Paris Olympics 2024: India win successive hockey bronze after 52 years, gift Sreejesh perfect farewell

India, who claimed the bronze in Tokyo Games after a hiatus of 41 years, lived up to the expectations despite not having a perfect build-up to the Games.

Recalling the Paharganj boy who won India gold at the Olympics

Mohinder Lal, who learnt Hockey in the gullies of Paharganj and Karnail Singh Stadium, became an overnight star after scoring the lone goal against Pakistan in the final of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Interest in javelin increasing by leaps and bounds

Neeraj Chopra’s throw at the Tokyo Olympics that won him the gold medal was 87.58 metres. It inspired many Delhi athletes to switch to javelin, however, the capital’s best are struggling to move past the mid-70m range

Neeraj soars, Virat is grounded

In a year when Kohli’s slipping grip over the Indian cricket team became news, athletes became household names after the country’s remarkable performance at the Tokyo Olympics  For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the Games were postponed for a year in 2020 due to the Corona-19 virus. The Games, though, have […]

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, […]

Mission Tokyo, where do we stand?

With just 45 days left to go for the Tokyo Olympics, the Patriot takes a look at the Indian contingent and its prospects for the Games  As a nation, we are more emotional and concerned about what’s happening to the suspended Indian Premier League than about our preparedness for theTokyo Games-bound athletes. With less than […]