Sunday began like any other day for the young Gupta family in their ground-floor apartment at Gangasagar society in Sector 1, Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai. Rakesh Gupta, 26, his wife Khushbu, 25, and their one-year-old son Pratik were together in the main hall, sharing the kind of comfortable, idle afternoon that every parent hopes for — a little noise, a little laughter, the ordinary rhythm of domestic life. Outside, the society was quiet, the three-storeyed building old but familiar, home to sixteen families. Inside, the young couple had no reason to worry. They had bought this 3BHK apartment only last year,…

Sunday afternoon at Anfield is shaping up to be a tense watch for Liverpool supporters, as the team prepares to take on Brighton & Hove Albion in a fixture scheduled for a 2pm UK kickoff. There has been no announcement of a postponement, so the game is very much on, but the latest team news has dominated the conversation in the hours before the whistle. The most significant blow for Liverpool is the absence of Dominik Szoboszlai, whose hamstring problem has not cleared up quickly enough for him to be involved. Head coach Andoni Iraola gave a characteristically open update,…