THE ICONS: Coach Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi during the 2010 World Cup. (AFP Photo) The greatest triumphs sometimes follow the greatest lows. Ten years ago, a 29-year-old Lionel Messi — with eight La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and five of his eight Ballon d’Or awards in his bag at that time while playing…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed “until the end of America’s evils”, while warning that other oil and gas export routes serving the United States and its allies could also be shut if the conflict escalates.The warning came as the US military launched a…
India continued their dominance over England in ODI cricket, registering a sixth consecutive victory over the hosts to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The visitors chased down 259 with 28 balls to spare, ending England’s 12-year unbeaten run at Edgbaston in the format.While India’s clinical victory grabbed the headlines, one stroke from…
Quote of the day by Princess Diana (AI-generated image) Wealth can buy almost anything except the one thing most people actually want from the people close to them. Princess Diana put that gap plainly. “I don’t want expensive gifts; I don’t want to be bought,” she said. “I have everything I want. I just want…
File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: The 20 rebel TMC MPs, whose merger with Nationalist Citizens Party of India is yet to get Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla‘s recognition, are likely to hold their parliamentary party meeting here under the aegis of their new organisation Sunday, with its senior member Sudip Bandyopadhyay…
Priyanka Chopra revealed Nick Jonas often knows Bollywood breakups before she does, admitting he secretly follows gossip pages he won’t name. Joe compared it to DeuxMoi; Nick called it “good tea.” The couple, together since 2016, married in 2018 blending Hindu-Christian traditions, and welcomed daughter Malti Marie in 2022. Priyanka Chopra recently made a fun…
West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said that Mamata should recognise the historical significance of the July 21, 1993, movement instead of “attempting to rewrite its legacy”. NEW DELHI: Amid a thaw in relations, Congress invited Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to the party’s “Martyrs’ Day” programme in Kolkata….
Garrett Wareing and Amanda Fix will lead The Conjuring: First Communion as the younger versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren.Image credit (Instagram) ‘The Conjuring’ franchise has been a major success in the horror genre, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga becoming synonymous with the iconic paranormal investigator couple Ed and Lorraine Warren. The horror universe…
Smriti Mandhana (AP Photo) Few sights in women’s cricket are as reassuring as Smriti Mandhana in full flow for India. The elegant left-hander was at her fluent best in India’s historic Test triumph at Lord’s, scoring twin half-centuries to help script a memorable victory over England. In an interview with TOI, the 29-year-old spoke about…
There are many truths to Christopher Nolan’s persona and cinema that coexist simultaneously, and he is as layered a mind as the stories he tells Christopher Nolan is an avid consumer of fine Earl Grey tea. Christopher Nolan was relishing a very clearly non-Earl Grey chai with bun maska in Mumbai. Christopher Nolan’s films are…