Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Shekhar Ganguly won their second round ties to lead the fray along with 21 others in the Dubai International Chess championship.
Chelsea's hopes of catching leaders Arsenal suffered a setback after a 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa in the premier league.
Manchester United finished with nine men in a 1-0 defeat at Everton on Wednesday.
'This is not a time for bruised egos, face, shows of state power, petulance, or PR spin. It is a time for big-tent action across a table -- no matter how acrimonious -- with transparency, and with the media present,' notes Vijay Verghese.
In April last year Leicester City were seven points adrift at the foot of the Premier League and seemingly going down.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Tuesday
Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points with a 1-0 win over struggling West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
The victory put the Indian ace in second place, behind Garry Kasparov, in the Linares chess tournament.
Chelsea beat Norwich City 3-1 as title rivals Manchester United stumbled to a 0-0 draw against a 10-man Crystal Palace.
Gareth Bale learnt valuable lessons from his disappointing Real Madrid campaign last season, he said on Wednesday.
The opener's 211 saw the India Under-19 declare their first innings on 472-4 and then reduce the England colts to 189-4 at stumps on day 2 of the third 'Test'.
Monaco beat Paris St Germain 2-0 and they are now third in the standings with 42 points from 23 games.
Ferrari are giving Sebastian Vettel the Michael Schumacher treatment, according to the German's main title rival Lewis Hamilton.
The Brazilian was 0.265 seconds quicker than the championship leader who is seeking his eighth win in nine races.
Goals rained in for Manchester City and Manchester United but Juergen Klopp's first game in charge of Liverpool was solid rather than spectacular with his new side drawing 0-0 at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday.
Arsenal's bid to win the FA Cup for a third successive year ended on Sunday when they lost 2-1 at home to Watford in a pulsating quarter-final tie.
In Pep Guardiola's 100th match in charge of the Manchester club, captain De Bruyne led from the front as City outclassed the Gunners, who have now suffered six home games without a win. Images from the EPL matches played on Sunday.
India's Ashok Kumar finished a creditable fifth in the inaugural USD 200,000 Carlsberg Masters golf tournament in Vietnam.
Manchester United forward Robin van Persie is unlikely to be fit for the Premier League derby match against Manchester City later this month, manager Louis van Gaal said on Friday.
Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday on the back of a record 15 successive English Premier League wins, and on the basis of their visitors' recent away form, a 16th victory appears to be the likely outcome.
Michael Owen scored twice in an easy 3-0 win over Portsmouth in the English premier league.
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Manchester United's teenage striker Marcus Rashford was a late inclusion against Midtjylland in Thursday's Europa League clash after a team mate was injured in the warm-up and delivered two goals in a 5-1 win for a dream debut.
Yulia Stepanova's much-heralded return to action turned into a damp squib on Wednesday when the Russian whistleblower, running as an independent athlete, dropped out of her 800 metres heat with a foot injury having been off the pace throughout.
PSV Eindhoven will miss striker Luuk de Jong when they entertain Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday.
They scored contrasting victories in the 8th round of the Asian Junior chess championships.
The fast bowler took six for 46 as the West Indies were dismissed for 152 in their first innings and then added another two as the tourists ended the day 84 for two after following on.
England finished well on top after a fluctuating third day of the second test against West Indies at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Following is a match by match look at the English Premier League's weekend fixtures:
Frenchman Romain Bardet timed his final effort perfectly to win the 12th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, setting up a thrilling second half of the three-week race as defending champion Chris Froome showed a rare sign of weakness.
England lost four wickets for 30 runs either side of tea to close on 163 for four, still 219 adrift of the Sri Lankan total.
New Zealand were 102 for 5 in their second innings at close on day four, still 15 runs adrift of England, who made 526 in their first innings.
Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero combined to help ManchesterCity bounce back from their Bayern Munich mauling by beating Everton 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.
A 0-1 loss handed Barcelona their first defeat in 18 matches.
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