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Jan 13, 2022 Associated Press (AP) Real Madrid will be facing the winner of the match between defending champions Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, who face each other in another semifinal on Thursday.
Jan 11, 2022 Associated Press (AP) Ferran Torres joined Barcelona from Manchester City and was presented last week but hadn’t been added to the squad as the club couldn’t make room for him without breaching La Liga’s financial fair play rules.
Real Madrid increased their lead over second-placed Sevilla to eight points in La Liga. Karim Benzema converted a penalty earned by Casemiro just before halftime on Saturday to reach 300 career goals for Madrid.
Jan 07, 2022 Jayanta Oinam Lionel Messi left Barcelona last year in a sensational free-transfer move to join PSG. He is supposed to stay in Paris until at least June 2023. But according to former Barca midfielder Lobo Carrasco, the Argentinean is ready to quit.
Real Madrid defeated Alcoyano 3-1, thanks to two late goals, while Barcelona had to come from behind to get better of third-tier club Linares Deportivo 2-1 in Copa Del Rey 2021-22.
Ferran Torres' COVID-19 result came out positive hours after his official presentation at Barcelona. Things don't look good in Germany too as 13 Bundesliga clubs out of 18 have reported Coronavirus infections.
The pandemic is still at large and its new variant Omicron has created a major fear wave across the world. Here is a list of sports personalities who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the New Year.
Sergiño Dest, one of the latest victims in the Barcelona list, and Vinicius Jr. had travelled to Miami during Spain's winter break. While Vicinus was found to have returned a positive test on Wednesday, Dest also contracted the virus.
Mikel Arteta's positive test in March 2020 was a key factor in the suspension of the English Premier League in the first week of the pandemic. Crystal Palace's Patrick Vieira and Aston Villa's Steven Gerrard are also in isolation.
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Barcelona's Ronald Araujo cancelled Papu Gomez's lead just before halftime during their La Liga 2021-22 encounter. The result put Sevilla five points behind league leaders Real Madrid. Barcelona stay seventh.
Barcelona's 3-2 win over Elche was their first in four games across all competitions and have moved them to seventh place in La Liga 2021-22. Sevilla beat Atletico Madrid to remain second with 37 points, five behind leaders Real Madrid.
Sergio Aguero's decision to bid adieu to professional football comes after he complained of chest pains during his team’s 1-1 draw with Alaves in a La Liga encounter on October 30. Doctors had adviced Aguero to stop playing.
Barcelona forward Sergio Aguero was rushed to hospital after he complained of chest pains during his team’s 1-1 draw with Alaves in an in La Liga encounter on October 30. He had moved to Barca from Manchester City.
Vinícius Junior assisted both Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio in either of the halves in Real Madrid's win over Atletico Madrid in La Liga 2021-22. Real Madrid are eight points ahead of Sevilla at the top of La Liga.
Albert Benaiges was a key member of Barcelona's youth training academy from 1991-2011, coinciding with a generation of the club's best players, including Andres Iniesta and Xavi.
For the next UEFA Champions League stage, the teams will be drawn against one another for the two-legged round of 16 ties. Teams that already played each other in the group stage and teams from the same country cannot be drawn together.
The last time Barcelona failed to advance to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League was in the 2000-01 season, after finishing third in their group behind AC Milan and Leeds United.
Barcelona face already-qualified Bayern Munich with the possibility of not advancing to the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 18 seasons.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
