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Jan 10, 2022 Associated Press (AP) Venezia were the 80th team Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored against in the top five European leagues when the Swedish international netted against Venezia in Serie A 2021-22. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only other player to do the same.
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Jan 07, 2022 Associated Press (AP) AC Milan are just one point behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan. Inter (46 points) had their game against Bologna postponed after the hosts were ordered into quarantine due to COVID-19.
Inter Milan remained four points ahead of city rival AC Milan in Serie A. Third-place Napoli dropped seven points behind Inter after losing 1-0 at home to relegation-threatened Spezia.
Dec 20, 2021 Associated Press (AP) Both Napoli and AC Milan are tied on 39 points but the former take second place in the Serie A 2021-22 table due to better goal difference. Eljif Elmas scored the only goal in the match against AC Milan on Sunday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic now has 73 goals in two stints in Milan, 57 for city rivals Inter and another 23 for Juventus. He also has 113 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in France, 18 for Manchester United in England and 16 for Barcelona in Spain.
Juventus qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League as group winners midweek but it has been a different story in Serie A. Saturday's draw left Juventus 10 points below league leader AC Milan.
AC Milan needed a victory to have any chance of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage in their first appearance in the competition since the 2013-14 season. But Liverpool were not so accomodating.
Barcelona, second in Group E, need to beat Bayern Munich in their UEFA Champions League 2021-22 clash to advance into the last-16 stage. A draw or a loss would allow third-place Benfica to advance with a home win against already-eliminated Dynamo Kyiv.
Junior Messias' 87th minute winner against Atletico Madrid kept AC Milan's hopes alive in UEFA Champions League 2021-22. AC Milan and Atletico Madrid take the last two spots in Group B.
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The defending champion Inter Milan cut the gap on Napoli and AC Milan to four points after 13 rounds and ended Napoli’s status as the last remaining unbeaten team across Europe’s five major leagues.
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AC Milan remain in second place, level on points with Serie A leader Napoli, which will take on defending champion Inter Milan on Sunday.
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AC Milan remained level on points at the top of the Italian league with Napoli, which drew 1-1 against Hellas Verona earlier. Inter Milan was third, seven points below the top two.
Napoli and AC Milan are on 28 points each in Serie A but the former enjoy top position because of better goal difference.
Slowed by injuries, the 40-year-old Ibrahimovic has played in only four Serie A matches this season and scored two goals.
Olivier Giroud scored AC Milan's only goal in the 14th minute to help his team move past the second-placed Napoli in Serie A.
AC Milan are unbeaten in the ongoing Serie A having won seven of the eight games so far. This is also AC Milan's first group-phase appearance in eight years.
Atletico remained second in Group B, two points behind Liverpool after the English team beat Porto 5-1. Milan are last with zero points from their opening two matches.
The UEFA Appeals Body has declared today the proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus null and void as if it had never been opened.
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 
