France's ideal scenario will be to contain the Barcelona forward and avoid ending the game on penalties, which are certainly not keeper Hugo Lloris's cup of tea.
Neeraj Chopra's foreign training stints in the last few years forced him to include non-vegetarian diet as vegetarian food was not easily available abroad.
Girona reclaimed top spot in LaLiga after beating champions Barcelona 4-2
Iga Swiatek will have her task cut out as she aims to pick up her third title in four years in Paris.
The bespectacled, tattooed 28-year-old, whose world championship triumphs have gone hand in hand with Olympic calamities, completed a hammer double for Poland after Anita Wlodarczyk's equally conclusive triumph in the women's event.
Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday
Anand scored six wins and two draws to seal the Rapid title in Poland, Warsaw.
Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell's dream run to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals
Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after Gavi's second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on Sunday and they will be joined by Group A rivals Scotland and Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying.
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!
Poland's Ambassador to India Adam Burakowski on Monday said his country is allowing entry to people of all nationalities who are leaving war-hit Ukraine by road and food and shelter will be provided to them.
'When I'm going to be next time in the same situation, I'm going to do some stuff differently because, it was a little bit stressful, and it shouldn't be.'
Avinash Sable on Sunday became the first Indian track athlete to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing sixth in the Silesia Diamond League meet in Poland.
World No 8 Muchova withdraws from Aus Open with wrist injury
The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
The FIFA World Cup knock-out phase kicks-off on Saturday in Qatar. Here's an overview of the teams advancing to the last 16.
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women's 400m on Wednesday.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen was in stunning form, winning all nine of his games to take a significant lead. He has 20 points out of a possible 27 going into the second half of the blitz on Sunday.
Gukesh had a fine run, beating Constantin Lupulescu and Saric after drawing with Richard Rapport in the day's first game.
India's Amlan Borgohain bagged a golden double as he stormed to victory in the 100m and 200m.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 'military operation' in eastern Ukraine, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby revealed at a press conference in Washinton, DC, on Wednesday that 'Secretary Austin (US Secretary of Defense General Lloyd Austin III) ordered the additional movement of some US forces that are currently stationed in Europe to continue our support for NATO allies in the defense of the Eastern Flank.'
Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category.
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return to the Sweden squad after a one-year absence.
India had topped the five-team league standings with three wins and one draw
Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Iga Swiatek 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to win the Madrid Open on Saturday, avenging her defeat by the Polish world number one in last month's Stuttgart final.
Abhishek Verma added a gold medal to India's tally by clinching the top prize in the men's compound individual final
A summary of Saturday's action in the Euro 2024 qualifying matches.
Mohit Kumar on Wednesday became the first Indian wrestler to win junior world champion since 2019.
Glimpses of Ukranians seeking refuge in neighbouring countries after the Russian invasion.
India clubbed with Egypt, Switzerland, Jamaica in inaugural Men's Hockey5s World Cup
Grand Chess Tour: Teenaged GM Gukesh defeats idol Anand in Rapid segment
The embassy was temporarily relocated to Warsaw on March 13.
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic gold, and silver and gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Five top contenders for the women's title at the US Open.
Mbappe, 23, scored twice as the defending champions beat Poland 3-1 in the last 16, taking his tally to five goals in Qatar and nine overall at the World Cup.
Pochettino, who is well aware of Messi's game-changing abilities having worked with the 35-year-old last season, said he was still the best player in the world.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to share the top spot.
IMAGES from the Women's Singles Final of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
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