France overcame a slow start to beat neighbours Belgium 2-0 for their first points of the Nations League campaign.
A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
IMAGES from the UEFA Nations League matches played on Monday.
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.
President Droupadi Murmu conferred 26 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) to personnel of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces and state/Union Territory Police during a defence investiture ceremony.
Monaco's late Ligue 1 title challenge stalled on Friday when the principality side were held to a 1-1 home draw by St Etienne.
Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino scored in each half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Lazio on Wednesday that secured them top spot in Champions League Group E, the first time since 2016 that they had reached the knockouts as group winners.
Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Luton Town
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 to win Durand Cup title for first time after 23 years
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after some excellent performances that helped complete a 3-0 sweep over England in their ICC Women's Championship (IWC) series.
Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, the scion of the House of Mewar has become the first Indian ever to win a trophy at the recently-concluded five-day 62nd annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event in California.
Mumbai City FC lost 2-0 to Iranian Club Nassaji Mazandaran in their first AFC Champions League group stage game at home.
Surya continues to lead the batting list with 906 rating points.
Serie A witnessed some breath-taking football action, especially when AC Milan could not convert the umpteen chances they had against Sassuolo while Inter went to top. In Ligue 1 action, all the star players found the net for PSG. Here are images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Manchester United kicked off their Europa League campaign poorly, losing 0-1 at home to Real Sociedad, while Arsenal's new signing Marquinhos scored in a 2-1 win at FC Zurich on Thursday.
In Group B matches in Margao, Germany beat Nigeria 2-1 and Chile beat New Zealand 3-1.
A summary of Saturday's action in the FIFA women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Suryakumar Yadav has dropped one spot to fourth place in the latest ICC Men's T20I Players Rankings
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.
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
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.
Images from the Euro 2024 qualifying matches on Friday.
India scored a 5-0 victory over hosts China in their opening match, in the first men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Ordos, China, on Saturday. Gurvinder Singh Chandi (5th minute), Yuvraj Walmiki (21st), Rupinder Pal Singh (41st), Rajpal Singh (43rd) and VR Raghunath (62nd) were the scorers.
The young Indian hockey team began its Asian Champions Trophy campaign in style as it spanked hosts China 5-0, displaying flashes of brilliance and dictating the pace of the game Ordos on Saturday.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A goalkeeping folly by Gurpreet Singh helped United SC bounce back from behind as they struck twice in three minutes to hold East Bengal 2-2 in their round 22 I-League fixture in Kalyani.
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has pipped the likes of 'Sprint King' Usain Bolt, tennis ace Novak Djokovic and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world's 100 richest sportspersons, released by the Forbes magazine.
Football action from across Europe in matches played on Saturday
Liverpool striker Andy Carroll headed an 87th minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory over Merseyside rivals Everton in an error-strewn FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
South Africa maintained their unbeaten run after a 4-1 victory over Canada in their last round-robin match to seal a place in the finals of the London Olympics women's hockey qualifier, in Delhi, on Friday. Ukraine also notched a 1-0 victory over Poland and will play-off for third and fourth places against Canada on Saturday.
The Phagwara team routed the 16-time champions 4-0, while in another Durand Cup match Dempo beat Army XI.
The ace drag-flicker netted all his goals from penalty-corners as Punjab routed Chhattisgarh in the National Hockey Championship.
Cristiano Ronaldo broke his four-game scoring drought with a hat-trick as Real Madrid trounced lowly Malaga 7-0 in La Liga on Thursday to trim the gap with leaders Barcelona back to seven points.
United States presidential candidate Barack Obama congratulated India on Thursday on its 62nd Independence Day, saying the two countries should enjoy "strong relations" to protect their people from 21st century threats.
The University of Pennsylvania has emerged as the topmost university in the world, as per Youth Incorporated magazine's Global University rankings.
IMAGES from the soccer matches played across European leagues over the weekend.
'A review of their performance in the last 100 days will force any sensible person to lose trust in them.'
Rediff.com's Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping and discovers some famous and biggest ones.
