EXCLUSIVE | ‘FIFA World Cup becomes an ideal anchor property for us’: Unite8 Sports chief Bavesh Janavlekar | Football News

Unite8 Sports’ Bavesh Janavlekar is upbeat ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (Special arrangement) In 2002, backed by Abdulrahman Bukhatir, Ten Sports made a splash in the sub-continent’s broadcast market with the FIFA World Cup. Numerous other properties followed and the company built a strong subscriber base in competition to ESPN Star Sports.Before its…

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‘I’m not even the best player in Uzbekistan’: Javokhir Sindarov | Chess News

Javokhir Sindarov, the 20-year-old challenger for the World Championship, recently unveiled his competitive itinerary, featuring his debut at the US World Cup and participation in an upcoming event in Hong Kong. (photo/ IANS) OSLO: World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov appears to wear his stardom lightly. The Uzbek’s appearance is friendly and his smile towards the…

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Mr Pallavi: TVK MLA MR Pallavi walks out of GCC event after Chennai mayor refuses to hand over candle to light lamp | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam MLA MR Pallavi on Thursday walked out of a Greater Chennai Corporation inauguration event midway in after Mayor R Priya skipped giving the MLA the candle to light the lamp. The MLA and Mayor were to inagurate school classroom buildings in Perambur and Pulianthope areas. In the first event at an…

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‘You could not criticise Abhishek’: TMC rebel explains the breaking point of dissent | India News

NEW DELHI: The rebels of the Trinamool Congress on Thursday upped their ante against Abhishek Banerjee and explained the reason for their dissent.Expelled TMC MLA Sandipan Saha told PTI that the breaking point came during a post-election meeting where legislators were allegedly told that criticism of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee would not be…

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In 1979, Japan released mongooses onto an island to kill venomous snakes, but unexpected consequences followed |

A well-intentioned biological control attempt on Japan’s Amami Oshima island backfired spectacularly. Introduced mongooses, meant to control venomous snakes, instead decimated native wildlife due to a mismatch in hunting times. Image Credit: Ministry of Environment /Government of Japan The concept of biological control often sounds perfect in a boardroom. When a place is struggling with…

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Several Lufthansa staff injured after plane’s nose gear collapses at Germany’s Frankfurt airport – video

Several staff and crew members were injured after a Lufthansa flight’s nose gear collapsed on Thursday at Germany’s Frankfurt airport.“Passengers ‌had not ⁠yet ⁠boarded,” a company spokesperson said in a statement, adding that crew members and ground staff were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident, as quoted by Reuters, citing Bloomberg…

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‘Chose to face death together’: African couple undergoing IVF treatment found dead in each other’s arms in Delhi hotel fire | Delhi News

The couple were among the 12 foreign nationals who lost their lives in Wednesday’s blaze at the Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani NEW DELHI: An African couple undergoing IVF treatment in Delhi were found dead in each other’s arms after a devastating fire swept through a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, killing…

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‘Sorry mummy, papa, I have ruined everything’: NEET aspirant’s note found days after suicide in Nagpur | Nagpur News

AI-generated representational image. NAGPUR: Days after an 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, her family found a handwritten note in which she apologised to her parents and said she did not have the courage to appear for the re-examination of the medical entrance test.The student, Akanksha Chaturvedi, wrote…

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