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TopicFIFA World Cup

Topic: FIFA World Cup

Will Messi play another World Cup? ‘Logical to think I might not,’ he says at teary Argentina ‘farewell’

The Argentine talisman scored a brace against Venezuela Thursday, lifting his World Cup qualifier tally to 36, matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.

Japan yet to finalise FIFA Women’s World Cup TV broadcast, coach says might harm game

This is the first time the rights to the Women’s World Cup have not been bundled with those of the men’s tournament.

Kylian Mbappe & Achraf Hakimi’s bromance on hold ahead of France-Morocco semi-final clash

Mbappe took Hakimi under his wing when the Moroccan joined PSG from Inter Milan in 2021. The pair sit next to each other on plane trips, they play video games and holiday together.

Argentina have worked out where to hurt Croatia, says coach Scaloni

When asked about Croatia's veteran midfielder Luka Modric, Scaloni said he was a pleasure to watch. Argentina will trust their system when they face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals.

Xi didn’t start the fire & a newly discovered Himalayan peak, ‘Kem Cho’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Argentina should sound a warning — Lionel Messi & co. are starting to click into gear

Argentina's shock defeat to Saudi Arabia early on had put them on the back foot but they steadily got better and saved their best performance for arguably their toughest pool opponent.

Ecuadoreans celebrate team’s perfect start to World Cup in historic win against host Qatar

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso joined the festivities with his country 'making history'. The game marked the first time a host nation had been beaten in a World Cup opener.

Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality haram, says it’s ‘damage in the mind’

Over a million visitors are expected to flock to Qatar for the World Cup and Khalid Salman said anyone coming for the tournament should behave according to the rules of the country.

Flick’s Germany still an enigma but seek World Cup redemption in Qatar

Unlike their 2014 title win in Brazil, however, Germany are far from favourites this time round, with bookmakers putting their pre-tournament odds at 10-1 to lift the trophy.

‘Last Dance’ for Argentina: Lionel Messi is man on a mission at Qatar World Cup

By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Lionel Messi has won nearly 40 trophies for club and country in an illustrious career but the Argentine forward's glittering resume has one major omission -- a World Cup

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.