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The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to try to stay in postseason contention without rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin. The club placed the 20-year-old rising star on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday due to an issue with the knuckle on the ring finger on his left hand. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Griffin … Read more
Gautam Gambhir & VVS Laxman Mumbai: The BCCI will again use a split coaching model to manage India’s packed schedule, with Center of Excellence chief VVS Laxman set to coach the team on the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe and at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, TOI has learned. Regular head coach Gautam Gambhir is … Read more
Hitman and 007: First Light developer IO Interactive will close one of its studios and lay off an unknown number of staff, after Xbox pulled funding for an upcoming project. Codenamed Project Dragon, IO’s under-wraps online fantasy RPG has been in development for years, partly funded by cash from Xbox. But now — with Microsoft … Read more
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will mark the first time that the tournament has had a halftime show at the final. FIFA announced back in May that Madonna, Shakira and BTS would be the headliners taking center stage in a spectacle best fit for a global audience. And just like the Super Bowl halftime show, … Read more
The findings come from the 2026 SDG Progress Reportreleased on Tuesday, which calls the goals “a shared blueprint for peace” while acknowledging the significant political and financial challenges associated with meeting the 17 ambitious targets. Call to action All 193 UN Member States adopted the SDGs in 2015 as an urgent call for action to … Read more
After 120 scoreless minutes and a tense penalty shootout, Switzerland became the final team to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup as it outlasted Colombia. BC Place Vancouver was a sea of yellow as it was firmly behind Colombia, and the large crowd watched both teams play fantastically defensively on Tuesday … Read more
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) India captain Shreyas Iyer did not mince his words after his side slumped to a record 125-run defeat against England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, describing the team’s performance as “atrocious” and admitting there was no excuse for such a heavy loss.England’s comprehensive victory not only handed them an … Read more
EVE Vanguard, Fenris Creations’ most recent attempt to bring on-the-ground FPS gameplay to the massive, shared, persistent universe of EVE Online, has changed quite a bit since I first laid hands on it last year. From the presentation to the basic movement and gunplay, it’s becoming a lot clearer what exactly our disposable warclones will … Read more
The U.S. men’s soccer team’s run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup ended on a damper note, but the United States Soccer Federation is feeling incredibly grateful for the support the squad received during its run to the round of 16. A day after its elimination from the World Cup, the United States Soccer Federation … Read more
The two-day summit brings together ministers, chiefs of police and senior representatives of policing organizations to discuss how UN policing and national police can mutually reinforce one another in addressing current and emerging global security challenges. “The goal of this summit is to ensure that our Organization is aligned and prepared to support the nearly … Read more