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Roma have blocked Paulo Dybala and Nahuel Molina from attending Lionel Messi’s final Argentina farewell due to scheduling and travel concerns/ Image: Instagram Lionel Messi’s final Argentina appearance was supposed to bring together almost the entire group that helped him win the 2022 World Cup, but two familiar faces will be missing from the occasion….

Soccer Football – International Friendly – India vs Uruguay – Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India – October 6, 2026 Uruguay’s Rodrigo Aguirre celebrates scoring their sixth goal with teammates REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary TimesofIndia.com in Kolkata: India’s third and final friendly test on home soil ended on a losing note as they went down 1-6 to Uruguay…

Argentina’s Lionel Messi trains for his final game with the national team. (AP Photo) Benin defender Mohamed Tijani has offered a heartwarming perspective ahead of Lionel Messi’s final international appearance for Argentina, saying his team will not man-mark the legendary forward but instead savour the opportunity to share the pitch with one of football’s greatest…

Skipper Shreyas Iyer (Image: IANS) Three days after celebrating an Asian Games gold medal in Japan, Shreyas Iyer was back in action thousands of kilometres away in India and the skipper somehow found enough energy to produce the innings of his T20I career.Iyer and several members of India’s Asian Games squad travelled back after beating…

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The new leadership era in Indian women’s cricket has taken shape with Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma appointed vice-captains of the T20I and ODI sides respectively, joining newly-appointed captain Smriti Mandhana at the helm.The changes were announced on Tuesday after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down…

Shreyas Iyer scores maiden T20I ton (Image: BCCI) India skipper Shreyas Iyer marked his return to form in spectacular fashion, smashing his maiden T20I century as India cruised to an eight-wicket win over West Indies in the opening match of the five-match series on Tuesday.Chasing 172, India raced to 172 for two in just 14.4…

Bhuvneshwar returns in India colors Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return headlines the changes in India’s T20I squad for the upcoming New Zealand series, with the veteran pacer coming back into the national setup after a prolonged absence.India have made two changes to the squad currently featuring in the ongoing T20I series against West Indies. Bhuvneshwar returns, Ravi…

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman is set to regularly attend selection meetings as the Indian cricket board aims to avoid any miscommunication between the selectors, team management and the Bengaluru facility. BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia explained that the decision was made at the review…

Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana has been appointed the new captain of the Indian women’s side, taking over from Harmanpreet Kaur on a day of significant leadership change in Indian women’s cricket.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Mandhana’s appointment on Tuesday, hours after Harmanpreet stepped down as…

Sir David Beckham, Bank of America’s global sports ambassador (Image: Bank of America) David Beckham has helped launch a nationwide effort to bring football, known in America as soccer, into schools. The programme is called Soccer at Schools, it was unveiled in March 2026 in Altadena, California, where Beckham led a clinic for 500 students….