After India’s stunning performance at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Patriot  takes a look at the athletes and the problems they have had to face   This is India, and in our country the challenges for the differently-abled are tougher. Above that if you are an athlete then apart from overcoming your body’s limitations, you […]

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After the team’s poor performance at Headingley, questions are being raised about Kohli’s slump and Vikram Rathour’s ability to pull him through it, Patriot  takes a closer look    Two things are being talked about in public posts regarding the recent innings and India’s 76-run loss to England in the third Test at Headingley on the […]

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Indian government’s move to privatise sporting facilities could not just make access to stadiums a lot more dearer, but also result in the country losing out on honing talent from the economically weaker sections of society One can easily judge the Indian Railways’ contribution to sports in our country by simply counting that 13 out […]

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With the Taliban controlling Kabul once again, clouds of uncertainty shroud the future of Afghanistan’s cricket team  After the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, there have been serious doubts regarding the future of the Afghanistan cricket team, or for that matter all sporting activities there. Though the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has made it clear that […]

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Winning its first gold in Track and Field has the country excited for the future, but will promises and photo ops be enough to transform the India’s sports infrastructure?  Everyone loves to love the champion! And if it is someone like Neeraj Chopra, India’s first ever Track and Field gold medallist, it’s little wonder that […]

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Overcoming hurdles, Mirbai Chanu ended India’s wait for a meal in weightlifting at the Olympics after an interval of 21 years As India’s latest sweetheart Mirabai Chanu climbed onto the podium in Tokyo to receive her Silver Medal after her scintillating performance, every Indian glued to their television sets noticed her “Olympic ring-shaped earrings” as she […]

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With the conclusion of Euro 2020, the Patriot has made an effort to debate about a good mix of all these known and unknown faces to come up with a ‘one perfect playing XI’ that our readers would love to read about…   Euro 2020 has entered our history books, but not before it turned […]

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Abhimanyu Mishra made history by becoming the youngest grandmaster in the history of chess. He has bigger plans. It’s just the beginning…..  Abhimanyu Mishra was 12 years 4 months, and 25 days old when he became a chess grandmaster in Budapest–Hungary last week. The youngest in the world to do that, he broke a 19 […]

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