Is Ambati Rayudu the solution to Team India’s middle-order dilemma? Is he the righteous heir to the number 4 spot? Can he be the deciding
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Neymar’s bluffs continue…this time, in poker
Fresh off his fakery at Russia 2018, the cards favoured Neymar this week, who finished an impressive sixth in the 288-strong field of a Brazilian
Hockey World Cup: India focus on ‘execution’ in Irish test
NEW DELHI: When it comes to a World Cup, rankings don’t matter. Ireland, the second lowest-ranked team in the FIH Women’s World Cup at No.
World Cup winner Mbappe donating bonus of about $350,000
PARIS: Teenage World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe is giving his bonus to an association that puts sports in the lives of hospitalized children. The head
Hamilton ready for record six at Silverstone
SILVERSTONE: Silverstone can provide the antidote to Austria for Lewis Hamilton this weekend, with a record sixth British Grand Prix win – and his fifth
Lionel Messi may have a bit left in tank
It was Jorge Luis Borges who wrote about ‘the infinite game’. “When the players have gone away, when time at last consumes them, the ritual
Iniesta calls time on Spain after World Cup exit
MOSCOW: Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta called time on his remarkable international career after his team’s surprise World Cup exit at the hands of hosts Russia
FIFA World Cup 2018: Flying on the wings of defenders
For a team that is still regarded as the best in World Cup history and best embodied the ideals of jogo bonito, it’s a bit
As Songachi changes colours, visitors drawn by art, not lust
KOLKATA: Sonagachi seems to have undergone a transformation in the middle of the World Cup season, with its residents painting the red-light district in myriad
FIFA World Cup 2018: Premature end to an African Safari
For the first time since 1982 – in 36 years – no African team will have advanced to the second round of a World Cup.