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World Cup 2026 in review: The best, the worst, the unforgettable and the road to 2030

India, July 21 -- The World Cup is finally over. The late-night shifts, the frantic rewrites, the last-minute edits, the endless coffee and the scramble to keep up with every twist. It all came to an ... Read More


How Argentina's anti-football turned Lionel Messi's final World Cup into football's ugliest goodbye

India, July 21 -- On Saturday night, Argentina and Lionel Messi stood on the brink of history. Leaving aside the controversies that followed their run, La Albiceleste had reached a second consecutive ... Read More


'Doubles is our biggest priority': Sharath Kamal lays out India's Asian Games medal blueprint

India, July 21 -- From spearheading India's charge at five Olympic Games to becoming one of the country's most influential figures in table tennis, Achanta Sharath Kamal has embraced retirement with t... Read More


The night Lionel Messi lost it all: World Cup, Golden Ball, Golden Boot-and barely a mark on the final

India, July 20 -- For the man who had conjured magic throughout this World Cup, carrying Argentina through one knockout battle after another, as he has done countless times in his glittering career, t... Read More


Lionel Messi's next move after World Cup final heartbreak: Retirement, one last Copa America or something more?

India, July 20 -- In 2016, at the MetLife Stadium in New York, Lionel Messi faced the biggest dilemma of his career: fight or flight. A second successive defeat in a major final - first the 2014 World... Read More


'We underachieved in Hangzhou': National TT team coach Sourav Chakraborty targets medal redemption at Asian Games

India, July 19 -- Of the seven events in table tennis at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, India came close to winning medals in three, a haul that could have resulted in the country's best-ever perfo... Read More


She once queued for a photo with Manika Batra. Now 16-year-old Syndrela Das is India's next big hope

India, July 18 -- Sixteen-year-old Syndrela Das is living the kind of dream many young table tennis players spend years imagining. In the space of a few months, the teenager from Kolkata has gone from... Read More


How Spain dismantled France's fearsome attack to reach World Cup final: Rodri masterclass, Kylian Mbappe silenced

India, July 15 -- When the World Cup began a month ago, France and Spain were widely tipped as the tournament favourites, with most prediction models rating them above even defending champions Argenti... Read More


Lionel Messi isn't England's biggest problem-Argentina's midfield is the real World Cup semifinal threat

India, July 15 -- One semifinal is done. The other now takes centre stage. Spain dismantled France with a tactical masterclass in Dallas on Tuesday and now await the winner of Wednesday's blockbuster ... Read More


Lionel Messi isn't England's biggest problem. Argentina's midfield is the real World Cup semifinal threat

India, July 15 -- One semifinal is done. The other now takes centre stage. Spain dismantled France with a tactical masterclass in Dallas on Tuesday and now await the winner of Wednesday's blockbuster ... Read More