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Trump Targets Football Too

Trump Targets Football Too

The system may lean towards forgiving star players who are a draw at the gates, but not so blatantly as to pardon a...

7 July 2026 9:52 PM IST

AA Edit | The Cup That Cheers

AA Edit | The Cup That Cheers

48 teams, one trophy: stars old and new battle on football's grandest stage

10 Jun 2026 9:21 PM IST

Couples can use rooms for privacy in love motels (Photo: AFP)

Men want to impregnate their wives this week. Find out why!

Ingenious tip is encouraging men to get their better halves pregnant for the love of football.

5 Sept 2017 11:42 AM IST

CALLED UP FOR NATIONAL DUTY: Barcelona star Lionel Messi is part of the squad. AFP Photo

Argentina call up 6 Italy-based players for World Cup qualifiers

Argentina imposed restrictions on people traveling from Italy, Spain, Germany and France, says 14-day quarantine is...

11 March 2020 12:05 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Yorkshire racism row resolution shows Britain has...

I believe that British racism has changed in its manifestations and in the reaction it provokes from the establishment

20 Nov 2021 7:30 AM IST

Moroccos forward #19 Youssef En-Nesyri (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

AA Edit | Cup of hope: 4 amazing teams square off at WC

The coloniser versus the colonised is a nice narrative building up as France takes on Morocco, for long its...

12 Dec 2022 1:43 AM IST

Croatia players celebrate after they won the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Croatia and Brazil at Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha, on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Croatia beats Brazil on penalties in World Cup quarterfinals

Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved a penalty attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post

10 Dec 2022 8:57 AM IST

Argentinas Lionel Messi, second right, vies for the ball with Netherlands defenders during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Messi, Argentina beat Netherlands on penalties at World Cup

Messi converted his penalty in the shootout and Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martnez saved two attempts

10 Dec 2022 7:55 AM IST

A file photo of Mesut Ozil with Turkish president Erdogan.

Football is a sport but it is not far away from politics

Football is so popular in many parts of the world that some politicians don't mind using it to further their interests.

19 Jun 2018 1:53 AM IST

IAAF vice president Dahlan al-Hamad at the Khalifa International Stadium in a file photo. (Photo: AFP)

Fears surface as Qatar World Athletics countdown begins

It will be the first time the event is held in the Middle East.

29 Sept 2018 12:22 AM IST

In this file photo, Diego Maradona of Argentina celebrates with the cup at the end of the 1986 Mexico World Cup in the Atzeca Stadium, in Mexico City, Mexico. Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to take the trophy. The English will never forgive him for his Hand of God goal en route to winning the World Cup. AP Photo

Football legend Diego Maradona invokes 'Hand of God' to end pandemic

Argentina league, like most others in South America and Europe, has been stopped since since March 20 due to the...

30 April 2020 9:11 AM IST

An oracle camel in Pakistan

Psychic animals are for entertainment'

An animal predicting things on its own can only be fluke. There are 50 per cent chances of any team winning.

19 Jun 2017 12:16 AM IST