The Lions, The Elephants and The Canaries: Football’s colourful identities
From animals and birds to flowers, colours and symbols of national pride, the nicknames of World Cup teams reveal much about their history, culture and identity.
From animals and birds to flowers, colours and symbols of national pride, the nicknames of World Cup teams reveal much about their history, culture and identity.
Florentino Perez secured another four-year term as Real Madrid president after winning the club's first contested presidential election in nearly 20 years, defeating Enrique Riquelme.
Debutant spinner Manav Suthar claimed 6/33 as India bowled Afghanistan out for 152 and enforced the follow-on on Day 3 of the one-off Test at the PCA Stadium.
Kimi Antonelli converted pole position into victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Isack Hadjar as seven drivers retired from a drama-filled Formula One race.
Alexander Zverev defeated Flavio Cobolli in a thrilling five-set French Open 2026 final to claim his maiden Grand Slam title and become Germany's first men's major champion since 1996.
The Prime Minister posted a tweet to mark National Sports Day, celebrated annually today on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, the legendary hockey player "Greetings on National Sports Day and tributes to Major Dhyan Chand Ji on his birth anniversary.
The Indian Cricket Team captain now has a total of 3,499 runs across 125 innings in 133 games at an average of 32.10.
ATKMB dominated the game in front of a crowd of more than 60,000 spectators. EEB also had chances, but had no goals after three games in the competition.
Pandya (33 not out) and Jadeja (35) shared a stand of 52 runs off just 29 balls.
Axelsen now possesses the last three Super 1000 titles in addition to the Olympic, World, and BWF World Tour Finals trophies thanks to his victory. In Glasgow in 2017, he additionally won the global championship.
