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How Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, became the great sporting prodigy of this generationCricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, a 15-year-old sensation, is set to make history as India's youngest senior men's player. After a stel...- Greenland's independence champion despised Denmark. Trump changed his mindAs Greenland grapples with its quest for independence, a wave of rethinking has emerged. The persistent calls from US President Donald Trum...
- Messi mania grips Kolkata as thousands welcome Argentine iconFootball legend Lionel Messi has arrived in Kolkata for his GOAT India Tour 2025. Thousands braved the cold to welcome the superstar. Messi...
- Pele's pain, Rooney's rocket and great escapes: Everton bids farewell to Goodison ParkEverton's historic Goodison Park, a venue rich in soccer history and memorable moments, is set to close its doors to the men's game after 1...
- Numerous famous personalities passed away in 2022. See detailsSeveral famous people died in 2022, and there remain only warm memories that those alive carry with them into the future. Here are the peop...
- Pelé's first World Cup in 1958 was the start of a new era of football and in many senses of a whole new worldAround 1970 the football itself is a shape-shifting object. In India, while the cricket ball seems to be eternally unchanged, the footballs...
- How Maradona refashioned the football field as a battlefield-cum-canvas with his divine physicalityPhysicality for Maradona was about space-time to be created, expanded, contracted, controlled and conquered. This is a divine quality. Dieg...
- Diego Maradona, a divine talent with more than a touch of the devilMaradona was short, powerful and quick. He was also a ferocious and astute competitor who refused to be intimidated even though many oppone...
- Diego Maradona: Singing the body electric‘Maradona’ remained ensconced like a sun in jar, in a past which we had techno-magic access to, like an old whisky one takes out once in a ...
- 'Dance on in the heavens': SRK, PeeCee & Anand Mahindra pen heartfelt tributes for football legend Diego Maradona"May you entertain and enthral heaven as you did this world," wrote Shah Rukh Khan on Twitter.
- Why Virat-Rohit rift doesn't not matterAs long as they are performing their duties well for Team India, their personal equation doesn’t matter in the bigger scheme of things.
- Steely Uruguay ready for Mbappe-fired FranceBut it was his amazing 70-metre sprint earlier in the match, to win France a penalty, that stunned viewers worldwide.
- Argentina Vs Peru: All the nicknames to know before the big gameIn the grand tradition of football, the team line-ups in the crucial World Cup qualifier have a surfeit of evocative nicknames.
- Former Mohun Bagan goalie Shibaji Banerjee passes awayA green and maroon legend, Banerjee played for Bagan for 11 years and will always be known for stopping a free kick taken by Pele.
- Lionel Messi won't be playing for Argentina, announces retirement from national teamPlaying two days after his 29th birthday, Messi lost a final for the third year in a row and the fourth time overall with Argentina.
- A tribute to the master Pele by ZicoIf Pele was a modern footballer, he would have done a lot more, would have been known better across the world and, of course, a lot richer.
- Brazil has to stop exporting football talent to Europe: ZicoThe legendary footballer, often called the “White Pele”, blames Brazil’s football bosses for the mess.
- Free agent: Sometimes, it’s more than a jerseyby Akshay Sawai Observations on sport, culture or anything from the assorted platter of life
- Fifa World Cup 2014 kicks off in Brazil on June 12; get ready for a month of agony & ecstasy!The 2014 World Cup dream, many say, has gone up in smoke even before the teams have finished taking stock of player injuries and other such...
- Paulista vistasSao Paulo is unique in that it has an actual date of birth. Over 450 years ago, two Jesuit priests following the explorers to Brazil, found...
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