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Soccer-Set-pieces not a major factor in Euro goal fest

By Philip O'Connor BERLIN (Reuters) - Euro 2024 has seen plenty of eye-catching strikes from distance to get fans out of their seats, but despite the work done on the training ground and their

Soccer-Belgian fans went too far with angry reaction to draw

FREIBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Belgian fans went too far with their angry reaction to the team’s draw against Ukraine in the European Championship, veteran defender Thomas Meunier said on Thursday.

Soccer-Georgia’s French connection helps them into dreamland

By Felix Light and Andrew Cawthorne TBILISI/HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Eighteen years ago, an intelligent 29-year-old French defender called Willy Sagnol helped shackle Cristiano Ronaldo in a World

Soccer-Nacho joins Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah

(Reuters) - Spain defender Nacho became the latest big name in European soccer to move to the Saudi Pro League, joining newly-promoted Al-Qadsiah after a 23-year stay at Real Madrid. Khobar-based

Soccer-Familiarity but no fear for Switzerland against Italy

BERLIN (Reuters) - Familiar opponents Italy and Switzerland meet in the Euro 2024 last 16 in Berlin on Saturday, and while familiarity hasn't bred contempt, there is also no fear from the Swiss in

Tvesa leads Indian challenge in Swiss Open; Diksha, Pranavi take rest

Holzhausern (Switzerland), Jun 27 (PTI) Olympic-bound Diksha Dagar has taken a break from this week’s Swiss Open but there are five other Indians...

Soccer-Hungary exit Euro 2024, but end group stage on a high

By Christian Radnedge STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Hungary came into Euro 2024 tipped as dark horses after going unbeaten in 2023 but their inexperience on the big stage showed as they missed out on

Soccer-Bronze leaves Barcelona after two years

(Reuters) - England defender Lucy Bronze is leaving Barcelona Femeni with her contract set to expire at the end of June, the club said on Thursday. The 32-year-old, who joined Barcelona in 2022, has

Soccer-Georgia’s Ivanishvili pledges $10 million for team sparkling at Euros

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - The founder of Georgia's ruling party, billionaire former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, said on Thursday he would donate 30 million lari ($10.7 million) to the

Analysis-Tennis-Wimbledon top seed Sinner leads Italian renaissance

By Andrea Mandala MILAN (Reuters) - Millions of Italians, long known for their obsession with soccer, are about to find themselves torn between following their beloved Azzurri at Euro 2024 and tuning

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I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?