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Qatar World Cup will be my last, confirms Argentina's Lionel Messi

The 35-year-old plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team

Updated On : 06 Oct 2022 | 10:29 PM IST

Argentina's govt joins shop owners, manufacturers in World Cup sticker tiff

Argentina's government has joined the squabble between shop owners and the local manufacturers of popular but scarce World Cup sticker albums. Soccer fans in the South American nation have struggled to find the collectible stickers two months before the tournament kicks off in Qatar. Argentina's trade department convened a meeting Tuesday with representatives of the New Rita company which owns the rights for sticker manufacturer Panini's products in the country, and members of the nation's union of shop owners. We have opened a dialogue and engaged our legal and technical staffers to collaborate so we can find solutions," the department said on Twitter. It did not list any concrete measures. Shop owners blame the company for the scarcity of the stickers and argue that it is hampering a tradition allowing supermarkets, gas stations and apps to also sell Panini's products. They also complain that the official price of 150 pesos ($1) for each five-sticker pack is not being respected b

Updated On : 22 Sep 2022 | 11:23 AM IST

Even as World Cup is just 2 months away, Spain to focus on Nations League

Koke Resurreccin and his Atltico Madrid teammates feel right at home in the Spain setup. Koke, Marcos Llorente and lvaro Morata are used to not thinking too far ahead, as Atltico coach Diego Simeone is an avid proponent of the match-by-match attitude. He has gone by that motto since arriving at the club a decade ago and his players have fully embraced it. Spain coach Luis Enrique has been pushing the same thinking. The World Cup is in two months but Luis Enrique wants his players to focus on a more pressing issue qualifying for the Nations League Final Four. It feels like the World Cup is right here, but there's still a lot of time left, Koke said. Now we are focused on trying to qualify to the Final Four in a tournament in which we were very close to winning last time. Hopefully we can make it and that would give us a lot more confidence for what is ahead. Spain lost last year's Nations League final to France. It leads Group 2 entering the last two group stage matches at home .

Updated On : 22 Sep 2022 | 11:20 AM IST

Air India announces direct flights to Doha from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai

Ahead of the football world cup in Doha, Tata group-owned Air India on Thursday announced introduction of 20 new flights per week to Qatar from key Indian cities. "The added capacity will cater to the surge in demand expected around the football extravaganza in Qatar scheduled in November and December 2022," the airline said in a statement. The flights, to be introduced from October 30, will connect Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai with Qatar's capital Doha during this period. "Thirteen flights per week will operate from Mumbai, four from Hyderabad and three from Chennai," it said. These flights will be in addition to the existing daily flights to Doha from Delhi. The additional connectivity to Qatar follows Air India's increase of 14 new flights on its domestic network last month. These additional 14 flights included two new frequencies on each of the Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru and Mumbai-Chennai routes, as well as one new frequency on the Mumbai-Bengaluru route. "The strengthe