Football Fever
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Miura, 52, extends record as oldest professional footballer after signing contract with Yokohama FC
Admiringly nicknamed ‘King Kazu’ for his spirited onfield style, will kick off his 35th career season this year.
AFP
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Football: Saudi Arabia giants Al Hilal beat Urawa Red Diamonds to clinch third AFC Champions League
Salem Al-Dawsari and Bafetimbi Gomis scored to give the Saudi side 3-0 aggregate win.
AFP
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Angry Korean fans sue sports agency as Juventus don’t field Ronaldo during friendly in Seoul
The Portuguese did not play a single second of Juventus’s match against K-league all-star team in front a 65,000-strong crowd.
AFP
Trending
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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From Babri to Gyanvapi, how India’s courts have helped escalate Hindutva claims on mosques
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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Four strange symptoms of Covid-19 you might not have heard about
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Filmmaker Avinash Das booked for sharing photo of Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer
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Watch: Ibrahimovic nets stunning hat-trick in LA Galaxy’s upset win over MLS rivals LAFC
The unstoppable 37-year-old showed he’s still capable of astounding feats by dominating the smaller LAFC defence and scoring when it counted the most.
AFP
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Football: Gianni Infantino re-elected as Fifa president for second term
The 49 year-old stood unopposed for a new four-year term which will run until 2023.
AFP
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The feud between the Gulf countries could be playing out on a new frontier – English football
A Qatari investor is reportedly looking to acquire a stake in Leeds United, a move that may be strategic for more reasons than one.
Simon Chadwick, The Conversation
Video
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‘My biggest strength is my love’: Muslim man’s house, shops razed after marriage to Hindu woman
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Watch: Bengaluru torrential rains on Tuesday leave two dead
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‘If you don’t want to follow rules, get out’: Actor Patti LuPone calls out maskless audience members
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Watch: Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as the first Black, openly gay, White House press secretary
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Watch: How the music video of Ukraine’s Eurovision winning entry ‘Stefania’ was filmed
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Football: Barcelona great Xavi named coach of Al-Sadd after playing for the Qatari club since 2015
Al-Sadd won Qatar’s league title this season for the first time in six years.
AFP
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Diego Maradona returns to Argentina to undergo treatment on injured shoulder
Local media say he will stay in Argentina for around 10 days before returning to Mexico, where his employers are waiting for him to sign a contract extension.
AFP
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Raheem Sterling scores hat-trick as Manchester City hammer Watford 6-0 to clinch historic treble
The Sky Blues became the first English men’s team to pocket all three domestic trophies after sealing the FA Cup in style on Saturday.
AFP
The Reel
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Fatima Sana Shaikh: ‘Films have helped me cross an emotional barrier’
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‘Spiderhead’ trailer: Chris Hemsworth watches over prisoners controlled by mind-altering drugs
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Watch: ‘Nikamma’ stars Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty
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How Ashok Kumar learned to ‘open his heart through his eyes’
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Watch: In ‘777 Charlie’, meet Rakshit Shetty’s Dharma and his four-legged saviour
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Football: Zlatan Ibrahimovic suspended for two games after grabbing goalkeeper by the neck in MLS
Zlatan grabbed New York City FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson by the neck during Los Angeles Galaxy’s defeat last weekend.
AFP
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I’m sad for my boys: Diego Maradona misses chance to win first title as manager in Mexico
Maradona’s team Darodas lost in the Mexican second-division finals.
AFP
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Manchester United great Paul Scholes charged by English FA for betting offences
The charge levelled at the 44-year-old covers the period when he was a part-owner of non-league side Salford City between 2015 and ‘19.
AFP
The Field
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Archery World Cup: Verma, Saini, Chauhan stun Korea to reach men's team final, women clinch bronze
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Premier League: Second-string Liverpool beat Southampton 2-1 to take title race to final day
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Geneva Open: Daniil Medvedev returns to tour after surgery, loses first match to Richard Gasquet
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Watch: The incident that sparked a fight at the Commonwealth Games 2022 wrestling team trials
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IPL 2022: Tripathi’s 76, Umran’s three-for ensure SRH stay alive in playoff race with win against MI