Mayank Chaudhary

25 | Senior Sub Editor @IndianExpress | Previously with @sportstarweb/@the_hindu | Madras Christian College | E: [email protected]

[Mayank Chaudhary @_mayyyank]

Nihal Sarin on Kramnik after Daniel Naroditsky's death

"I cannot process how messed up some of these minds are. What do you get from ruining anyone’s life? Now, (Kramnik is) almost directly responsible for taking one."

My story for @IExpressSports

https://t.co/renPdobege

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

This is the picture of a successful poker player, who won over $100,000 in his short pro career.
It's also the picture of Bosnian football coach Sergej Barbarez, who just guided Bosnia to the World Cup, winning a tie breaker with Italy.
Barbarez, who was a hugely successful striker in the Bundesliga, started playing pro poker after his football career, and then occasionally worked as a tv analyst for football games, where he would sometimes call out the national team for their performances.
And then they hired him as head coach!
Get this, Barbarej never coached a proper football team before his appointment to the Bosnian national team position in 2024. And his team is now playing a World Cup.
Picture Credit: Poker News

[Haydos🛡️ @GovindIstOdraza]

They're already having enough problems with Alcohol

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

One of our greatest ever, signing off.

Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket effective immediately.

Head to https://t.co/Pm8RiU65zt to read more.

[bhatnaturally  🇮🇳 @bhatnaturally]

You pay for Amazon Prime assuming it means ad-free content as a paid, premium user. And then you discover ads interrupting your streaming content. You pay again for ad-free option. And then you find ads in web series released on MX Player playing on Prime. And then you discover that not all content is available free. You have to pay to ‘rent’ a movie. You try to watch Indian Idol on Sony LIV as a paying premium subscriber only to be interrupted by ads every 5 min. In a 15-min sports highlight section you are served 5 ads. The brand team shapes what the product experience is.

You whine about all this on social media. The brands ‘listen’ to you through a dedicated team and the bots or real humans reply with the templated ‘oh, that’s not the experience we’d like you to have. Please DM us with your contact number’. And then nothing happens. Nothing changes. Life goes on. You continue to suffer through intrusive ads.

But advertising gurus and marketing pundits say that ‘consumer is in control’. Of what exactly? We are told that marketing is now in the hands of the consumer and they set the narrative. I really don’t see how. At best, consumers can ‘block’ ads when they can (such as the skippable YouTube ad or take the ad-free Premium option over there) through ad blockers on browsers. They can choose not to follow your brand’s content on social or simply find other ways to ignore your brand’s content by not paying attention. In some cases consumer feedback has resulted in ads being tweaked or taken off air. But how is all this deemed as ‘consumer is in control’?
#advertising

[Joe Morrison @joefooty]

I had to cancel my holiday to rescue that shitshow 😂……broadcasts have moved on from polished presenters and autocue! You better have something special to offer the audience or you’re fucked #GoodLuck

[sachu @sachudx]

@ZEE5India 720p ?? Seriously? What is this scam? #zee5

[ANIGMA @AnimeshGup87123]

@Zee5, your " FIFA WC 2026 plan needs to be called out even more harshly. Web browser streaming is capped at SD/480p “due to anti-piracy, while FHD/1080p is only available on the app. 480p for a paid World Cup stream in 2026 is ridiculous. #zee5 #fifaonzee5

[Minus🌸 @MinusOnX]

@IndianSportsOTT I paid for Zee5 via JioFiber for years but not when it's finally useful they took away WC from the bundle. Hope this company goes bankrupt.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Argentine soccer fans whose US tourist visas were rejected lined up in Buenos Aires to receive free televisions from an electronics brand, a day before the start of the World Cup. Follow our #WorldCup2026 coverage here ➡️ https://t.co/j0CHJ6H6Uh

[kareem🍉 @sleepingjupiter]

@UEFA Uefa trying to clean up the mess made by US and fifa

[Vinayakk @vinayakkm]

A world record set by a college student running at the prelims of the NCAA Championships. Pretty crazy to even type those words out.

[Rajesh Sharma @bobbylakhanpal]

@AdityaRajKaul I am father of one of the three crew missing. Aditya Sharma is my son.
Please help to locate and find him.
Below shipping company message to me.
My son has reported exploitation by senior at ship and want to quit this ship in April.
We have all conservation in records.

[FootballWalla @FootballWalla]

Zee 5 app limiting to only 1 device (earlier it was 3 devices ) is one of the many robberies done during this World Cup. Milking the maximum..
#FIFA26

[Venkata Krishna B @venkatatweets]

As World Cup begins, a British mining footnote connects India’s Kolar Gold Fields to Mexico’s first football club, which started as a cricket team.
https://t.co/2ec9vQTn94

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

"Chill, relax"

BBC sports editor Dan Roan asks Fifa president Gianni Infantino if he's lost control of his own tournament.

#FifaWorldCup

[JustMoveChess @justmovechess]

THE GREAT NODIRBEK 🇺🇿 RAGEBAITING NEPO WITH THE FAKEY BLUNDER!!! OMG WHO HAS THIS DUDE BECOME 🔥🫵😱😱🤯

NODIRBEK HOLDS A CRAZY GAME TO A DRAW‼️

[Express Sports @IExpressSports]

UzChess Cup 2026: Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi battle to hard fought draw

By @_mayyyank

https://t.co/XaaTngeYRd

[Express Sports @IExpressSports]

‘I promise you, I will attend next one’: Somali referee after return to country

https://t.co/a29WiLpvml

[Luiz Carlos Largo @LARGOESPN]

UMA DAS FOTOS OFICIAIS MAIS LEGAIS DESTA COPA DO MUNDO! 🇳🇴

A seleção da Noruega divulgou duas fotos oficiais dos jogadores convocados para o Mundial de 2026 e a segunda tem um significado muito especial.

- Na primeira imagem, os atletas aparecem com o uniforme oficial que será utilizado na Copa do Mundo, cada um com sua respectiva numeração.

- Já na segunda foto, cada jogador veste a camisa do clube onde deu seus primeiros passos no futebol.

[ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo]

BREAKING: Joe Root has been named England's interim captain for the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval 🫡

Root led England as Test captain 64 times between 2017 and 2022, and will lead his country again with Ben Stokes under investigation for a breach of team protocols