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In 2010, Spain reached the pinnacle of international football with a squad overflowing with established stars. A generation of world-class players combined technical brilliance, tactical intelligence and an unwavering belief in the power of possession to secure the nation’s first FIFA World Cup title. The team that won its maiden World Cup title also lifted…
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AITA interim president Chintan Parikh. | Photo Credit: File photo: AFP With the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to ratify the new Constitution scheduled for Sunday in New Delhi, three contentious clauses are likely to take centrestage. These concern the composition of the Executive Committee (EC), the upper age-limit…
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Sahal celebrates with Thapa and Subhasish. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mohun Bagan Super Giant kicked off its Durand Cup campaign with a 1-0 win over arch-rival East Bengal FC, courtesy of Sahal Abdul Samad’s second-half strike in the Group A fixture here on Saturday. With both sides missing several first-team players, neither of them…
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Mr. Meher K. Sunderji’s Dream Seller (Trevor up) won the S.M. Cama Music And Production Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore City Sprint Championship Gold Cup (1,200m), the feature event of the races here on Saturday (July 25). The winner is trained by P.S. Chouhan. The results: 1. BRAVE DANCER PLATE (1,800m): BLUE SAINT (Vivek) 1, Magna Carta (Antony) 2, Bruce Almighty (Akshay K) 3 and Art Of Romance…
Alfonsine, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the Karnataka Mile Championship Cup (1,600m), the chief event of the races here on Sunday (July 26). False rails (width about 5.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. ESQUIRE PLATE (Div. II), 1,200m, maiden 3-y-o only (Terms), 2-00 p.m.: 1. Darringer (5) Arvind K 56, 2….
India’s chief coach Vijay has tipped Raja to win a medal. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI The five-day weightlifting competition of the Commonwealth Games beginning at the Scottish Event Campus here on Sunday is packed with world-class talent. The biggest international star is Canada’s Maude Charron in the women’s 63kg category. A two-time Olympic medallist…
James with Biju at a training session. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When former Australia under-19 player John James returned to his roots in Kerala, it was not only to connect with his family but also to solve one of cricket’s most difficult puzzles: mastering spin on sub-continental pitches. He contacted renowned coach Biju George…
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Ramiel, Wanganui, Dandanus and Taaqath shone when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning (July 25) Inner sand: 600m: Quantum (Guruprasad) 39. Strode out well. Outer sand: 600m: Mistikos (R. Pradeep) 43. Moved impressively. Alpha Legend (Kiran Rai), War Queen (Rajesh K) 44.5. They finished level. Mystic Dew (Shinde), Flavianus (Raza) 44. Former finished…
Jhandu’s journey to the podium has been paved with hardship and sacrifice. | Photo Credit: AP It is not easy being Jhandu Kumar. For someone who has battled poverty for most of his life, winning the bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight para powerlifting event of the Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Event Campus here on…
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Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (L) tosses the coin as India’s captain Shreyas Iyer (R) looks on ahead of the second Twenty20 international cricket match between Zimbabwe and India at Harare Sports Club in Harare, on July 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to field against India in…
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