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US swim great Phelps tells Congress that Olympic anti-doping efforts fall short

(This June 25 story has been refiled to correct the word 'tell' to 'tells' in the headline) By Moira Warburton and Allende Miglietta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps told a

Cricket-India look to end clear knockout hurdle in England semi-final

By Shrivathsa Sridhar (Reuters) - India can take a huge step towards winning their first major title in over a decade and bury any doubts about their backbone in the knockout rounds when they face

Soccer-History littered with poor starts that turned into success

By Mitch Phillips DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - In terms of performance, if not points, England have had a wretched start to Euro 2024, but they, along with a host of others, have shown previously

Soccer-Frustrated fans poke fun at England after another dull Euro 2024 performance

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - While England won their group at Euro 2024 their humdrum scoreless draw against Slovenia on Tuesday, the third dull performance in as many games, had frustrated supporters

NRAI begins process to hire coaches, experts for next Olympic cycle

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) The National Rifle Association of India has initiated the process of hiring high-performance managers and coaches for the...

Five Olympic bound Indian boxers to train in Germany ahead of Paris Olympics

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Olympic-bound Indian boxers, sans CWG gold medallist Amit Panghal, will travel to Germany for a month-long training camp,...

Soccer-Last in and first out, Poland’s predictable Euro 2024 demise

By Trevor Stynes LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Poland were the last team to qualify for Euro 2024 and the first to exit the tournament, and there were enough clues from the manner in how they reached

Soccer-FIFA awards win to Niger after Congo no-show in World Cup qualifier

By Nick Said FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - FIFA has awarded Niger a win and the full three points in a 2026 World Cup soccer qualifier with Congo that was postponed this month, the world governing

Soccer-Messi may skip Argentina’s Copa America game v Peru to rest

(Reuters) - Lionel Messi may sit out Argentina's next Copa America game against Peru to rest a sore thigh with his team already qualified for the next round after two wins. Messi, who turned 37 this

Soccer-Misfiring Serbia’s Euros debut was one to forget

By Martin Petty DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Serbia spent two decades in the European Championship cold before Euro 2024 and after three dismal matches, they might wish they had stayed there. The

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?