Sporting marked the final home game of coach Ruben Amorim's reign in stunning fashion as Viktor Gyokeres' hat-trick saw them come from behind to thrash Manchester City 4-1 and maintain their superb start to the Champions League on Tuesday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the UEFA Nations League group stage matches.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
AIFF seeks investigation into Qatar's controversial goal against India
Manchester City have one just victory from their last 10 games across all competitions.
It is understood that the Test squad will be leaving from Mumbai few days after the series and just like it happened during the last tour of South Africa, the BCCI could have a four-day game between India and India A, which people in the know of things feel will provide Rohit Sharma's men with quality match simulation.
East Bengal edge past NEUFC 1-0 to register first win of ISL season
India stunned Tokyo Games silver medallist and their biggest nemesis Australia 3-2 in Paris on Friday
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
Why can't the Indian government propose to the Chinese a corridor circumambulating the Holy Mountain where people from both sides could perform the yatra again? asks Claude Arpi.
Kadri said he felt his team did not deserve to lose but failed to take their chances while Australia scored with only two shots on goal.
A stunning bicycle kick from Antonio Sanabria and a second-half header from Omar Alderete gave Paraguay a well earned 2-1 home win over Argentina.
Jude Bellingham converted a penalty and Kylian Mbappe added another goal before halftime to spur Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Getafe.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
A late penalty from Bryan Zaragoza secured Spain a 3-2 win over Switzerland in their final Nations League Group A4 game on Monday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
Al-Nassr last week cancelled their two-game China tour due to the absence of the 38-year-old Ronaldo.
Roundup of the matches being held across major football leagues in Europe on Sunday
The four wickets that India prised out in the third session, on balance, swung the game back in their favour, says Prem Panicker .
Casper Ruud returned to the French Open final for a second year running by dismantling German 22nd seed Alexander Zverev to set up a showdown with 22-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.
India's men's hockey team clinched a second successive bronze medal at the Olympics for the first time in 52 years after a come-from-behind 2-1 victory win over Spain, giving veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh a fitting farewell in Paris on Thursday.
Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala's second-half goals sent Germany into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark on Saturday after their last-16 clash was delayed by thunderstorm.
None of R D Burman's collaborations was as rewarding and resplendent as with Gulzar, who turns 89 today, August 18, 2023, says Subhash K Jha.
Scotland stay in hunt for quarters with 1-0 win over 10-man Croatia
The Congress said the PM has neither found the time nor even had the inclination to visit the state for even a few hours.
China stunned Pakistan 2-0 in the shoot-out to enter the final of Hero Asian Champions Trophy for the first time in the history of the tournament.
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.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
Robert Lewandowski's brace earned depleted Barcelona a 2-1 comeback win at Valencia
Rajasthan seamers did well to keep LSG down to under 200 before Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel guided the team home.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
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.
'I've come here as a commoner. Justice is needed to ensure that this incident is never repeated.'
IMAGES from the Euro 2024 Group B match between Croatia and Albania at Hamburg Volksparkstadion, in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday.
Two goals from Luis Diaz and one from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool stroll to a 3-0 victory at Manchester United.
India will take on the winners of France and the Netherlands in women's team quarter-finals on Sunday; Men's team most fancied
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Barcelona top the LaLiga standings with 15 points, four ahead of Real Madrid and Villarreal. Girona are seventh on seven points.
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.
