Lionel Messi said he wrote his farewell two days after Argentina’s World Cup final loss, but his father’s death on 7 August made him ‘more convinced than ever’ to retire.
The ‘football’ versus ‘soccer’ debate has existed for decades. While ‘football’ became the dominant term worldwide, ‘soccer’ remained the preferred term in the US and Canada.
Lionel Messi departs North American shores with 21 goals and 12 assists across his glittering World Cup career, a total of 33 direct goal involvements, the most in history.
Air Quality Index readings have climbed into unhealthy levels in several cities in the US, including Detroit and Chicago, as smoke from the wildfires in Canada spread southward.
England was comfortably dominating Argentina in the first half of the World Cup semi-final until Jude Bellingham decided to confront Lionel Messi. And, history repeated itself.
The 1891 census was built upon foundations laid a decade earlier by the 1881 census. Its success can be attributed to a longer, more meticulous preparation period than its predecessor.
As the middle class that powered India’s first 3 decades of liberalisation stagnates, and a newly ascendant business class powers ahead, the complexion of consumption & investment is likely to change.
The weapons are being purchased through NATO’s PURL framework, which allows European allies to fund the purchase of American military supplies for Ukraine.
Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted and instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, and by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters.
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