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.
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.
When the final whistle blows Monday, politics, wars, immigration debates, and online conspiracy theories will be pushed back where they belong—to the sidelines.
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.
Lionel Messi was forced to drop deep against England in the first half to orchestrate ball progression. In the second half, he shifted laterally, parking himself in the right half-space to draw markers.
This marked the first public rebellion against VD Satheesan from the Congress ranks after his assumption as chief minister in May, when he edged out KC Venugopal.
Even after the vital shipping chokepoint at Hormuz reopens, it may take as long as two years for energy-consuming countries to replenish their stockpiles, CEO Amin Nasser said.
Field Marshal Asim Munir’s latest reshuffle brings new officers into key Corps Commands, even as retiring generals move into influential military-linked and civilian positions.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
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