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Columbia's Juan Quintero seemed a little disenchanted before he harmlessly sneaked the ball beneath the leaping Japanese wall on the way to the net.

Neymar was, no doubt, hacked down frequently by the Swiss defenders, but then he had a painted target on his back thanks to his overindulgence with the ball

England's encounter with Tunisia is a ghastly reminder of tear gas and beer bottles, flag burning and baton charging, burnt cars and petrol bombs, when England fans rioted with Tunisian counterparts for eight hours the day before the match.

Two years after frustrating Cristiano Ronaldo in the Euros, Iceland face the challenge of facing Argentina's dynamic attacking lineup led by Lionel Messi.

In Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala, Angel Di Maria and Giovanni Lo Celso, Argentina have some fine attack-minded players. The problem is, they all operate in more or less the same position as the finest of them all: Lionel Messi

Tiki-taka earned Spain world & European titles, but along the way the quest for ball possession mutated into ball obsession. Under Julen Lopetegui, however, La Furia Roja have moved on to a more direct style

For years now, Brazil have played with prosaic pragmatism, winning neither hearts nor trophies. But under coach Tite, a fan of Socrates and Tele Santana’s Class of ’82, they’re looking to turn on the style .

As Russia braces to host its maiden World Cup, it can’t quite shake off the Soviet past, which discernibly shaped their footballing ideology.

AB de Villiers' greatness was not merely the volume or runs, the raft of records or the radicalism his stroke-play embodied. It was equally about his revving impact on the game.

KL Rahul's story of how he, a cricket-obsessed character, has fused grace with brute force to produce an astonishing breakout IPL year.

MS Dhoni scripted a perfect chase for CSK, with their backs against the wall, against RCB. Deconstructing the CSK captain’s art of successfully chasing a target.

Beneath the phalanx of trophies and statistical heaps, Wenger’s legacy is undoubtedly the philosophy he professed, embodied and infused to English football, which still shines as brightly as his Invincibles.

Gururaja become India;s first medallist at CWG 2018 after he won the silver medal in the men's 56kg category weightlifting.

Manu Bhaker, a restless 16-year-old who gave up boxing and martial arts, indulges in bungee-jumping, finds time for needle-work, loves ice-skating and hates talking about her chances of being on the podium at Gold Coast.

P Gururaja says it's not only about individual glory but also about providing a decent livelihood for his family.

Vijay Shankar rues the missed chance as he recalls his nightmare in the final T20I of the Nidahas Trophy against Bangladesh at Colombo.

Wasim Jaffer might not be done breaking records yet, even if he shattered an incessant number of them en route to his unbeaten 285.

With the clock ticking down, it's getting increasingly difficult for R Praggnanandhaa to become the youngest Grandmaster. But whether he achieves it or not is of incidental value to his parents and coach, who believe he's earmarked for bigger feats.

As they sit to pick team for T20I tri-series in SL, selectors will find it difficult to ignore Mayank Agarwal’s spectacular season: Beginning Ranji Trophy, he has amassed 1970 runs in 28 innings at a strike rate of 107.