The Champions League group phase draw concluded on Thursday (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Paris Saint-Germain’s defense of their Champions League crown will begin with a demanding schedule after Thursday’s draw in Monaco placed them alongside Bayern Munich and Barcelona. The French champions, who lifted the trophy for the first time last season, will also face Tottenham,…
Real Madrid pulled off a 1-0 win on matchday 1 against 10-man Osasuna thanks to a goal from Kylian Mbappe (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Real Madrid travel to the Estadio Carlos Tartiere on Sunday to face newly-promoted Real Oviedo in their second La Liga outing of the season. After edging Osasuna 1-0 in their opener, Xabi…
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targeting the government’s announced economic reforms and highlighting issues such as massive unemployment, falling wages, declining savings, and rising liabilities.“Your recent lofty speeches about ‘reforming’ the Economy are meaningless,” Kharge said through a post on X. “Pick up some REAL data and…
Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, amid protests by the Opposition. The legislation, which seeks to promote and regulate the online gaming sector, has drawn contrasting reactions — delighting the esports industry but sparking alarm in the multi-billion-dollar…
Shubman Gill and Axar Patel NEW DELHI: India’s Test skipper Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain in India’s 15-member squad for the Asia Cup 2025 T20I tournament, to be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28. The appointment comes more than two years after Gill’s last T20I outing in July 2023, when he…
Washington has once again become the crossroads of war and peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the American capital, accompanied by Europe’s most powerful leaders. Their message is one of unity, their goal clear: to prevent another humiliation like the one that unfolded in February, when Donald Trump openly challenged Ukraine’s cause in the…
California’s women in STEM are still waiting for real progress A decade of pledges, grants, and high-minded speeches was supposed to fix the gender gap in science and technology. Instead, California’s latest numbers tell a familiar, and frustrating, story: women remain a minority in nearly every STEM field, despite years of investment and political posturing.According…
Irfan Pathan and Shahid Afridi NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has opened up about his long-standing on-field rivalry with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, recalling both the personal barbs and the cricketing battles that defined their encounters.Pathan, who had immense success against Pakistan in his career — taking 67 wickets and scoring 807 runs, including…
For decades, the Bermuda Triangle, the stretch of ocean roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, has been the subject of mystery, fear, and speculation. From tales of ships vanishing without a trace to aircraft disappearing mid-flight, the region has inspired theories about supernatural forces, alien abductions, and even time warps. But according to…
Prasidh Krishna (AP Photo) The pacer put on a much-improved show at The Oval but his litmus test will come in home conditions later this yearAs Mohammed Siraj soaked in the applause and Shubman Gill became the toast of a nation, Prasidh Krishna appeared to slip quietly away from the spotlight, reflecting on his eight-wicket…