Boosted by 2014 Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez and top scorer Radamel Falcao, a confident Colombia will be looking to demolish low-ranked Japan on Tuesday before moving on to tougher Group H rivals Poland and Senegal.
Images from Saturday's Premier League matches.
Ankur Mittal added to the Indian shooting contingent's medal rush by winning a bronze in the men's double trap event of the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, on Wednesday.
Celtic winger James Forrest scored a dramatic stoppage time winner to secure his club a Champions League group stage place on Wednesday alongside AC Milan, Real Sociedad, Zenit St Petersburg and Czech champions Viktoria Plzen.
Floyd Mayweather tops the Forbes list of best paid athletes for the fourth time in seven years, followed by soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kevin de Bruyne's first-half penalty and a superb strike by Raheem Sterling after the break earned holders Manchester City a comfortable 2-0 away win at Newcastle United in the weekend's last FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Etihad has high hopes from Jet Airways deal in which it bought out majority stake in 2013.
Rafa Benitez's much-changed side with a youthful streak had looked set to coast through when Sean Longstaff's deflected shot put them ahead after 56 seconds and Callum Roberts volleyed home a second four years since his only other Newcastle appearance.
Images from the EPL matches played across England on Sunday.
Breaking its tradition of criticising the Australian team, the British Press has reacted to England's win in the first Ashes Test in a much milder language, while only praising James Anderson for the close win.
Tiger Woods roared back to the top of the golf world rankings after a splendid display in the first half of 2013 which lifted him to the top of the list of the biggest sports earners last year. Rediff.com presents the ten biggest sports earners last year.
Ish Sodhi's 168-ball 56 not out helped New Zealand hold on for draw and secure a first series win over England since 1999.
A preview of the main matches coming up in the English Premier League.
Alan Pardew suffered the ignominy of becoming the first Newcastle United manager to lose four successive Tyne-Wear derbies against Sunderland after Adam Johnson's late goal subjected his team to more misery against their arch-rivals.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Alaba strike on Clasico debut gives Real Madrid 2-1 win at Barcelona.
Liverpool twice came from behind to force a 2-2 draw against Newcastle United that took them top of the Premier League table on Saturday.
From when James Buchanan was sworn in in 1857 to Donald Trump in 2017.
The Duchess of Cambridge was discharged yesterday after receiving three days' treatment for acute morning sickness.
Police believe Loibl -- who is from St Petersburg, Florida -- traveled to Grimmie's concert in Orlando Friday night specifically to shoot her.
Chelsea are banking on a lavish shopping spree to give them more bite up front and much-needed solidity in defence after coach Frank Lampard spent last season relying heavily on a crop of inexperienced home-grown players.
Tottenham Hotspur's poor start to the season showed little sign of improving when they were beaten 3-1 by Newcastle United.
Britain's Prince Harry will spend six months on secondment with the Australian Army, a news report said.
Images from the fifth and final day of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Nottingham, on Sunday.
An Indian-origin nurse who was duped into transferring a hoax call that gave away information on pregnant Kate Middleton's medical condition to Australian radio presenters was Friday found dead in a suspected suicide.
Termed as the most anticipated pregnancy since the Princess Diana's, British Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage.
India captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma maintained their supremacy at the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, occupying the first and second spots respectively in the latest list released on Wednesday.
Images from the English Premier League match played between Manchester City and Newcastle on Wednesday
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami gave an exhibition of high-quality fast bowling on Saturday, on Day 2 of India's warm-up match against New Zealand XI, sending a warning signal for the home team ahead of first Test in Wellington.
Rain held up England's progress after Alastair Cook scored a superb 243 on the second day of the first Test against West Indies at Edgbaston on Friday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
India got off to a horror start in their practice match as youngsters Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill failed with the bat on Day 1 of the three-day game against New Zealand XI at Seddon Park, in Hamilton, on Friday. All the batsmen were dismissed by fast bowler Scott Kuggeleijn as India were reduced to 5/3 in the seventh over.
These images prove we live in a mad, mad world.
Manchester City player Aleksandar Kolarov is reportedly at the centre of an alleged racism complaint.
Buttler was fined 15 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point after swearing repeatedly at South Africa all-rounder Vernon Philander
Newcastle United were thrashed 5-1 by second divison leaders Birmingham City in their FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday at St James's Park.
Now that the news of the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy has broken and we know she's less than 12 weeks along, here's a look at her style statements during the early days.
DeAndre Yedlin has joined Championship (second tier) side Newcastle United on a five-year deal from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee, the clubs have announced.
1st Test, Day 2: The top performer of the day has to be Sachin Tendulkar.
