital

Milkha Singh: Tale of the tallest Sikh!

After inspiring generations, the legendary athlete Milkha Singh succumbed to post Covid complications on 18 June. A look at his life and achievements The first time I met Milkha Singh, it was somewhere in 1985 at the Punjab University campus playground area in Chandigarh. He was taking an evening stroll along with his better half, […]

103 years young…and running

At an age where people lose all hope of living and are confined to one corner of the bed due to illness, Mann Kaur, 103, is winning medals in running in different events across the world Mann Kaur of Punjab recently won a gold medal at the World Masters Games in Malaga, Spain where she […]

Run Delhi run

With the emergence of marathon and running clubs in and around the city, the sport of running appears to emerge as the next big thing in the capital in the coming days Housewife Alka Jain, 52, actively participated in athletics in her school days. Unfortunately, she had to keep her passion at bay as she […]