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Topic: Soccer

Football legend & former Wales & Liverpool defender, Joey Jones, dies at 70

The Liverpool and Wrexham clubs announced Tuesday, Jones passed away at the age of 70 after illness.

Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager after second defeat in European Championship final

Southgate took charge in 2016 and oversaw 102 games, leading the team to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018 as well as the Euros finals in 2021 and 2024.

India’s stalwart footballer Sunil Chhetri retires. ‘Time for country to see next No 9’

The India captain, the country's most prolific scorer, will retire from international football after the World Cup qualifier against Kuwait on 6 June.

Saudi Arabia confirmed to host 2034 Soccer World Cup after Australia drops out

FIFA had invited bids from Asia and Oceania for the tournament by Oct. 31.

Spain’s players to end boycott after football federation agrees to change structure

The boycott was triggered after former RFEF chief Rubiales non-consensually kissed player Hermoso on the lips following Spain's World Cup victory.

Soccer agents lose appeal against FIFA’s transfer commission cap, licencing examinations

FIFA wants to limit agents to taking a maximum 3% commission for any transfer of more than $200,000 and 5% for deals less than $200,000.

‘Great things are going to happen’ — Messi at Inter Miami’s grand welcome party

Seven-times Ballon d'Or winner walked toward midfield and was presented with his No. 10 shirt before addressing the crowd with a few brief remarks in Spanish.

Neymar fined $3.3 million for breaching environmental rules

Soccer star violated rules during construction of his mansion in Brazil regarding use and movement of freshwater sources, rock and sand, local authorities confirmed Monday.

Inter Miami appoints Gerardo Martino as new head coach, reuniting him with Messi

The 60-year-old previously coached Lionel Messi at Barcelona and at Argentina between 2013 and 2016.

Messi in Beijing for a friendly match before move to Inter Miami

The football star confirmed this week that he will leave French champions Paris St Germain for the US league. This is Argentina captain's 7th visit to China and his 1st since 2017.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

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.