Amit Banerjee
Sports Writer at Firstpost
Sports writer, currently with @Firstpost | ex-@cricket_country | @ACJIndia alumnus | 'Probashi' Bong | Mostly tweet on cricket
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1 week ago |
firstpost.com | Amit Banerjee
At an age where a majority of school-going kids are either busy clearing their homework, preparing for exams or playing hide-and-seek and other games with friends in the neighbourhood, Anika Dubey has already announced herself as the next big thing in Indian squash. Not only is Dubey, a Pune resident, a three-time national junior champion in the sport, she had also competed at the Asian level earlier this year and is set for her maiden appearance in a global event in a month’s time.
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1 week ago |
firstpost.com | Amit Banerjee
It’s been more than three decades since the late Nelson Mandela was elected President of the Republic of South Africa, marking the end of decades of ‘Apartheid’ rule in the country. Race, however, continues to dominate nearly every aspect of life in South Africa, including sport.
Rewind: Dreamliner’s sole survivor brings back memories of lone survivors - From Amazon to Ahmedabad
1 week ago |
telanganatoday.com | Amit Banerjee
Published Date - 14 June 2025, 08:22 PM By Amit BanerjeeThe survival of a British passenger of Indian origin, Vishwash Ķumar Ramesh of the ill-fated Dreamliner AI-171 that crashed soon after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, is indeed a miraculous event. This must rank as one of the deadliest aviation tragedies, which claimed the lives of 241 passengers and 12 crew members on board. “I don’t believe how I survived.
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2 weeks ago |
firstpost.com | Amit Banerjee
Indian football fans might struggle to recall a time when their senior national teams, men or women, looked more soulless on the field than they do now. The women’s team currently finds itself ranked 70th – their lowest ever – while the men’s team currently is ranked 127th. There was a time – and this was just seven years ago – when Uzbekistan and India were neighbours on FIFA rankings, ranked 96th and 97th respectively.
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3 weeks ago |
firstpost.com | Amit Banerjee
“Obviously, becoming the world champion doesn’t mean that I am the best player in the world. Obviously, there’s Magnus”. Despite fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming theyoungest world champion in chess historyat the tender age of 18, breaking the record that had previously been set by the legendary Garry Kasparov, there was a part of Gukesh Dommaraju that wasn’t satisfied yet.
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Had the pleasure of writing on Temba Bavuma burying the ‘quota’ tag for good by masterminding the greatest triumph in South African cricket history #WTCFinal #ProteaFire
Temba Bavuma: The poster boy of 'racial quota' criticism inspires South Africa past the 'chokers' tag @akb287 ✍️ https://t.co/ovGcHYjBVj