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In the shadow of the patriarchs

Football remains the most unpredictable team sport. That’s why the World Cup continues to captivate nations and create myths

Patrik Schick (Czechia) | Edin Džeko (Bosnia) | Vinicius Jr (Brazil) | Jamal Musiala (Germany) | Arda Güler (Turkey) | Alexander Isak (Sweden) | Jérémy Doku (Belgium) | Lamine Yamal (Spain) | Erling H ...

Football writer and historian Simon Kuper in conversation with Open Magazine

DK Shivakumar’s patience is rewarded as he takes over from Siddaramaiah as Karnataka’s chief minister

Whether the game is still beautiful depends on what we like—instinct and improvisation or speed and synchronicity

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence India-Russia trade will reach $100 billion, citing strong energy cooperation, investments and strategic ties, with bilateral trade already surging ...

Anthropic warns AI could soon design its own successors, accelerating development but raising risks of losing human control, urging global slowdown and stronger safeguards as capabilities rapidly expa ...