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Haaland scores twice as Manchester City cruise past Leeds in Premier League

Manchester City secured a 3-1 victory against Leeds United Wednesday, ensuring the champions closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points.

Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 to go sixth in Premier league

Goalscoring opportunities came aplenty, with the result leaving Aston Villa in 12th place on 18 points, while Liverpool are on 25 points, one behind Manchester United in fifth place.

Messi & Co. take choppers after heaving millions force Argentina team off open-bus parade

The Argentine capital has been in party mode since the team's dramatic victory, which has helped mask economic woes in the nation battling one of the world's highest inflation rates.

What is India’s FIFA ranking? MPs quiz govt on state of Indian football in wake of World Cup

Indian men’s football team is ranked 106th in the world while the women’s team is ranked 61, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha.

Lionel Messi confirms final at Qatar will be his last World Cup match

Messi led Argentina to 3-0 win over Croatia in their semi-final Tuesday and will earn 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring them their first World Cup title since 1986.

Pele’s health improving, vital signs stable, doctors say

One of the greatest footballers of all time, Pele had a tumor removed from his colon in September last year and was also being treated for a respiratory infection.

Football legend Pele not under palliative care, daughter says

One of the greatest footballers of all time, 82-year-old Pele had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021 and has been receiving hospital care on a regular basis.

Goals everywhere for England as Gareth Southgate’s side shows they no longer rely on Kane

England has already matched their World Cup record of 12 goals en route to the semi-finals in 2018 and one more already than when they won the trophy for the only time in 1966.

‘Miracle in Doha’ repeats for Japan after team stuns Spain, tears of joy in homeland

The sense of triumph rose even to Japan's normally staid political heights, with PM Fumio Kishida terming the win 'historic' & calling Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu to offer congratulations.

Germany’s exit not as shocking as it looks, team was dealing with leaky defence for a year

What happened in Qatar will not come as a huge surprise to those who had kept a close eye on Germany's build-up.

On Camera

Why Supreme Court’s AGR relief for Vodafone Idea can trigger questions of fair play in telecom

Uniformity of rules should be the playbook across sectors. Different rules, whether for telecom players, retail entities or online businesses, would invariably trigger the level-playing questions.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.