Cristiano Ronaldo has won just about everything soccer has to offer, but he has always treated his body like his most important trophy. That hasn’t changed with the Portugal captain now entering his sixth FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo, 41, reaffirmed that on Friday afternoon when he was asked by Chided reporters about his fitness for this … Read more
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team’s World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape. FIFA said Friday in a statement that the 32-year-old Partey won’t be able to travel from his team’s base camp in Smithfield, Rhode Island, … Read more
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Aashirwad Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Cricket appears to run in the Sooryavanshi family. While teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to make headlines on the international stage, his younger brother Aashirwad is now beginning to attract attention with the bat.Just 10 years old, Aashirwad Sooryavanshi produced a sparkling century in a local practice match … Read more
Dark Souls and Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki recently commented on the shareholder pressure that is putting FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa in the news recently. Reassuring fans, he insisted that Fromsoftware can still “freely make the kind of games we want to make without excessive interference.” Kadokawa has been in the news in Japan recently, … Read more
Right-wing officials and data center investors are increasingly claiming that data center protests are being funded and influenced by the Chinese government. OpenAI added to the discourse on Wednesday when it released a report describing a cluster of accounts originating in China that, the company said, had been spreading anti-data center messages on social media. … Read more
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will launch with a first-of-its-kind celebration: three opening ceremonies across three host nations on two consecutive days. Mexico kicked things off on June 11. Today’s ceremonies are in Canada and the United States. Each ceremony is set to feature a mix of local and international performers before the opening matches … Read more
India’s Harshit Rana (PTI Photo) Dharamshala: The Indian management and the selectors have asked Harshit Rana to join the ODI team ahead of the third ODI against Afghanistan in Chennai. TOI understands that the selectors are not going to announce any replacement for injured all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Rana will just join to get back into … Read more
It was striking to see actor Ben Starr stride out onto the Summer Game Fest stage at the weekend to give a double-thumbs up in support of Fortnite – though perhaps not for the reasons Epic would have liked. For many years, the battle royale has been the Polaris that CEOs and shareholders have steered … Read more
“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. The first two days of the World Cup saw two matches each. But now, the soccer bonanza begins. Four matches will take place on Saturday, headlined by Brazil vs. Morocco. Here’s how I’m wagering on match day 3 of the tournament. This … Read more
Released on Friday ahead of World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, the WHO The study offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of blood systems worldwide, drawing on data from 168 countries representing 97 per cent of the global population. The report highlights significant advances in blood donation and safety. More than 85 per … Read more