IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Sharan Shetty from India wins 1st Place as Photographer of the Year in the 14th Annual iPhone Photography Awards 2021.
A round-up of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A.
Becomes only the 3rd Indian batsman to be in the top-10 in all formats of the game; Rahane at career-best fifth
India opener Mayank Agarwal and New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel have made huge progress in the ICC Test Player Rankings after outstanding performances in the second Test of their ICC World Test Championship series in Mumbai.
Substitute Alexandre Lacazette struck with the last kick of the game to give Arsenal a rollercoaster 2-2 home draw with Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday after the visitors had fought back from a goal down.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reclaimed the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after leading his side to the ICC World Test Championship title in Southampton last week.
An erratic SSP Chawrasia brought home a second successive even-par 71 to lie tied 30th while Anirban Lahiri carded a disappointing two-over 73 to be placed tied 51st after the second round of the golf event at the Rio Olympics on Friday. Chawrasia dropped three bogeys, a double bogey against five birdies on the second day to aggregate 142, while Lahiri totalled 147 at the half-way stage after dropping five bogeys and three birdies on Friday. At the top, Australia's Marcus Fraser brought home a sedate two-under 69 to continue to be the leader at the half-way stage with a total of 10-under 132.
India's KL Rahul dropped a place to sixth but Virat Kohli retained his eighth place in the latest ICC men's T20 International rankings issued on Wednesday.
Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM.
Nadal has traditionally started his French Open campaigns with at least one claycourt title under his belt but this year got to the French capital empty-handed.
Three-time US Open champion Djokovic, who comes into the tournament having won his fifth Wimbledon title, is followed in the seedings by 2017 winner Rafael Nadal.
Hamilton, who had also topped Saturday morning's final practice session, never look like being challenged throughout the qualifying hour.
Images from football matches played in the Italian Serie A and the La Liga on Friday.
Photos from Day 2 of the 3rd Test match played in Nagpur on Thursday
Sitaram Yechury said he believed there existed the need to set up a 'third alternative' to the Congress and the BJP.
Barcelona extended their LaLiga lead to eight points thanks to second-half goals by Jordi Alba, Gavi and Raphinha that gave them a 3-0 home win against Sevilla
India's golfer Anirban Lahiri endured an erratic day at the course and was even-par after 16 holes in second round of the Tokyo Olympics, which was suspended due to persistent thunderstorms over the east course of the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo on Friday.
India outplayed reigning Asian Games champions Japan 7-2 to storm into the final of the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament, in Bhubaneswar, on Friday, assuring themselves a place in the year end's Olympic qualifying event.
Kohli and Sharma were sitting pretty with 857 and 825 points respectively in the batting list
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Khatri was pulled in to the penalty zone by the referee as the Indian threw up his hands on his head in disappointment.
Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Gavaskar said that one should take a cursory glance at Kohli's record to understand his greatness in ODIs.
It rained goals as India mauled Sri Lanka 13-0 in a lop-sided match of the 3rd Girls Under-18 Asia Cup hockey at Bangkok on Saturday.
Hosts India, who are looking to win their second World title, are placed in Pool C along with Belgium, South Africa and Canada.
The Australia batsman has overtaken New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and is now only nine points behind India skipper Virat Kohli.
After the 2-1 series win against West Indies, India opener KL Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli have significant progress in the latest ICC T20I player rankings.
Defending champions Bengaluru FC registered their first victory in this season's Hero Indian Super League, thrashing Chennaiyin FC 3-0, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic has been unbeaten at Wimbledon since retiring with an elbow injury against Tomas Berdych in the 2017 quarter-finals.
Sena has challenged the Governor's June 30 decision to invite a coalition of the Shinde faction and the BJP to form government in Maharashtra.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The huge gulf between the two sides was evident as India bettered its 86-year-old record when it defeated USA with a 24-1 margin in Olympics.
David Miller and Rahul Tewatia then took the team home as the latter hit two consecutive sixes off the last two balls to register a thrilling last-ball victory for Gujarat Titans.
Srikanth, now ranked five, was placed seventh before the Malaysia Open, where he lost his last-four clash to the reigning Asian champion Kento Momota.
The victory helped Mumbai rise to fourth in the league standings with 23 points from 15 games and stay in reckoning for a play-offs berth with three more games left.
In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was asked to guess the nationality of the reigning world champion in 2050. He responded: 'India will have had many by then!'
A debut double from 36-year-old Luca Toni gave Hellas Verona a surprise 2-1 triumph over AC Milan on Saturday while new signing Carlos Tevez was on target as champions Juventus won 1-0 at Sampdoria.
Teenage Indian batting sensation Shafali Verma on Wednesday rose to the top spot in the ICC women's T20 International rankings, riding on her stellar run at the T20 World Cup in Australia. The 16-year-old Verma takes over from New Zealand's Suzie Bates, who had been the top batter since October 2018 after wresting the spot from West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor.
