Liverpool ended their seven-year wait for a home league win over Manchester United on Saturday when Ryan Babel came off the bench to give them a deserved 2-1 victory over the champions. Their victory took them to 10 points from four games, the same as Chelsea, who won 3-1 at Manchester City, despite Robinho marking his debut for City with a goal after 13 minutes.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 14 images.
Arsenal brushed aside Reading 2-0 at the Emirates on Saturday for only their second win in nine EPL games.
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a pulsating 1-1 draw while Fenerbahce came from behind for a 2-1 home win over Chelsea in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg matches.
The top two teams in the EPL will battle for supremacy at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor ended the speculation about his future by confirming he will sign a new contract with the EPL club.
Jessie Fleming and Nichelle Prince got second-half goals to give Canada a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Saturday and book their place in the last 16 of the women's World Cup.
'There will be much for President Trump and Prime Minister Modi to discuss including growing Chinese military cooperation with Pakistan, which heralds a new attempt by China and Pakistan to neutralise India's influence in its Indian Ocean neighbourhood,' notes Ambassador G Parthasarathy.
Arsenal beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 to surge top of the English Premier League.
Emmanuel Ovieghara finally opened his account in the I-League, scoring a vital equaliser in the 64th minute to help Air India hold a dominant Mumbai FC to a 1-1 draw in the 17th round match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Saturday.
Arsenal beat Newcastle United 3-0 to edge ahead of Manchester United in the English Premier League.
Reacting sharply to the ban imposed on yoga by two churches in England in their halls, yoga exponent Baba Ramdev and a Catholic priest on Saturday said the decision stems from "ignorance".
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor and two other Togo players have been suspended from the national squad in a row over unpaid World Cup bonuses, a Togolese Football Federation (FTF) official said on Monday.
Manchester United stayed put atop the English Premier League after 2-0 victory over Reading as Arsenal routed Fulham 3-0 and Chelsea beat Birmingham City 1-0.
Chirag United put up a spirited display to beat 10-man Air India 1-0 in the 15th round of the ONGC I-League at Yuba Bharati Krirangan, in Kolkata on Saturday night.
Usain Bolt ran under 10 seconds for the first time this year as he narrowly won the 100 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Three million tonnes of buffer stock, where the government bears the interest and insurance cost, was announced by the Centre only for a year and that period is ending in June.
Modi, who will be addressing the General Debate for the first time in five years, has a packed bilateral and multilateral agenda beginning September 23 till September 27.
The Chelsea captain will be out of action for up to six weeks after a scan showed he had broken three bones in his right foot.
Emmanuel Adebayor came off the bench to score a second half hat-trick as Arsenal crushed relegated Derby County 6-2 at Pride Park in the Premier League on Monday. Arsenal moved on to 77 points, a tally that ensures they will finish at least third. Manchester United and Chelsea occupy the top two spots, both on 81 points.
Unbeaten Arsenal stretched their lead in the Premier league to five points after a 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Saturday while Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 to overhaul Manchester United and go second.
Manchester United surged six points clear at the top of the English Premier League with a 2-1 comeback victory over Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday that also snuffed out the London club's slim title hopes. Emmanuel Adebayor put Arsenal ahead early in the second half but a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty levelled and Owen Hargreaves won it with a 72nd-minute free kick. The result leaves United on 80 points, six clear of Chelsea, who host Wigan Athletic on Monday.
Arsenal beat Reading 3-1on Monday to extend their club record to 27 unbeaten matches and replace Manchester United on top of the Premier League.
An injury-time goal from Fulham's Darren Bent inflicted more pain on struggling Manchester United as the bottom club rescued a 2-2 Premier League draw on Sunday while Tottenham Hotspur beat top-four rivals Everton 1-0.
French sources say Hollande was motivated to speak out after an Indian media report revealed that the Reliance Group had part-funded a film venture by his domestic partner, French actress Julie Gayet.
Ghana and the United States would look to seal a knockout berth when they face-off in their second group match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in New Delhi, on Monday.
A second-half goal by Robin van Persie gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Adebayor struck once in the first half and twice in the second, including a penalty in a 5-0 victory in the English Premier League.
Arsenal opened a five-point gap at the top of the English Premier League after beating Blackburn Rovers 2-0.
Manchester United moved into the top four for the first time this season with a scrappy 1-0 victory at Everton.
Arsenal swapped places with champions Manchester United at the top of the Premier League on Saturday after a 3-1 victory at Manchester City preceded United's 1-1 draw away at Tottenham Hotspur.
Official sources said the two leaders will meet for around four to six hours for the 'agendaless' talks
Arsenal strode into the New Year with their lead at the top of the English Premier League intact after a 2-0 victory over West Ham United.
Ukraine advanced to the Euro 2020 finals after an impressive first half helped them to a 2-1 home win over Portugal, whose talismanic captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal.
Agnieszka Radwanska collected her 20th career WTA title after a dominant 6-4, 6-2 victory over Britain's Johanna Konta in the China Open final on Sunday.
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The FIFA legends, including World Cup winner Frenchman Marcel Desailly, Colombian great Carlos Valderrama, Spain's Fernando Morientes, Mexican Jorge Campos and Nigerian Emmanuel Amuneke, will roll back the years and turn out for a short match at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto converted a penalty in each half as Arsenal trounced Tottenham Hotspur 3-0.
Arsenal and Chelsea have both been fined 100,000 pounds and reprimanded after a mass confrontation in the closing minutes of last month's League Cup final in Cardiff, the FA said on Tuesday.
Adebayor, who was also fined 7,500 pounds ($14,490) by an FA disciplinary commission hearing, was found guilty of a charge of reacting aggressively and failing to leave the field of play immediately after being dismissed.
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