Spain lifts FIFA World Cup after 16 years (Image: ANI) Spain’s long-awaited FIFA World Cup triumph was overshadowed by tragedy after a 13-year-old boy lost his life and two others were injured when part of a historic fountain collapsed during victory celebrations early Monday.The incident occurred shortly after midnight at the Arbol Gordo fountain in…
Fans gather during the World Cup final match between Argentina and Spain in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo) Is there a more devoted fanbase in international football than Argentina’s? Sunday’s scenes after the FIFA World Cup 2026 final defeat to Spain once again made that question difficult to answer.Rather than…
Spain midfielder Pedri celebrated his country’s FIFA World Cup 2026 triumph with a remarkable callback to a mysterious social media post he shared more than a year earlier, leaving fans convinced he had predicted the historic moment long before it happened. Pedri González post Shortly after Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the…
Kolkata: Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh was on Sunday elected unopposed as Hockey Jharkhand president for a fourth consecutive term during the association’s 13th Annual General Meeting in Ranchi.The election, however, comes amid a legal challenge over Singh’s eligibility to continue in office.The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 states that “a person may…
Kanika Siwach (left) and Udita Kolkata: Even as the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams prepare for the upcoming World Cup and the Asian Games, a group of players outside the current national set-up has signed up to play in Australia’s Hockey One league, scheduled to be held in Oct and Nov.So far, four Indian…
Some of the biggest turning points in a life do not feel significant while they are actually happening. Dwayne Johnson has described exactly that experience from his own life. “The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody, like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I thought, ‘That can be me.’ So I started…
Rohit Sharma plays a shot during 3rd ODI against England at Lord’s. (ANI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in London: Eight years ago, Rohit Sharma summed himself up with a line that now feels almost prophetic: “Throw me to the wolves and I come back leading the pack.” As retirement speculation engulfed him ahead of the Lord’s ODI,…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma‘s brilliant century in the third ODI against England at Lord’s ended in a losing cause, but the India opener took time to speak about his special partnership with Virat Kohli after the match. Rohit’s 138 off 110 balls kept India in the chase of…
In the autumn of 1948, a twin-engine plane flew low over the remote Chamberlain Basin in central Idaho and released a series of wooden crates, each fitted with a parachute and carrying a live beaver, into the wilderness below. It was not a stunt or an accident; it was a deliberate wildlife management experiment devised…
In a first-ever experiment in the United States, a robotic teaching assistant will be taking the helm of classrooms at a New York State school. While AI was expected to be introduced in American classrooms, the introduction of a humanoid robot has come as a shocking surprise.This autumn, 11th and 12th grade teachers at Salamanca…