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The Indian teen who became the world’s youngest chess champion

Indian Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju Becomes Youngest Chess World Champion at 18 In a historic moment for the chess world, 18-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju clinched the title of World Chess Champion, becoming the youngest player ever to achieve this feat. The Chennai-born chess sensation defeated defending champion Ding Liren of China in a dramatic match […]

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Fifa confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup hosts

Three matches in the 2030 tournament will also be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to mark 100 years of the competition. The hosts for both World Cups were confirmed at Wednesday’s Extraordinary Fifa Congress meeting following a vote. All 211 of Fifa’s member nations were represented at the meeting over a video link. The

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Second-half substitute Ferran Torres scored twice to help Barcelona win at Borussia Dortmund and move up to second in the Champions League table.

In an end-to-end second half Raphinha gave Barcelona the lead, latching on to a ball in behind and drilling a shot into the far corner. But hosts Dortmund were gifted a penalty when teenager Serhou Guirassy was pushed over by Pau Cubarsi in the penalty area. The Guinea forward expertly converted the spot-kick, finding the

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I’m not going to take Verstappen attacks – Russell

Max Verstappen was given a one-place grid penalty for impeding George Russell by driving unnecessarily slowly in Qatar qualifying last weekend Russell added: “I knew that was a spur of the moment thing, but the next day, we were joking around a bit with (Sergio) Perez and Carlos (Sainz), I saw it in his eyes

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La Liga and Real Madrid have condemned racist abuse aimed at Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal during Saturday’s El Clasico at the Bernabeu.

Barcelona’s recent victory over Real Madrid, marked by the young Spanish player’s 77th-minute goal celebration, was overshadowed by reports of racist taunts from some fans at the Santiago Bernabeu. Following the match, La Liga promptly announced plans to report these incidents to the Hate Crimes Section of Spain’s National Police Information Brigade and to the

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Messi hits hat-trick as Argentina beat Bolivia 6-0

Lionel Messi scored his 10th international hat-trick as Argentina thrashed Bolivia 6-0 in World Cup qualifying. The 37-year-old Inter Miami forward, who also set up two goals at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, moved level with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the most hat-tricks in men’s international football. Argentina are three points clear of Colombia at

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Ronaldo draws blank at Hampden

A packed Hampden crowd watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s 216th Portugal appearance Al-Nassr striker Ronaldo, having scored in each of his country’s three previous Nations League victories to take his international goal tally to an outrageous 133, as always looked to take centre stage on his first appearance at Hampden.He prompted boos from the home crowd as

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Man City accuse Premier League of ‘misleading’ clubs

Manchester City have accused the Premier League of being “misleading” over the verdict in its landmark legal case on rules over commercial deals. City have written to top-flight clubs criticising the league’s summary of the case verdict, saying it contains “several inaccuracies”. The letter to the 19 clubs and the league, seen by the BBC,

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Messi returns to Argentina squad for World Cup qualifiers

Argentina have been boosted by the return of captain Lionel Messi Messi, who plays for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, was left out of Argentina’s squad for their World Cup Qualifiers against Chile and Colombia in August due to the injury which he sustained during the Copa America final. Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to

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France’s Griezmann retires from internationals

France forward Antoine Griezmann has announced his retirement from international football. The Atletico Madrid player, 33, made 137 appearances for his country, scoring 44 goals, and helped them win the 2018 World Cup, converting a penalty in the final as France beat Croatia 4-2 in Moscow. He also won the 2021 Nations League with his

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Bangladesh reach final after thrilling tiebreaker win over Pakistan

Despite not winning any matches in the group stage, Bangladesh advanced to the semi-finals of the SAFF U-17 Championship. However, they made a remarkable comeback with brilliant football in the last four. Bangladesh will face India in the final battle for the title next Monday. Despite not winning any matches in the group stage, Bangladesh

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