Burnley earned their first point since returning to the Premier League but were left frustrated by a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday after having a late goal ruled out.
Ashwin rose a place to second, while Ravindra Jadeja jumped seven rungs to be among the top-10 bowlers
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League
Two Indian nationals were among five persons arrested by United States border authorities after they were apprehended for illegally crossing into the country from Canada by boat.
A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Barcelona have reached the semis only once since winning the Champions League in 2014-15.
With the WTC final set to get underway shortly after the IPL, India skipper Rohit Sharma said the players' workloads will be closely monitored.
Brazil lived up to expectations by smashing Bolivia 5-1 at home in their 2026 World Cup qualifiers opener on Friday.
Jemimah Rodrigues smashed a stylish 49 off 36 balls before the heavens opened up and force the abandonment of the first women's T20 International between India and Australia, in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
A summary of the opening day's action in the UEFA Champions league on Tuesday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played over the weekend.
A round-up of Sunday's matches in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A
Manchester City's Erling Haaland faces Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski meets Bayern Munich after the Champions League group-stage draw was made on Thursday.
Young Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria expectedly made inglorious exits in their respective events at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg.
Australian batters have been focussed on tackling the spin threat
Great players have the knack of conquering the odds, and on Sunday Kohli crossed a major hurdle with the fighting spirit of a champion.
Barcelona bounced back from their painful Clasico loss in style as they cruised to a 3-0 home LaLiga win over Villarreal with a brace from Robert Lewandowski on Thursday.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
Emma Hayes, who led Chelsea to the 2021 Champions League final, is joined on The Best FIFA Women's Coach shortlist by England manager Sarina Wiegman and Canada coach Beverly Priestman.
A tenacious Barcelona frustrated Real Madrid to secure a 1-0 win over their bitter rivals in an ill-tempered Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Thursday.
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Real Madrid's France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award for the best men's player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona's Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women's award for a second time.
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, is also in the shortlist.
With 14 required off the last over, Umesh Yadav was hit for a boundary each by Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins as Australia reached the target of 127 off the last delivery of the match.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group C match played between Argentina and Poland on Wednesday.
The World Bank has appointed Indermit Gill, an Indian national, chief economist and senior vice-president for development economics at the multilateral development bank. "Indermit Gill brings to this role a combination of leadership, invaluable expertise and practical experience working with country governments on macroeconomic imbalances, growth, poverty, institutions, conflict, and climate change," World Bank President David Malpass said in a statement. His appointment will be effective September 1, 2022.
Bayern Munich stumbled to a 1-1 draw against visiting Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to leave them with only a slim Bundesliga lead after being held for the third game in a row with the same scoreline.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Messi is idolised the world over but said he does not enjoy giving advice
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed seven wickets (7-152) to help the Aussies win the first Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
It was heartbreak for India's women's hockey team as it lost 0-3 in the shoot-out to four-time champions Australia after both the teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, on Friday.
Shaili Singh's progress as an athlete has a lot to do with her coach Robert Bobby George but it was her "strong and determined" mother, who helped her daughter take first big leap when she sent her to Bengaluru for training, much against the 'advice' of well-wishers.
As the United States focuses on the Indo-Pacific, in particular the Quad, the Biden administration needs to address India's ties with Russia and its 'downward trend of democratic values and institutions', said a report by the Democratic Party of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Giroud, at 36, brings experience and guile to France's attack, while Mbappe, 23, is blessed with pace
IMAGES from the soccer matches played across European leagues over the weekend.
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at comments made by Ballon d'Or organiser Pascal Ferre, saying the editor-in-chief of France Football "lied" about his rivalry with Lionel Messi.
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