An unconvincing Real Madrid needed a controversial Cristiano Ronaldo penalty deep into stoppage time to snatch a 2-1 win at promoted Elche on Wednesday that kept them hard on the heels of La Liga leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Bundesliga and La Liga.
World champions Australia showed their class with a 5-1 thrashing of Pakistan to maintain their unbeaten streak in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh on Monday.
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The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob finished fourth in the second heat with a timing of 3:00.25 seconds, but missed qualifying for the eight-team final by a whisker as they ended up ninth overall.
Satbir Singh scored four goals as India opened their campaign in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament defeating neighbours Sri Lanka 11-0, in Malacca, Malaysia, on Friday.
Odisha were not doing enough to test Laxmikant Kattimani in Hyderabad goal before Jerry scored against the run of play, turning in a Nandhakumar Sekar low cross at the front post past Kattimani.
Borussia Dortmund snatched a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday
Follow the third place play-off match of the 2010 World Cup between Germany and Uruguay, on Saturday.
Mihaila late show for Romania stuns Swiss in thrilling draw
Nadal has won the Australian and the French Open back-to-back and has the chance to become the first man to win all four majors in the same year
Manchester City moved four points clear of Arsenal atop the Premier League table with an 11th consecutive victory.
The United States and Mexico both booked tickets to this year's World Cup in Qatar in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying on Wednesday.
A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Friday, August 6.
India started the match on an attacking note with striker Udanata Singh's cross the in early minutes rang the warning bells for the Syrian defense but the ball did not find Sunil Chhetri in the box. Syrian Almarmour had the opportunity to take a lead in the match but he shot wide. India continued attacking in the first half but were unable to find the opener.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Quarter-final match between Portugal and Morocco on Saturday.
India are now atop the leaderboard with five points from two games, but the Manpreet Singh-led side conceded a point to the Netherlands after drawing (during the regulation time) the second match of the contest on Sunday.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma reached the third round of the Archery World Championships after finishing sixth and seventh in the compound men and women qualification rounds respectively.
"Had corona (COVID-19) not been there, the prime minister would have dedicated NATGRID to the country. I am hopeful that the prime minister will dedicate NATGRID to the country in some time," Union home minister Amit Shah said during the 51st Foundation Day event of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) here on September 4.
Young striker Dharamvir Singh scored a double as India defeated a lowly Scotland 4-0 in a Pool A match to stay in hunt for a semi-final spot in the men's hockey event, at the Commonwealth Games.
India's Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah unmoved
The Indian women's hockey team took giant leap towards Olympic qualification with a near-flawless performance to hammer United States 5-1 in the first-leg of the two-match FIH 2020 Olympic Qualifier.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Cristiano Ronaldo tucked away a penalty and slammed home a free kick as he set a new record for the most international caps
While India has scored well on parameters like workforce and employment, it has fared poorly for health and wellness of its labour force, WEF said.
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India captain Virat Kohli continued to top the ICC Test batsmen's ranking but his deputy Ajinkya Rahane slipped a place to ninth spot. Kohli has 928 points, 17 more than second-placed Australian run-machine Steve Smith, in the latest edition of the rankings released on Saturday.
The active cases -- 4,95,533 -- were recorded below five lakh after 97 days and comprised 1.62 per cent of the total infections.
It was a battle India had to fight hard against a strong Argentinian forwardline as they earned two more PCs in the 43rd and 51st minutes. But India's PC defence held sway to ensure the lead was not further extended.
India's lone goal came from the sticks of Dilpreet Singh in the 34th minute.
India on Friday pumped in three first half goals to stun fancied Pakistan 3-1 and set up a summit clash with the arch-rivals in the final of the Genting Four-Nation Under-21 Hockey Tournament at the Taman Daya Stadium in Malaysia.
The Qatar World Cup has delivered a rich feast of soccer for the past month
India defeated Russia by a solitary goal in their final round-robin match to top the standings in the women's competition and progress to the third round of Hero Hockey World League at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi.
India's Gurpreet Singh slowed down considerably during the race and was seen sitting on the sidelines after the 35km mark, being helped by the medical team of the race but did not seem to be in much trouble.
Real Madrid survived red cards for Fabio Coentrao and Angel Di Maria, and an injury to Iker Casillas, to draw 1-1 in Valencia, and qualify for the King's Cup semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate on Wednesday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas said that his victory in the final of the Mallorca Championships on Saturday was a major milestone in his career as the Greek claimed his maiden grasscourt title leading up to Wimbledon next week.
Spearheaded by a brace from Ghanain Yusif Yakubu, Mahindra United outclassed Goan outfit Sporting Clube-de-Goa 3-0 in an ONGC I-League football match at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai on Saturday.
India's Joshna Chinappa kept the tri-colour fluttering by progressing into the semi-finals of the women's singles, even as compatriot Dipika Pallikal bowed out of the USD 25,000 Macau Open squash tournament on Friday.
Defending champions Haryana rallied from a goal deficit to beat Bhopal 2-1 in their opening Group A league game in the 2nd Hockey India National Championship for Senior Men in Bangalore on Sunday.
Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Renjith Maheshwari bit the dust even as his employers Railways continued their surge to defend the overall championship title in the 51st National Open Athletics Championships in Kolkata on Sunday. Punjab's Arpinder Singh and local girl Asha Roy clinched their maiden gold medals at the senior level on the second day of the meet being held simultaneously at Yuba Bharati Krirangan and adjoining SAI complex at the Saltlake.
