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This is it, easily the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet. Cricket fans often quote Mike Marqusee’s iconic description of an India-Pakistan cricket match as ‘war minus the shooting’; in football, El Salvador and Honduras actually went…

ROME: A like-minded sister, a brother-in-law tipped for government and a campaigning mother -- politics is a family affair for Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, even if her partner votes left. The 45-year-old is on course to become…

Russian Ivan Kuliak put a “Z” on his leotard in support of the invasion of Ukraine.Screenshot: Claro SportsThis morning, I woke up to the sight of a river of people, from the elderly down to the babies carried in their parents’ arms, trying…

ROME: G20 leaders will meet this weekend in Rome's historic surroundings of EUR, a neighbourhood created by Benito Mussolini to glorify his fascist regime and its links with ancient Rome. The summit of the world's major economies will be…

ROME: If high-stakes climate talks are to succeed next month in Glasgow, the initial signs of progress may emerge this weekend when leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies hold their first face-to-face meeting in two years. Big…