Manchester City thrashed West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim their first back-to-back wins since October.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
France qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League despite a lacklustre goalless draw against Israel on Thursday.
Manchester United languish 14th in the standings on 19 points, their worst placing to end a calendar year since they were 15th in 1989.
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and had a hand in two more goals as Argentina crushed Bolivia 6-0 in South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
India aim to seal series as Tilak Varma looks for quality batting time
When you are defending to save a game, a loose delivery comes along and you suddenly opt to play an attacking shot, you are unlikely to hit as well as if you were playing your naturally aggressive game all along. First Pant, then Jaiswal, found that out the costly way, observes Prem Panicker.
IMAGES from League Cup matches played on Wednesday.
Saurabh Kumar grabbed five wickets to play a big role in India 'A's series clinching 113-run victory
'We had a good start but lost too many wickets in the middle overs'
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Hosts France reached the Olympic men's football semi-finals for the first time in 40 years with a 1-0 win over Argentina thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta's first-half goal in a grudge match in Bordeaux on Friday.
Rajasthan seamers did well to keep LSG down to under 200 before Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel guided the team home.
Richa Ghosh (1) and Harmanpreet, the two other big-hitters apart from Shafali, were also dismissed while going for big hits and almost all the Australian bowlers reduced the pace on their deliveries to make it difficult for strokeplay.
A summary of the opening day's action in the UEFA Champions league on Tuesday.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinicius Jr grabbed a hat-trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Prabhsimran Singh and skipper Nitish Rana were at the top of their game, propelling North Zone to a 48-run win over Central Zone
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between Sri Lanka and India, in Colombo, on Wednesday.
Brazil shocked and other big upsets at World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday
The opening day was washed out by rain on Thursday and there will be no extra day tagged on, meaning that the series decider is effectively now a three-day Test.
Since August 2023, Gill has scored just one half-century from eight T20Is, scoring 133 runs at an average of 16.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
A brilliantly-worked goal by Ryan Christie and a Justin Kluivert penalty gave Bournemouth shock 2-0 Premier League win at home to 10-man Arsenal.
The Congress fielded former Governor Margaret Alva's son Nivedit Alva from the Kumta assembly seat.
Images from Saturday's action in the Nations League group stage matches.
India have an enviable record at home, not having suffered a Test series defeat in the last 10 years.
Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at struggling Burnley
IMAGES from the 1st ODI played between India and Sri Lanka in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Two goals from Luis Diaz and one from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool stroll to a 3-0 victory at Manchester United.
Images from India vs Australia 3rd T20 International in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Liverpool climbed to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs struck half-centuries for Delhi Capitals in their final league game of the season.
Scripts win with Yuki Bhambri in final tie against Morocco.
The big talking point of the evening was batting mainstays Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma having a rare go with the ball against the Dutch.
Axar Patel made an expected comeback to the side for the first two Tests against England.
IMAGES from the Premier League match played between Liverpool and Luton at Anfield on Wednesday
