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Hollywood veteran George Clooney will be the 46th celebrity to receive the prestigious American Film Institute's (AFI) Lifetime achievement award. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the honour will be presented during a gala tribute on June 7 in Los ...

By Anna Irrera, Steve Stecklow and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZUG, Switzerland/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just three months ago, a tech project called Tezos raised $232 million online in a wildly successful "initial coin offering," in which new digital currency is ...

A star-studded England will take on unpredictable Chile in a Group F match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup at the refurbished Salt Lake Stadium, here tomorrow. The gigantic Salt Lake Stadium, officially known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), will host ...

IMAGE: England Under-17 player Jadon Sancho. Photograph: Ronny Hartmann/Getty Images England wonder-kid Jadon Sancho will  join the squad in Kolkata but will be available only for the group stages of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. "Jadon Sancho will be joining the squad in Kolkata," a team official said. The star forward was named in England's 21-member squad but did not travel with the team as his club Borussia Dortmund did not grant permission.   But after English FA's intervention, ...

IMAGE: David Warner celebrates after completing a hundred in the fourth ODI in Bengaluru on Thursday. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI David Warner scored 124 in his 100th match and combined with Aaron Finch (94) for a record 231-run opening stand, as Australia posted a 21-run victory over India in the fourth One-Day International in Bengaluru, on Thursday. After amassing 334-5 from their 50 overs, Australia restricted India to 313-8 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to narrow the host’s ...

IMAGE: India U-17 coach Luis Norton de Matos (right) with FIFA U-17 World Cup’s tournament director Javier Seppi and AIFF chief Praful Patel. Photograph: Indian Football/Twitter India's captain for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Amarjit Singh has said that his players have worked extremely hard in the last couple of years and are not afraid of facing tough opponents in the upcoming mega event, starting October 6. "Under the new Portuguese coach Luis Norton de Matos we have learnt a lot of new ...

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By Sankalp Phartiyal MUMBAI (Reuters) - A planned $2 billion share buyback by Infosys failed to lift shares in India's No. 2 IT services company, which dropped on Monday for a second straight trading day on concerns over a dispute between its board and ...

National Geographic has announced the winners of its prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year photo contest for 2017.  And the images are just breathtaking. Sergio Tapiro Velasco of Mexico was awarded the prestigious grand prize for his awe-inspiring image of the moment an erupting volcano was hit by a bolt of lightning. He has won a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos Archipelago with National Geographic Expeditions, for his incredible shot. In addition to the ...