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India’s Manika Batra won her first-round match of the Asian WTTC Continental Stage with considerable ease while scripting a 11-2,11-3,11-2,11-7 win over Magdieva Markhabo of Uzbekistan on Sunday at the Lusail Sports Complex in Doha.The Qatar event, the first...

Winning the World Cup was not enough to lift Argentina atop the FIFA world rankings with Brazil keeping the No. 1 position on Thursday.Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Croatia but built enough rankings points from results over...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has no doubt that Lionel Messi is the greatest player of all time and his opinion would not change even if the forward had not guided Argentina to the World Cup title in Qatar,...

France coach Didier Deschamps is set to take a decision on his future as coach of the national team by Tuesday or Wednesday.Deschamps’ future were not a matter for discussion on Monday, as the team travelled back to Paris.However,...

A day after France lost to Argentina in the World Cup final in Qatar, striker Karim Benzema announced his retirement from international football on his 35th birthday on Monday.Real Madrid star Benzema, the current Ballon d’Or winner who has...

The six-goal final between France and Argentina set a World Cup record of 172 at this year’s tournament.The previous tournament record of 171 goals was set in 1998 and 2014. The 1998 tournament in France was the first edition...

France are disappointed they could not successfully defend their World Cup crown after losing to Argentina on penalties in Sunday’s final but leave Qatar with heads high having fought until the end, players Raphael Varane and Hugo Lloris said.France...

No one answers the door or the phone at the offices of the two campaign groups linked to a cash-for-favours corruption scandal at the European Union’s parliament, allegedly involving Qatar. No light is visible inside.No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ),...

As if he had not made enough fairy-tales, Argentina’s little genius Lionel Messi has saved the potentially most magical script for his last World Cup - with one line left to write.With immense pressure on him to match the...

Qatar are out of the World Cup - the first time a host nation has been eliminated after just two games.The Netherlands’ 1-1 draw with Ecuador on Friday was enough to seal the Middle East country’s fate after the...