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Cricket Rivals, Football Friends! India, Pakistan cricket fans rally behind England at Euro 2024. Watch | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan cricket fans often find themselves at odds while passionately supporting their respective teams. However, both sets of fans have been seen coming together, but for a different cause.During the World Championship of Legends match between Yuvraj Singh-led India Champions and Younis Khan-led Pakistan Champions at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Saturday, both India and Pakistan fans were seen cheering for England football team during its Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland.They were spotted watching England's Euro 2024 match on television screens at Edgbaston on Saturday, as captured in a video that has been widely shared on social media platforms.The footage shows the two groups of supporters jointly cheering for Gareth Southgate's team ...
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Euros 2024: The selfish egos of Ronaldo and Mbappe

Eyes shut, palms covering his face and pain, Cristiano Ronaldo stood pensively near the touchline. In a world unto himself, dealing alone with the bitter truth that his team is out of the Euros, he would leave the continental stage without a farewell that befitted his stature. Perhaps, he would never grace in a bigger tournament. The loss seemed undeniably personal, a moment so brutal that he could only think of the self, and not the team. He is his country’s most successful player; its totem and talisman. But when the team needed him to be the leader that stood by them in the darkest hours, he slipped into a world of his own. Others, among them the grizzled 41-year-old Pepe, holding back his own tears in possibly his last game for his country, had swept his arms around Joao Felix, whos...
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Euro 2024: France beat Portugal on penalties to set up semi-final against Spain | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Theo Hernandez's successful penalty kick secured France's hard-fought victory over Portugal in a tense Euro 2024 quarter-final match on Friday. The game ended 0-0 after 120 minutes, with France prevailing 5-3 in the shoot-out. This match is likely to be remembered as Cristiano Ronaldo's final appearance in the tournament.France converted all their penalties, setting up a semi-final clash with Spain.Portugal's Joao Felix was the only player to miss, hitting the post with his team's third attempt.The shoot-out triumph was a welcome change for France, who had previously suffered penalty heartbreaks in major tournaments. They lost the 2022 World Cup final to Argentina and were eliminated from the last Euros by Switzerland in the round of 16, both via penalties. Additionally, they...
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Former coach reveals reason behind Jude Bellingham’s steeliness: ‘As a kid, he watched his dad get kicked all over the place’

On ITV’s This Morning show, a guest didn’t hold back when the possibility of Jude Bellingham being banned for England’s quarterfinals against Switzerland was discussed.“UEFA’s headquarters are in Switzerland. If they ban Jude, we burn the place to the ground,” the guest fumed. His comment captured the mood of the nation days before the clash on Saturday night, especially about their undisputed star. If not for the 21-year-old’s splendid, 95th-minute bicycle kick in the Round of 16 clash against Slovakia, a sub-par England would have been on the flight back home. The goal, his celebration, and the comeback it sparked only added to the hype around Bellingham. England’s Jude Bellingham, right, scores his side’s first goal with an overhead kick during a round of sixteen match between Engla...
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Bellingham avoids immediate ban from UEFA for offensive gesture, Demiral suspended for two games ahead of EURO quarterfinals

Jude Bellingham has avoided an immediate ban from the UEFA for his offensive goal celebration gesture during England’s Euro 2024 Round of 16 match against Slovakia. Bellingham is therefore available for England’s quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday, but not before the UEFA slapped a fine of 30,000 euros ($32,500) and enforced a one-game suspension which the football body stated “is not immediately enforced and is subject to a probationary period.” Following his match-levelling added-time goal in the 95th minute with an overhead kick, Bellingham landed himself in a controversy. The 21-year-old kissed his right hand and signalled it towards his groin area. The 21-year-old’s actions were not caught by the on-field referee. However, the UEFA’s Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectorate ...
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Euro2024 Quarterfinal: Toni Kroos’s Germany vs Rodri’s Spain

Rodri is often the busiest man on the pitch; yet he has the calmest pair of eyes. He is always dispensing instructions, exhorting his men to keep the shape and order, urging them to keep calm and ride the storm, sniffing out a potentially dangerous move, filling up the space left behind by those deputed to attack or spotting an unspotted path to attack. But his eyes remain quiet, serenely scanning the field, processing the next move, and the next, comprehending the thrust of the narrative and seizing it before the adversaries do. His manager Pep Guardiola appraised him as the best midfielder in the world. “He’s able to do everything. The tempo he has, his character when the situation is going wrong, to step forward, go backwards, the ability to play short and long,” the master tactician...
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Grammy Award-winning Ed Sheeran performs to rejuvenate England team ahead of quarter-final clash against Switzerland in Euros 2024

Grammy Award-winning singer cum songwriter Ed Sheeran gave a private performance to England team in their training base in Blankenhain (Germany) ahead of their quarterfinal clash against Switzerland on Saturday. Sheeran’s unexpected arrival and performance were aimed at rejuvenating the players after a draining win against Slovakia (2-1) on Sunday which went into extra time with England trailing for the majority of it. This is not the first time Sheeran has performed for England to energize them ahead of games. Previously the singer performed ahead of the Euro 2020 final in St. George’s Park which unfortunately England lost in the penalties against Italy. Despite the team management trying everything to keep the spirits up of the team there is the question hanging around if Jude Belling...
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Euro 2024: Dutch show glimpses of Total Football in charge to quarterfinal

It was gorgeously simple football — the hardest thing there is, to reproduce Johan Cruyff. From the Dutch side of the centre circle, Jerdy Schouten rolled a pass to Xavi Simons. A pass with neither power nor pace, but it immaculately split two Romanian shirts, the referee and found Xavi Simons in the space.The playmaker cushioned the ball on his left instep, spun to his right, took a couple touches, and released Cody Gakpo, ferreting on the left flank. He cut away, then cut in, leaving his marker in the wake, took a touch to gather himself and slammed the ball net-wards, a low and ferocious shot inside goalkeeper Florin Nita’s near post. It was a throwback goal from a throwback display, bursting with a blend of flair and finesse (except in front of the goal), pace and precision, transpo...
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Euro 2024: Germany condemn Turkey’s Merih Demiral’s racist celebration in win over Austria

Turkey centre-back Merih Demiral has coped flak from German Interior Minister Nancy Faesar over his goal celebration in his team’s win over Austria in the Euro 2024 Round of 16 fixture on Tuesday. Demiral’s gesturing the shape of a wolf’s head is linked to ‘Grey Wolves’, an ultra-nationalist youth branch of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party. “The symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in our stadiums,” the German minister Faeser wrote in a post on X. “Using the European Football Championship as a platform for racism is completely unacceptable.” The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said it would look into “the alleged inappropriate behaviour” of Demiral. Speaking on his celebration, player of the...
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Jude Bellingham could miss England’s quarter-final as UEFA investigate gesture

England mid-fielder Jude Bellingham scored a 95th-minute bicycle kick deep into the added time to equal Slovakia’s 1-0 lead in the Round Of 16 game at European Championships 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Thanks to the goal from Bellingham the game stretched to extra time and Harry Kane scored immediately at the beginning of Extra time and gave England the lead which was enough for them to go through to the Quarterfinals where they will face Switzerland. However, there is a doubt that Bellingham would participate in the quarter-final clash with England because of his gestures after he scored the goal the game-changing goal on Sunday. After scoring the 21-year-old kissed his right hand and moved it to his private parts. Though the referee on-field missed the gesture Bellingham might be...
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Cristiano Ronaldo reveals why he cried after missed penalty in Euro 2024: ‘I was at rock bottom when my team needed me the most’

Portugal may have progressed through to the quarterfinals of the Euros but it wasn’t a cakewalk for the 2016 winners. In fact, in the lead up to the penalty shootout, they looked lost for answers – unable to score against Slovenia, who were playing in their first European Championships in 24 years. A critical moment in the contest came late in the first half of the extra time when Cristiano Ronaldo was denied from the penalty spot by Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Shortly after, the Portuguese captain was seen in tears as the team huddled ahead of the second half of the extra time. Opening up on his emotions, Ronaldo conceded afterwards, “Even the strongest people have their bad days. I was at rock bottom when the team needed me most. I was sad at first but now I’m happy. That’s what f...
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From tears to triumph: Cristiano Ronaldo’s emotional rollercoaster in Euro 2024 match against Slovenia | Football News – Times of India

Cristiano Ronaldo experienced a whirlwind of emotions as he missed a penalty in extra-time but later redeemed himself by scoring in Portugal's dramatic shoot-out victory over Slovenia in the Euro 2024 last 16, securing a spot in the quarter-finals.The match in Frankfurt was tense and goalless by the end of regulation time. Ronaldo had a significant opportunity to break the deadlock late in the first period of extra-time after Diogo Jota was fouled, earning Portugal a penalty.The 39-year-old stepped up but saw his effort saved remarkably by Jan Oblak. This miss was especially shocking for Ronaldo, who had successfully converted his previous 29 penalties. He was visibly stunned and held his head in disbelief.Moments later, the whistle signaled the end of the first period of extra-time, an...
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Euro 2024: Spalletti’s Italy attempting to reset stereotypical Italian football culture

Spectators of the ongoing European Championships that may not have kept up with Italian football over the past few years may be a tad confused watching the Italian national side that escaped into the last 16, where they take on a spirited Switzerland side on Saturday.Defending champions they may be, but having failed to qualify for World Cups on either side of their triumph in London three years ago, Italy were far from the favourites coming into this tournament – a fact laid bare by their laboured performances against Spain and Croatia in the group stages. This is an unconventional Italian team. That is not down to their style — Roberto Mancini’s side that won in 2021 showed how the national football identity had long binned ‘Catenaccio’ for modern systems of short passing and hard pre...
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Ralf Rangnick: From ‘not even a coach’ to taking the Euros by storm

Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t in a mood to mince words. Ronaldo, 36 back then, was in his second stint at Manchester United when Ralf Rangnick – who was the club’s interim manager – relegated the Portuguese from superstar to a mere cog by asking him to press, show aggression and maintain structure like any other player in the team. Ronaldo didn’t take it too well and was brutal in his assessment of the German. Throwback to when Ronaldo threw Ralf Rangnick under the bus to make an excuse for his poor performance at Man Utd.pic.twitter.com/7rKKv5liNQ https://t.co/OmXAum3Uf7 — Max Stéph (@maxstephh) June 25, 2024 “All the coaches that I had in my career, I call them boss because if they assume the job we have to call them in that way. But deep inside me, I never saw him as the boss,” Ronaldo ...
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Hungary knock Scotland out of Euro 2024 after Barnabas Varga injury horror | Football News – Times of India

In a dramatic turn of events, Kevin Csoboth scored a crucial goal in the 10th minute of added time, securing a 1-0 victory for Hungary over Scotland in their Euro 2024 match. The goal came after a distressing incident involving Hungarian striker Barnabas Varga, who suffered a serious injury and had to be stretchered off the field.The Hungarian Football Federation provided an update shortly after the match, stating that Varga was in a "stable condition" and receiving treatment at a hospital in Stuttgart. The incident evoked painful memories of Christian Eriksen's collapse during Euro 2020, where Danish players formed a protective circle around him after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch.Csoboth paid tribute to his injured teammate by holding up Varga's shirt during his goal celeb...
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The Hindu Morning Digest, June 23, 2024

Students from various organisation protest over the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations issue outside Ministry of Education in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP NEET-PG postponed, CBI to probe NEET-UG allegations, NTA chief removed, as panel set up for agency overhaulWith questions being raised about the “integrity of certain competitive examinations”, the Health Ministry announced the postponement of the NEET-PG entrance examination “as a precautionary measure”, just hours before it was due to be held on June 23 morning. This followed on the heels of decision to remove Subodh Kumar Singh from his position as Director-General of the National Testing Agency, which has come under fire for an alleged paper leak and irregularities in the NEET-UG examination, and other examinat...
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Longest video review of Euro 2024: Why referees took 2 minutes, 47 seconds to rule out Netherlands’ goal against France

The Netherlands believed they had finally broken the deadlock after nearly 70 minutes of play against France. Xavi Simons’ shot from outside the box – like many other goals in the Euro 2024 – was phenomenal. But his joy didn’t last long after the linesman raised his flag for offside. For 2 minutes and 47 seconds after that, the referee and the team of video assistants analysed the goal before ruling it out. Simons was not at fault. In fact, it came down to the interpretation of the offside law. What happened? Both teams struggled to find the back of the net so when Simons finally scored in the 69th minute, it felt like a significant moment, with the Netherlands thinking they could sneak a famous victory. Unfortunately for them, the goal was immediately ruled out for offside, with the as...
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Euro 2024: Tiki-taka is put on backburner as Spain turns to speedy wingers

Death by a thousand passes was a metaphor; death by 42 passes was real.Spain’s first goal against Scotland in a European Championship qualifier game in 2011 featured a sequence of 42 patient passes in 94 seconds. The build-up began with Sergio Busquets rolling the ball to Xavi Hernandez at the centre of the park and ended with David Silva slotting home a cutback from Jordi Alba. Every Spanish player, including goalkeeper Victor Valdes touched the ball in the intricate passing marathon that embodied the soul of tiki taka. Death by pace is the new metaphor, reality and identity of Spain. The two-time European champions’ first goal of Euro 2024, against Croatia took only three passes and six touches in six seconds. The left-back Marc Cucurella gathered a loose ball halfway in his own half,...
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Lionel Messi says the end is near, so this football summer, switch from Euros to Copa America when you can

Fellow football fanatics, we’ve been warned. And so, we must turn our attention from Euros to their less famous cousins on the other side of the Atlantic. Lionel Messi has said, the end is near.It wasn’t a bombshell, but rather a gentle reminder of the obvious — that even he won’t stick around forever. It’s only a matter of time now before the final trademark mazy run. Before the final line-splitting stab pass. Before the final feint of the ball. Before the final nutmeg. Before the final slick touch. Before the final free kick curled in the top bin. And before the final oohs and aahs. The nudge – without a date on it – comes ahead of Argentina’s Copa America campaign. It was the competition that set Messi and Co on their way to the big prize, wasn’t it? Cast your minds back to the summe...
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What’s behind the rise in long-range goals at Euro 2024

Arda Guler had done it before. His first-ever goal for Turkey was a delightful curler from outside the box. And so, when he let the ball fly on his Euros debut against Georgia, the ‘Turkish Messi’ had little doubt about the shot’s outcome — piercing through the crisp Dortmund air and bending beautifully to ruffle the top corner.The goal made Guler the youngest scorer at the Euros; the talk of the tournament’s early stages. More significantly, it put long-range goals in vogue. Guler’s isn’t the only one. Twelve out of the 42 goals scored so far in the Euros (until the Scotland-Switzerland match) were screamers from outside the box. This, the game’s stats-keepers said, is an anomaly. Everywhere else, the number of goals and shots from outside the box is decreasing. Long rangers, they arg...
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How to pronounce the names of footballers — Joshua Kimmich is Yo-zua Kimmeesh; N’Golo Kante is En-golow Con-tay

Much of the Euros football experience is about re-conditioning the mind to the unique, charming phonetics of players’ names from different parts of that continent. The year-round overhyped following of just the English Premiership and the silo knowledge of one league restricts fans’ familiarity with the wider football-playing cultures of Europe. And the Euros are a fine time to delve into the miniscule ‘s’ of Latin that is actually a ‘sz’ sound prominent among East Europeans, or the German umlauts. Some ‘j’ are ‘y’, and the Turkish ‘c’ is in fact a ‘j’. Poland, Georgia, Romania and Turkey pose direct challenges to the ignoramus with long, grand puzzling (to uninitiated ) names. But the Euros offer a good opportunity to expand minds, notice African migrant community patterns and even cor...
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Explained: Jude Bellingham’s ‘wolf’ celebration after scoring winner in Euro 2024 opener vs Serbia

After Jude Bellingham scored the winning goal against Serbia in a 1-0 victory at Euro 2024 in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, he and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrated the goal with a unique pose, which caught the internet’s eye. Thanks to Bellingham’s goal, England are off to a winning start at the European Championships. With Bellingham’s celebration getting as much attention as his goal, we explain what the celebration meant. What did Jude Bellingham do after scoring against Serbia? After the Real Madrid star had given the English a 1-0 lead in the first half, Alexander-Arnold and other teammates rushed towards him. While the rest of the players walked away, Alexander-Arnold and Bellingham knelt down opposite each other. They then rested their right elbows on their thighs befor...
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Euro 2024: A joyful and liberated Kylian Mbappe could mean a gong of goals for France

Kylian Mbappe is in the place he wants to be. In Real Madrid, in his dreamland; in the galaxy of his idols, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo. He is smiling more; he is joyful and relaxed, almost liberated from the gold-caged prison that PSG was in the last few years, the French newspapers would diligently note. It’s how France wants him to be in the European Championship, a smiling and happy Mbappe, unshackled and unchained, in the freest of spirits, in the mood to sweep away every human obstacle in his path. “A happy man is more likely to play well,” he would say before the friendlies, ahead of the European Championship. Last European Championship, he was not in the place he wanted to be. The world was not in a space it wanted to be, picking broken pieces of life from the pandemic, s...
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Germany thrash 10-man Scotland 5-1 in Euro 2024 opener | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Germany kicked off their Euro 2024 campaign by thrashing 10-man Scotland 5-1 on Friday. The comprehensive victory marked the biggest opening game margin in the tournament's history.Furthermore, it serves as a strong statement of intent from the Germans, who were considered somewhat lacklustre ahead of the tournament but are pursuing an unprecedented fourth European title and their first major trophy in a decade.The hosts took control of the match early on, with Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, and Kai Havertz's penalty giving them a commanding 3-0 lead before halftime. Scotland's task was further complicated when defender Ryan Porteous received a straight red card just before the break for a studs-up challenge on Ilkay Gundogan, which also led to the penalty.In the second half, ...
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Germany vs Scotland Predicted Lineup: All you need to know about GER vs SCO clash

Germany vs Scotland Team Predication, UEFA EURO 2024: Germany may be the host country for the Euro 2024, but they find themselves under pressure after suffering group stage exits in two of the last three major tournaments. Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann also has had a tepid welcome from fans to the hot seat after replacing Hansi Flick as coach last year. Ahead of the Euro 2024 opening clash, a report from The Associated Press even noted that the Scottish fans were more visible and vocal on the streets of Munich than the local Germans, a sign of how much confidence the host nation’s fans have in the team. The three-time European Championship winners (twice as West Germany in 1972 and 1980 and as reunified Germany in 1996) have a dubious record to defy coming into today’s game against S...
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