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Giant-killer: Firouzja beat Gukesh in round two of the Chennai Grand Masters. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Alireza Firouzja made heads turn at last month’s Norway Chess – playing his matches bound to a wheelchair after hurting his ankle in a fall. Despite the difficulties, he took third spot in Oslo and later won…
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Mr. Md. Minhaj Raza’s River Deep (A. Asbar up) won the Dr. K.M. Srinivasa Gowda Memorial Cup (1,200m), the main event of the races held here on Saturday (July 18). The winner is trained by V. Lokanath. Due to poor visibility and heavy rain, the Stewards of Bangalore Turf Club decided to postpone Saturday’s fifth…
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Sunday’s final will see a tactical duel between Luis de La Fonte and Lionel Scaloni. | Photo Credit: AFP The embrace lasted longer than the cameras expected. After a quick interaction in front of the fans at the FIFA Fanatics events, a first ahead of a World Cup final, Lionel Scaloni, the Argentina coach, walked across…
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Luis de la Fuente smiled when asked whether he was nervous before the biggest match of his coaching career. “Only because we’re going back by helicopter,” the Spain coach joked. “We came here by helicopter and that makes me anxious. About everything else I am calm.” It was an answer that revealed much about Spain’s state of…
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It is impossible to walk around Vyasarpadi, popularly known as the ‘mini Brazil of Chennai’, without running into a footballer. Football is not just another sport here. It is personal and, as Jayaseelan, a 44 year-old autorickshaw driver and ardent fan of former Brazilian footballer Roberto Carlos, puts it, “Football is life itself.” As Spain…
Commentator Sushil Doshi recalled how Gary Sobers believed touching Sunil Gavaskar’s shoulder before batting would bring him fortune. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Sir Garfield Sobers could dominate a Cricket field like few others, but the West Indies legend also had a deeply superstitious side. Commentator Sushil Doshi recalled how Sobers believed touching Sunil…
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I’m not saying India will qualify but India will have a better chance to qualify if they increase to 64 from 48,” former Indian Football star Bhaichung Bhutia said in an exclusive interview with PTI. File | Photo Credit: ANI A 64-team football World Cup, which the international governing body FIFA is mulling, will give…
The lineup of sports legends, all on the stage at Fanatics Fest on Friday night (July 17, 2026), was almost absurd. There was Tom Brady, the greatest Super Bowl champion of all time. There was Novak Djokovic, the winner of more men’s Grand Slam tennis tournaments than anyone else. There was Kevin Durant, the only…
England players train ahead of the third place play-off against France. | Photo Credit: Reuters There is perhaps no lonelier fixture in football than the World Cup third-place playoff. For 30 days, players dream only of one destination. They imagine lifting the trophy, hearing their anthem before the final and writing themselves into history. Then,…
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