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Soccer-Pressure mounts as Ronaldo’s Portugal brace for underdogs Slovenia

By Fernando Kallas FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - Portugal's talented squad led by captain Cristiano Ronaldo will be under scrutiny when they step on to the Frankfurt Arena pitch to face underdogs

Gayle attributes low-scoring matches in US to ”jet-lagged” and ”tired” wickets

Bridgetown (Barbados), Jun 29 (PTI) Chris Gayle, the West Indies batting great and T20 World Cup ambassador, attributed the numerous low-scoring games in...

Soccer-Netherlands players clear the air and are back onside

WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Discussions within the Netherlands squad have cleared the air, after a poor performance in their last game at Euro 2024, and readied the players for their last-16 clash

Soccer-Maignan grabs the spotlight after emerging from Lloris’s shadow

By Mark Gleeson HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Stepping out of the shadow of France’s most capped international would not have been easy, but goalkeeper Mike Maignan has emerged as one of his country’s

Motorcycling-Ducati’s Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole at Dutch GP

(Reuters) - Twice MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati smashed the lap record in the qualifying session to clinch his first pole position of the season at the Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix on

Soccer-England’s Gordon promises to mark bike crash with goal celebration

By Lori Ewing BLANKENHAIN, Germany (Reuters) - England forward Anthony Gordon has promised to do a bike-themed celebration if he scores a goal against Slovakia in their last-16 match at Euro 2024 on

Soccer-Belgium, France in head-on clash both battling first round blues

By Mark Gleeson HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - By this stage of the European Championship, favourites France and contenders Belgium would have wanted to be well into their stride and hitting their

Praggnanandhaa let’s Gukesh off the hook on a day of draws

Bucharest (Romania), Jun 29 (PTI) Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa missed out on becoming a joint leader at the the Superbet Classic chess tournament after...

Not Bumrah or Rohit, Sanjay Manjrekar names India’s ‘wildcard’ player for T20 World Cup final

New Delhi , June 29 (ANI): Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar named Rishabh Pant as the "wildcard" player ahead of Virat Kohli and Jasprit...

Soccer-Brazil coach Dorival Jr hails ‘dynamic’ Vinicius after win over Paraguay

(Reuters) - Brazil coach Dorival Jr extolled Vinicius Jr's skill on the field after the Real Madrid forward propelled Brazil to a 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay on Friday. Vinicius terrorised

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?