Messi’s final goodbye
THE final farewell. The final World Cup goodbye for Lionel Messi. Argentina is in the Qatar finals. And on Sunday it will attempt to win the World Cup a full…
Put Qatar in right spotlight
THE positives in Doha, Qatar, are seldom highlighted in the media: Do you know that the eight stadiums are located within a 35-mile radius of this downtown city that the…
Why World Cup champions struggle
By Suresh Nair SOMETIMES you wonder why reigning world champions crash out of the group stages. Hey, Germany isn’t the first reigning champion to be booted out. It isn’t even…