Her smiling visage, besides the logo of the big tournament, adorns most roadside billboards. Her pet project for women and branding of Bengal are showcased all over. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken a world class tournament -- the FIFA Under-17 World Cup -- to project herself as an effective leader and with copious dollops of funds from the government coffers.


Mamata rides U-17 bandwagon to furbish her own image


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From watching a Odishi dance recital, to savouring Bengal's fish delicacies and donning a kurta and pyjama, FIFA chief Gianni Infantino and other officials of the world soccer governing body would experience various shades of India at a dinner hosted by the West Bengal government on Friday.


From local food to local attire - a piece of India for Infantino


Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he believes in destiny when it comes to marriage.


On marriage, I believe in destiny: Rahul


A stunning display of multicoloured geometric floor patterns, called alpana, will greet VIPs, including the FIFA U-17 finalists on their way to the Salt Lake Stadium for the grand finale on Saturday.


Geometric, multihued floor design to greet FIFA U-17 finalists


A national-level volleyball player, Arunima Sinha was thrown off a moving train by a bunch of goons in 2011. Overcoming unbearable pain as she lay on the tracks through the night, she lost one of her legs and had a metal rod inserted in the other. While most people take four to five years just to walk on a prosthetic limb, Arunima stood on top of Mount Everest just two years after the incident, becoming the first female amputee to climb the world's highest peak.


Invincible: How a woman amputee created history at the top of the world (IANS Special Series)


Rome, Oct 25 (IANS/AKI) Italy's centre-Left Premier Paolo Gentiloni has slammed fans from Serie A soccer side Lazio who posted stickers of Jewish Holocaust victim and diarist Anne Frank in a Roma shirt along with anti-Semitic slogans.


Italy PM blasts ultras for disrespecting Anne Frank


Kabir Khan's most ambitious film "'83" is based on the Indian cricket team's World Cup victory in 1983. Kapil Dev, who had led the team back then, says he will try to give the filmmaker good stories and information for the movie.


Will try giving good stories to Kabir Khan: Kapil Dev


In-film and co-marketing deals, strategic partnerships and creation of intellectual property and merchandise -- all this has been planned as part of branded entertainment for the upcoming Hindi film "'83".


Branded entertainment for film on 1983 cricket World Cup


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian hockey team for winning the Asia Cup 2017.


PM congratulates Indian hockey team


So much of cricket is being played around the world -- Tests, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20s. The so-called pecking order is going for a toss with each passing series.


When will all contenders for 2019 get to play? (Column: Just Sport)


A humdinger will be on the cards when traditional football heavyweights Brazil and Germany face off in a marquee quarter-final clash of the FIFA U-17 World Cup here at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan on Sunday.


U-17 WC: Lip-smacking encounter on cards as Brazil-Germany meet (Preview)


The former president of Brazil's Olympic Committee (COB) Carlos Arthur Nuzman has been charged with corruption.


Brazil Olympic Committee's ex-chief charged with graft


Snap Inc -- the parent company of photo-sharing platform Snapchat -- has signed a strategic advertising and content deal with Discovery Communications' Eurosport to develop and deliver mobile content for Snapchat platform for 2018 Winter Olympics.


Snap, Discovery Eurosport collaborate for 2018 Winter Olympics content


Veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been named in a complaint of domestic violence filed by his sister-in-law Akanksha Sharma but his family lawyer said that no case has been registered against the player.


Yuvraj named in domestic violence complaint, lawyer denies any case registered


Veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been named in a complaint of domestic violence filed by his sister-in-law Akanksha Sharma.


Yuvraj named in domestic violence complaint


In a blow to former Indian pacer S. Sreesanth, a division bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the appeal made by the national cricket board BCCI against a single bench verdict that lifted the life ban on the bowler in August.


HC upholds BCCI appeal, Sreesanth life ban to stay


Ace Indian cricketer Virat Kohli says he had a fan-boy moment when he got a chance to meet singer Arijit Singh.


Virat Kohli 'fanboy moment' with Arijit Singh


A sports university will come up in Manipur shortly, Governor Najma Heptulla announced on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for it in Imphal West district.


First sports university in Manipur soon: Governor


Four youths were arrested on Sunday for stone-throwing at a bus carrying the Australian T20 cricket team here on October 10 evening, the Assam DGP said.


Four held for throwing stone at Aussie team bus in Assam


Five people have been detained here for creating "public nuisance" outside the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, which is now hosting the Under-17 World Cup.


U-17 WC: Five detained for public nuisance


Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who will be seen alongside Virat Kohli in a Diwali special show on TV, has praised the Indian skipper and called him a relaxed and genuine person.

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