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 In a group of #GER and #ESP , #JPN qualifies as the group topper! #BEL makes an exit from group stage, but #MAR was overjoyed to qualify! Has been an interesting day! Aditi Chauhan reviewing it all:

 SSB Women register a comfortable 3-0 victory over Behala Freedom Football Academy in the opening game of the Women’s Para Football. Watch the match highlights here:

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-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay One of the greatest joys of watching domestic cricket, or sport for that matter, is to witness the rise of the underdogs. The favourites usually have better resources, following and the wherewithal. They are expected to win. But it’s a different story as far as the smaller sides go. For them, it’s almost always an uphill task, where they have to punch above weight to make a mark. Assam’s story in this season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy has been one like that. They lost to Maharashtra in the semifinal on Wednesday alright, but not before making 338 chasing a…

-Debasis Sen I am rooting for Spain but it will be nice if Messi lifts the World Cup: Vishwanathan Anand Debasis Sen, Kolkata: The ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is being followed by sports lovers all over the world and five-time former world chess champion and grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand is no different. The legendary chess player has been keeping a close eye on the matches in Qatar. He is rooting for the Spanish armada apart from following France and Argentina. Anand, who was in Kolkata recently to inaugurate the Tata Steel Chess India tournament which got underway from…

Qatar Caught Up in the Perfect Storm   The Asian champions, who won the 2019 continental tournament so emphatically, just couldn’t get going on the big stage, with the lack of genuinely competitive action since then a big factor in the team’s limp displays.  Even if we steer well clear of the geopolitical and human-rights issues that have been central to almost all western-media coverage of this World Cup in Qatar, what’s noticeable has been the derision directed at the host nation’s team. Dismal in a 2-0 defeat to Ecuador in the tournament opener, Qatar were only marginally better…

Füllkrug Could be Key to German Progress   The old-style centre-forward has had a journeyman career. But the country with a matchless forward tradition now has a team with no real attacking focal point. It needs Niclas Füllkrug’s goals if the efforts of the midfield creators aren’t to be wasted. Germany’s two World Cup games so far couldn’t have been more different. Against Japan in their tournament opener, they had 74 per cent possession and rained in 26 shots at the Japanese goal, as many as nine of them on target. On Sunday night against Spain, they had the…

-Boria Majumdar When Brazil last won the title in 2002, this is how the victory was reported in the Kolkata press the next day, “India didn’t play in the world cup. But they won it on Sunday night on the streets of Kolkata. ‘Bra..aazil’ – some sang others shouted and still others hugged friends in delight. One man – a wizard called Ronaldo – had made their day. Kolkata celebrated Brazil’s record breaking fifth world cup victory as if there was no tomorrow, living up to its reputation of being a true soccer crazy city. Their faces painted yellow and…

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay There are two things about something called a ‘grounder’ when it comes to the game of football. It means when you hit ball along the ground. First, it is difficult to hit with perfection when taken from a distance. Positioning of the body has to be perfect, head has to be lowered and placed above the ball, and the shooter’s body has to be bent from the waist. Otherwise, the ball will travel in air. Somewhat like cricket, where batters are advised to keep the head above the ball rather than away while executing the drive shot. Second,…

-Debasis Sen Atletico Bilbao strikers Inaki and Nico William’s dream of representing their respective countries in a FIFA World Cup got fulfilled. Nico already made his World Cup debut for Spain against Costa Rica on Wednesday while his brother Inaki started for Ghana in the Group H fixture versus Portugal on Thursday. Inaki could have spoiled the party for Portugal had he not slipped in the dying moments of the match at Stadium 974. Portugal goalkeeper Diego Costa was looking to kill the final few seconds with the ball in his hand in the box, unaware of Williams’ presence…