As India's decline continued on global indices, the government first blamed methodology and then motives. This is where we remain today as we wish each other and ourselves a happy Independence Day, points out Aakar Patel.
Matheus Cunha struck just before half-time to earn Manchester United a 1-0 victory at luckless Chelsea on Saturday, taking them a big step closer to Champions League football next season.
Dramatic night in the Champions League playoffs as goals, shocks and dominant performances decided the final places in the last 16.
Anuskha Kumari scored a hat-trick as India thrashed hosts Bhutan 8-0 for their third consecutive win at the SAFF Under-17 Women's Championships.
Abhishek Sharma reached 931 ratings point, which is 12 more than the previous best rating of 919 attained by England's Dawid Malan in 2020.
Second-string Liverpool were thumped 3-0 by Crystal Palace as Ismaila Sarr struck twice for the visitors in the League Cup on Wednesday, booking the London side's spot in the quarter-finals and piling more misery on Arne Slot's struggling side.
Estevao and Rodrygo at the double as Brazil thrash South Korea 5-0
Liverpool shrugged off the absence of Mohamed Salah as midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored an 88th-minute penalty to give them a 1-0 Champions League win at Inter Milan.
Germany and Sweden occupy the top two spots in Group C on six points and meet in Zurich on Saturday to decide who will win the group after Sweden's aerial bombardment from the wings proved too much for the Polish defence.
IMAGES from football matches played across European Leagues on Saturday.
A summary of Wednesday's Champions League first leg quarter-finals between Barcelona and Dortmund and Real Madrid, and Paris St Germain and Aston Villa.
The 21-gun salute is conducted by a specifically-designed cartridge or a blank round which is used to create the sound of firing as opposed to actual shells being fired.
United climbed to fourth in the standings on 15 points going into the last round of matches, in a strong position to reach the knockout phase along with Spurs who are sixth with 14 points.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
A summary of Saturday's action in the Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga
Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat Kerala Blasters 3-2 to register their fifth consecutive home win and cement their top spot in the Indian Super League.
Manchester City thrashed West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim their first back-to-back wins since October.
Images from Saturday's action in the Nations League group stage matches.
Liverpool's slim Premier League title hopes faded further on Saturday when Michail Antonio's late header earned West Ham United a deserved point with a 2-2 draw.
IMAGES from the UEFA Nations League matches played on Monday.
Panama pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over the United States in a heated Group C encounter at the Copa America on Thursday.
It was a muted Independence Day celebrations because of the dawn-to-dusk general strike called by multiple militant outfits and the loss of lives and property of hundreds of people over the last three months in the ethnic strife.
The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield on Sunday
Liverpool snatched three points with a wild 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest.
A summary of the Euro 2024 qualification matches played on Saturday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool snatched a sensational 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
A summary of Saturday's action in the FIFA women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
The prime minister, wearing an especially customised white yoga T-shirt and trousers, began his address with a 'Namaste' and thanked people for coming here from far away to attend the celebration.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Farhan has a family get-together... Sunny shoots a song... Dia misses the forest...
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Photos from the football matches played in the Serie A, Bundesliga and French Ligue 1 on Sunday
PSG went ahead in the first half, but Mauricio Pochettino's side lost control after the break
In his address to the high-level UN General Assembly session, Jaishankar said those who politicise the UNSC 1267 Sanctions regime, sometimes even to the extent of defending proclaimed terrorists, do so at their own peril.
