Lionel Messi is about to play the final Argentina match of his career, but the farewell was reportedly not something he immediately welcomed. The occasion was always going to carry enormous significance after more than two decades with the national team, yet there was another issue behind the scenes, with Messi said to have questioned…
The accusations against Man City leave little doubt about who was the better manager. Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside.One of the side effects of democracy is that people have too many asinine opinions that they feel the need to air, including questioning gospel truths by wondering if Babar Azam can be compared…
File Pic: Shahid Afridi and Yuvraj Singh during WCL Season 1. Pakistan Champions have withdrawn from the ongoing World Championship of Legends (WCL) Season 3 after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to issue the required No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to their players, bringing an end to the uncertainty surrounding their participation.The withdrawal comes amid a…
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group J – Argentina v Algeria – Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. – June 16, 2026 Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their Lionel Messi is preparing to wear the Argentina shirt for the final time, bringing an extraordinary international career to its closing…
Team India (Pic credit: AIFF) NEW DELHI: India’s U17 women’s side made a stunning start to their AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign, registering their biggest-ever victory with a 14-0 demolition of Iraq at the MP Selayang Stadium in Selayang, Malaysia, on Monday.The Young Tigresses broke their previous record wins of 12-0 against the…
Sahibzada Farhan and Salman Ali Agha (Agency Photos) Pakistan have made a change to their T20I leadership, with Sahibzada Farhan named the new captain for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka after leading the country to a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the squads for the Sri…
Sahibzada Farhan and Salman Ali Agha (Agency Photos) Pakistan have made a change to their T20I leadership, with Sahibzada Farhan named the new captain for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka after leading the country to a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the squads for the Sri…
L-R: Officials assist the injured man; and Daniil Medvedev speaks with officials. (AP/Reuters Photos) Daniil Medvedev’s China Open campaign ended in extraordinary fashion on Monday when the Russian was disqualified from his semifinal against Novak Djokovic after hitting a rebounding ball into the crowd that struck a spectator in the eye.Medvedev was trailing Djokovic 5-7,…
NEW DELHI: India bowling coach Morne Morkel believes teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi can benefit immensely from spending more time around experienced players, even if he does not get a game in the upcoming T20I series against the West Indies.The 15-year-old was part of India’s Asian Games gold-medal winning squad and played all the matches in…
Uruguay’s interim manager Diego Forlan in training ahead of friendly against India. (PTI) TimesofIndia.com in Kolkata: Diego Forlan with his locks of golden hair is unmissable. The FIFA World Football Museum sports one strange piece of memorabilia: a hairband worn by the Uruguayan during the 2010 World Cup where he finished joint top-scorer after scoring…
