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Fernando Mendoza’s journey from overlooked two-star recruit to the top of the NFL draft is complete after the Las Vegas Raiders took him with the first pick on Thursday night. Turning the Raiders into a contender is the next challenge for the Heisman Trophy winner who led Indiana to its first national championship. The 22-year-old quarterback wasn’t in the Steel City for the festivities, choosing instead to celebrate with family and friends at home in Miami. Mendoza flashed a big smile after Commissioner Roger Goodell announced his name, put a Raiders cap on and began hugging his family while seated on the couch, saving the warmest embrace for his mother.

BY Photo Webdesk 24 April 2026

Tiago Tomas' brilliant 119th-minute backheel goal powered Stuttgart into their second consecutive DFB-Pokal final with an extra-time 2-1 win over Freiburg at the MHPArena on Friday (April 24, 2026). The match was heading for a penalty shootout when Tomas produced a moment of individual skill by twisting in the air between two defenders as a pass came in from Badredine Bouanani and using his heel to flick the ball past Freiburg's otherwise outstanding goalkeeper Florian Muller. In the German Cup final in Berlin on May 23, Stuttgart will now aim to foil a Bayern Munich domestic double, which could become a treble if Vincent Kompany's team wins the Champions League too.

BY Photo Webdesk 24 April 2026

India's T20 World Cup-winning hero Sanju Samson was back at his best with an unbeaten 101 before spinners tightened the noose as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Mumbai Indians by 103 runs in match 33 of Indian Premier League 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday (April 23). Samson smashed his fifth IPL century, his second for CSK in four innings, to power the visitors to 207 for 6 after Mumbai opted to bowl. In reply, MI collapsed to 104 all out in 19 overs to succumb to their biggest defeat (by runs) in league history. For CSK, Windies left-arm spinner Akeal Hossain grabbed 4/17 in his third match this season, while Afghanistan left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed showed perfect chemistry returning with 2/23 as CSK returned to winning ways after losing their last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for April 23, 2026

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

Lamine Yamal was injured while converting a penalty in Barcelona’s 1-0 Spanish league win over Celta Vigo on Wednesday. Yamal scored in the 40th minute and immediately looked to the bench to signal he was hurt. He dropped to the ground as his teammates arrived to celebrate, then appeared to grab the back of his left leg. Yamal left the field on his own after being attended by doctors. He talked briefly with coach Hansi Flick on the sidelines before walking into the locker room tunnel by himself.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

The walls of Presidency University, Kolkata, have always been the canvas on which the dialogue between the powerful and the powerless is etched. Resistance is alive and well here, and student politics, alive and kicking. These walls are testimony to the reality that students are active political intellectuals, shaping contemporary discourse, challenging systems of authority in their own creative ways.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

Across Kolkata and beyond, election season in West Bengal is being marked as much by security formations as by political mobilisation. Central paramilitary forces, deployed in what officials describe as unprecedented numbers, are conducting route marches, guarding key constituencies, and shadowing campaign activity, underscoring the high-stakes nature of the polls. From temple precincts in Kalighat to dense urban constituencies in Kolkata, route marches and security drills have become a daily spectacle. With nearly 2.4 lakh personnel deployed, questions around scale, necessity, and the message such visibility sends are shaping the political atmosphere.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

Manchester City completed its ominous, late-season rise to the top of the Premier League by beating Burnley 1-0 thanks to Erling Haaland’s early goal on Wednesday, ending Arsenal’s 200-day stay in first place. The result condemned American-owned Burnley to relegation after one season back in the top flight. Haaland ran onto Jeremy Doku’s pass to convert a deft finish in the fifth minute for his league-high 24th goal of the campaign, which allowed City to back up its 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Sunday that, for many, turned Pep Guardiola’s team into the title favorite.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

Rodrigo De Paul and Luis Suárez scored less than two minutes apart late in the second half, and Dayne St. Clair earned his second clean sheet of the season as Inter Miami beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Wednesday night. It was the fastest two goals in club history at one minute and 54 seconds. De Paul took a short corner from Telasco Segovia and curled a shot into the upper-right corner of the goal in the 82nd minute. Suárez, who entered in the 75th, volleyed a left-footed shot past goalkeeper Rafael Cabral for his second goal of the season. Miami (5-1-3) is unbeaten in its last eight regular-season games to sit in second in the Eastern Conference standings.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026

In early hours of polling day, people across Tamil Nadu have started stepping out to cast their votes. People from Egmore constituency stepped out in large numbers to cast their votes in the morning. Egmore is an urban assembly constituency located in central Chennai. Chief minister MK Stalin along with his family Durga Stalin, son and deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu- Udhaynidhi Stalin cast their vote in Kolathur constituency around 9 am in the morning. Superstar Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, TVK founder and actor Vijay cast their votes in the early hours of the polling day. Huge crowds of fans gathered outside the polling booth where Rajinikanth and Vijay voted.

BY Photo Webdesk 23 April 2026