Lionel Messi failed to score for the first time in 10 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, but the Argentina captain still played a key role in his team’s 3-1 extra-time win over Switzerland in the quarterfinals on Saturday.Messi’s nine-match scoring streak came to an end, but he provided the assist for Argentina’s opening goal as…
CHENNAI: Few playback singers have shaped Tamil cinema the way S Janaki did. For nearly six decades, she wasn’t merely a singer lending her voice to heroines, she was the emotional fulcrum of Tamil films. Whether it was romance, sorrow, devotional, folk music or a light comedy, Janaki could alter the texture of her voice…
Finn Allen and Hassan Khan (X-Cricbuzz) San Francisco Unicorns sealed top spot in the Major League Cricket standings and booked their place in the semifinals with a thrilling chase of 191 against Seattle Orcas, thanks to a sensational late assault from Hassan Khan. With 47 runs needed from the final four overs, the contest was…
anna university College of Engineering, Anna University at Guindy in Chennai. Photo. C Suresh Kumar Chennai: In a move to ensure quality in engineering education, Anna University did not give affiliation to any courses in 10 engineering colleges this year as they did not have required faculty members, facilities such as labs and classrooms. These…
Ben Dwarshuis produced a stunning late cameo to guide Washington Freedom to a dramatic three-wicket victory over Texas Super Kings in Major League Cricket, a result that kept his side firmly in the playoff race while eliminating the Super Kings from contention. Chasing 166, Washington Freedom appeared to be in control before suffering a dramatic…
Salem/Trichy/Madurai: Ten of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a speed boat capsize off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island on Saturday hailed from Tamil Nadu. Some of them were businessmen while others were agents of a cellphone company on a sponsored tour.The deceased were Balaji Natesan, Alagurajan Sivasamy and Shaik Abdullah from Trichy, Santhosh…
Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Shreyas Iyer‘s wait for a maiden victory as India’s T20I captain continued on Saturday after England handed the visitors a 56-run defeat in the fifth and final T20I at the Rose Bowl. The loss extended Iyer’s winless run to seven consecutive T20Is as captain, placing him on an unwanted…
Indian flag at Kilimanjaro Chennai: A 16-member team of Indian mountaineers carried a massive Indian tricolour to the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, in Tanzania. The expedition was led by Chennai-based mountaineer N Muthamizhselvi, the first person from Tamil Nadu to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents.The expedition took place from July…
Shivam Dube (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: India made the perfect start in the fifth and final T20I against England by dismissing Phil Salt early at The Rose Bowl in Southampton. But just a few overs later, a costly fielding mistake from Shivam Dube gave England captain Harry Brook a lifeline.The incident happened in the…
A speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsized near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island. SALEM/TRICHY/MADURAI: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed and 17 injured after a speedboat carrying 32 Indian passengers and four crew capsized less than 500m off Vietnam’s Hon May Rut Ngoai island, close to Phu Quoc, around 1pm on Saturday.Ten of them were from…