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Gurpreet prepares for the Panama challenge. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar When it was announced that India would face big names Panama, Brazil and Uruguay in succession, it took goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu by surprise. “It was unexpected, to be honest. Like everyone else, we wanted to see if this was actually happening,” Gurpreet…
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The Brazil team poses before the FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Scotland at the Miami Stadium in Florida. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Brazil national football team will face India in a friendly at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata on October 3, the Brazilian football federation (CBF) announced…
The World Cup began as a sprawl — 48 teams, three host nations, heat, distance, noise and the promise that football’s centre of gravity might tilt somewhere unexpected. Two knockout rounds later, Europe has placed six teams in the quarterfinals, with Argentina and Morocco the only survivors from outside the continent. European nations — Spain…
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Getting ready: Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki will be in the thick of things when Brazil flies in on his post. | Photo Credit: AP The World Cup has always belonged to the dreamers. Every four years, nations arrive believing history can be rewritten. The knockout rounds of the tournament, however, have little time for romance…
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A 25-foot cut-out of Argentine football legend Lionel Messi at Chellanam | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Have you seen the viral photograph of the 25-foot cutout of Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi put up by fans at Chellanam, in Kochi? Placing a cutout of Messi is now something of a FIFA World Cup tradition at Chellanam….
Amid a heated debate about Brazil’s flagship cash-transfer scheme last week, a United Nations report revealed that the country had made a giant leap on the Human Development Index (HDI) scale. The controversy erupted after a television presenter, Luciano Huck, said that Bolsa Família programme “discourages the poor from working”. As Mr. Huck was being…
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Trump stand on opposite sides on issues including multilateralism, international trade and the fight against climate change. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticised U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the U.S. leader has “no right” to threaten other nations,…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a press conference in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday (February 22, 2026) urged U.S. President Donald Trump to treat all countries equally after the U.S. leader imposed a 15% tariff on imports following an adverse Supreme…
Nearly two weeks after the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, uncertainty hangs over South America. The unease deepened on January 16 when the U.S. warned airlines to exercise caution over parts of South and Central America, citing risks linked to potential military activity. The panic followed a series of provocative remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, who claimed…
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Last Tuesday (October 28, 2025), before the sun had risen over Rio de Janeiro’s low hills, two favelas (shantytowns) on the city’s northern fringe were surrounded by heavily-armed troops as their armoured cars growled through narrow lanes and bursts of gunfire rattled the red-brick dwellings. The operation against the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang, which…