While Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was left to offer abject apologies, and home fans shook their heads, a flick through football's record books perhaps helped illustrate why the English giants' loss to lower-tier Crystal Palace in the League Cup should have come as no great surprise.
Manchester United's match against ManchesterCity in the Premier League on Thursday is "the game of the season" and will play a decisive role in both teams' chances of finishing in the top four, midfielder Ander Herrera has said.
A summary of Wednesday night's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the World Cup qualifying matches played on Wednesday night.
Shuma Raha finds out how writers are using social media to produce bestsellers.
The Indian ladies are no longer bogged down by the timidity of the past and are more than willing to embrace the temerity of the present, says Dhruv Munjal.
Dubai said on Monday it is in talks about possibly investing in Liverpool Football Club.
'Young Indians are reading, but the wrong stuff.' 'They are reading and sharing Pappu jokes, Alia Bhatt memes and all the irrelevant material online.' 'My aim is to get them interested in books.'
Mario Balotelli rifled in a second-half free kick to help troubled AC Milan to a 3-1 win at bottom club Catania in Serie A on Sunday, ending a chaotic week for the seven-times European champions.
Chilean forward Alex Sanchez returned to haunt his old club with the opening goal in Manchester United's 3-1 victory at Arsenal in a heavyweight FA Cup fourth-round clash.
Manchester City to beat second-tier Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 and reach the FA Cup quarter-finals but Jose Mourinho's problems piled up as his Tottenham Hotspur side were bundled out in a penalty shootout by Norwich City.
La Liga leaders Barcelona won a tight and tense 'Clasico' 1-0 at Real Madrid on Saturday, beating their great rivals at their Bernabeu home for the second time in four days and moving a staggering 12 points clear of them in the standings.
Barcelona, AC Milan and Arsenal can all book places in the knockout stages of the Champions League with wins on Tuesday.
'We can't have the best of both worlds -- large, efficient, world class government-owned banks, doing social banking and making profits. 'Why not set them free from the shackles of such obligations and run them as business units?' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Southgate's formation and tactics have been hailed as progressive and modern, there is also something traditionally English about the team's strengths.
Air Deccan has opened bookings across select sectors on over 150 flights for 50,000 tickets priced at Rs 999, including taxes.
Real Madrid's Jose Callejon scored twice and Nuri Sahin bagged his first goal for the club as the holders crushed third-tier Ponferradina 5-1 in a King's Cup last 32 second leg on Tuesday.
Ashley Cole has fanned the flames of his acrimonious departure to Chelsea by accusing Arsenal of betraying him.
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola is now backing his former club Barcelona.
Air Deccan is offering for 300,000 tickets priced at Rs 6 each.
Morata, who had scored his first goal for the club in last week's 2-0 win over Villarreal, rose to head home from close range on the half-hour mark following a corner which had been flicked on by Atleti captain Diego Godin.
Maverick striker Mario Balotelli has been fined 10,000 euros for making a provocative gesture to rival Cagliari supporters after scoring against them in AC Milan's 2-1 win on Sunday.
The Azzurri maintained their curious record of reaching the World Cup final every 12 years since 1970.
'If there were completely free elections tomorrow, the mullahs will not be in majority rule,' says novelist Kamila Shamsie.
Images from the Champions League matches played across Europe on Thursday.
Cristiano Ronaldo took a leaf out of Lionel Messi's book when he reached a personal landmark and led Real Madrid into the Champions League knockout stages by scoring both goals in a 2-0 win at Olympique Lyon on Wednesday.
Former Brazil striker Romario, who once said he had been chosen from above, scored his 1,000th goal on Sunday to enter the record books -- or, rather, his own record book.
Air Deccan has opened bookings across all its ATR sectors for travel between September 1 and October 29, 2006.
Pacer Ishant Sharma's return to form on the tour of the West Indies is good news for India, says former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, as he and Zaheer Khan "will form a formidable pair" in the upcoming Test series against England, starting later this month.
Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom club Norwich City.
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium in London on Sunday.
Real Madrid's Brazilian striker will no longer take one of the club's three berths for non-European Union players.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.
Former England soccer captain David Beckham will release his latest autobiography in October in a deal with a UK publishing unit of French media company Lagardere.
Sania ousted from Qatar Total Open.
Air Deccan is offering for 300,000 tickets priced at Rs 3 each as part of its third anniversary celebrations
Barcelona snapped a four-match winless run in La Liga with a 4-2 home victory over title rivals Sevilla on Saturday to reclaim top spot but the triumph was marred by talisman Lionel Messi fracturing his arm and being ruled out for three weeks.
The much-awaited Rajinikanth starrer releases on July 22.
Pep Guardiola's appointment at the high-flying Premier League club is certainly ill-timed, argues Bikash Mohapatra.
AC midfielder Franck Kessie scored from a penalty to give AC Milan a 2-2 draw away to Napoli in Serie A on Sunday, sparing the blushes of his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma whose mistakes provided the hosts with both their goals. Sevilla closed in on Champions League qualification by beating struggling Real Mallorca 2-0 at home to open up a nine-point gap in the race for fourth spot in La Liga.
