Lionel Messi scored his 800th career goal as Argentina beat Panama 2-0 in the South American team’s first match since winning the World Cup in December. Despite dominating possession, it took until the 78th minute for Argentina to take the lead as Thiago Almada bundled in from close range after Messi’s 30-yard
PV Sindhu crashes out of Swiss Open
Indian badminton player PV Sindhu bowed out of the women’s singles while HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth exited the men’s singles competition at the Swiss Open 2023 in Basel on Thursday. Sindhu, the defending champion, lost to Indonesia’s Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-15, 12-21, 21-18 in a hard-fought round of 16 encounter
Rory McIlroy powers his way to another win in Match Play Rory
McIlroy had every reason to love the long ball Thursday. Taken to the 18th hole in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy unleashed the shot of the tournament. He smashed a drive on the 375-yard closing hole so magnificently that it pitched on the green and rolled out to just inside 4 feet.
Chiranjeevi gives first clap to Rashmika Mandanna, Nithiin’s new film
Actor Rashmika Mandanna has teamed up with Nithiin for a new film. On Friday, megastar Chiranjeevi sounded the clapboard for the mahurat shot while director Bobby switched on the camera. Gopichand Malineni directed the first shot.
Robert Downey Jr eyes lead role in remake of Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’
The rights for the late filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 cult classic psychological thriller ‘Vertigo’ have been secured by Paramount Pictures. ‘Iron Man’ star Robert Downey Jr is reportedly in the talks for playing the lead.
Ajay Devgn unveils ‘Bholaa’ new track ‘Dil Hai Bholaa’
Actor Ajay Devgn, on Friday, unveiled the new track of his upcoming action thriller film ‘Bholaa’. Titled ‘Dil Hai Bholaa’ the song is sung by Amit Mishra and penned by Irshad Kamil. Taking to Instagram, Ajay shared a clip of the song which he captioned,
Vaccination halves risk of long Covid: Study
Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research conducted on more than 860,000 patients. The findings showed that overweight people, women, smokers and those over the age of 40
YouTube shuts Indian short video shopping app Simsim
Google-owned YouTube has announced that it is shutting down its live social commerce app Simsim, less than two years after its acquisition. Simsim is an Indian startup, which the streaming giant acquired in mid-2021, reports TechCrunch.
Hindenburg report wipes out $526 mn from Jack Dorsey’s worth
Former Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey was left poorer by $526 million after short-seller Hindenburg Research revealed that his digital payment company Block facilitates fraud against consumers and the government.
Maruti targets sales via Nexa outlets to overtake volumes of others
Maruti Suzuki India is targeting for its premium vehicles sold through the Nexa retail outlets to be more than the respective overall sales of Hyundai and Tata Motors by next year, according to Senior Executive Officer, Marketing and Sales, Shashank Srivastava.
