Morning Digest | Messi’s Argentina keeps its date with destiny; citizenship path to be eased for 6 minority groups from 3 nations, and more

Morning Digest | Messi’s Argentina keeps its date with destiny; citizenship path to be eased for 6 minority groups from 3 nations, and more

Lionel Messi of Argentina scores the team’s third goal past Hugo Lloris of France during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022, in Lusail City, Qatar. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Messi’s Argentina keeps its date with destiny Argentina defeated France 4-2 in […]

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It is anyone’s game on Messi’s big night

It is anyone’s game on Messi’s big night

Lionel Messi and Argentina have enjoyed a somewhat strange relationship in the past. By all accounts, he’s been the preeminent footballer of his generation, and by many accounts the best of all time. Yet, his own country has taken its time to fully warm to his greatness.  Partly, as Jonathan Wilson explained in his book,  […]

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FIFA World Cup 2022 | Messi is great, but France is here to win, says Hugo Lloris

FIFA World Cup 2022 | Messi is great, but France is here to win, says Hugo Lloris

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. | Photo Credit: AFP The world may have billed this as a Lionel Messi versus Kylian Mbappe final, but France captain Hugo Lloris said it would be foolish on his team’s part to just focus on the Argentine captain.   “I believe the event is too massive to focus on one player. […]

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FIFA World Cup 2022 | Argentine president to watch final match from home

FIFA World Cup 2022 | Argentine president to watch final match from home

The prospect of Lionel Messi finally winning a World Cup in his last tournament has brought extra flights of Argentina fans to the Gulf state. | Photo Credit: AFP Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said he will be watching Sunday’s World Cup final match between his national team and France from home, and not in person from Qatar. […]

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Morning Digest | Army sees itself in the dock over civilian killings in Rajouri; pendency remains hurdle to SC’s role as timely protector of rights, and more

Morning Digest | Army sees itself in the dock over civilian killings in Rajouri; pendency remains hurdle to SC’s role as timely protector of rights, and more

Protesters block the Rajouri-Jammu highway after two local youths were killed in alleged firing by sentry of an army camp, in Rajouri on December 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Rajouri civilian killings | Army sees itself in the dock as J&K Lt. Governor, BJP demand high-level probe The Army saw itself in the dock […]

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Messi’s fans in Lakshadweep dive to new depths to hail their hero

Messi’s fans in Lakshadweep dive to new depths to hail their hero

A giant cutout of Argentina star Lionel Messi erected under the ocean by his fans at Kavaratti on Lakshadweep. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement How far football fans will go to eulogize their idol? Argentina fans from the Kavaratti island in Lakshadweep claim to have dived nearly 100 ft into the ocean to erect a […]

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Messi carries the weight of Argentina into FIFA World Cup final against France

Messi carries the weight of Argentina into FIFA World Cup final against France

A banner in Buenos Aires shows Lionel Messi and Diego Armando Maradona and reads in Spanish “We deserve beautiful miracles and they will happen” ahead of the the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and France | Photo Credit: Reuters As Lionel Messi approaches his second and likely last World Cup final, the […]

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