Cilic had never made it past the quarters in Paris but has now made the semis or better at all four majors.
Sadio Mane scored twice to help Senegal fight back and shock Brazil 4-2 in a friendly in Lisbon on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic beat Norway's Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday, earning the biggest paycheck ever in tennis - $4,740,300 - for completing the season-ending tournament unbeaten.
Champions Manchester City's 12-match winning streak in the Premier League came to an end as Julio Enciso's stunner earned sixth-placed Brighton and Hove Albion a 1-1 draw.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League
Rafael Nadal is aiming to successfully defend his Australian Open title at the first Grand Slam of the year in January after an injury-plagued 2022.
Haaland's 45th goal was a personal record, too, for the 22-year-old who scored a total of 44 in 2019-20
Anand showed impressive form with a victory over Carlsen to lead the standings after the fifth round but was outgunned by Mamedyarov
Manchester City face Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday.
Now only Inter stand in the way of a treble that would match Manchester United's still unique feat of 1999.
Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday.
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
New Zealand opened the ninth Women's World Cup with a shock win against former champions Norway on Thursday
Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool snatched a sensational 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
It's raining disaster movies on OTT this week. But that's not all.
Guardiola said he would not take a risk with his leading goalscorer when they host Sevilla in Europe's top-tier club competition as they have already qualified for the knockout stage.
Iden produced strong performances in the swim and cycle sections, before clocking 2:36:15 on the run to chase down France's Sam Laidlow and clinch victory with an overall time of 7:40:24 on the Big Island.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen said on Monday he believed Hans Niemann had "cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted", adding he no longer wanted to play against the American and any rivals who repeatedly cheated in the past.
The 35-year-old also paid tribute to Messi, who played for Real's arch-rivals Barcelona.
How the winners celebrated on Day 11 of the French Open.
Holders Real Madrid will play 2021 winners Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals while Manchester City's Pep Guardiola will visit his former club Bayern Munich.
A summary of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage action, on Wednesday.
City forward Erling Haaland, who had missed a first-half penalty, made amends in the 57th minute
Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai recently.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Take a look at the five top contenders for the men's singles title at the French Open:
Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 2.5-0.5 in the seventh and final round to finish fifth in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals in San Francisco on Monday.
Haaland now has an astonishing 42 goals for City since joining from Borussia Dortmund last June.
A title match requires months of preparation and pulling out of other events, putting together a team of seconds, etc. Carlsen just says he lacks the motivation to do this again.
Norwegian Casper Rudd is the first tennis player from his country to reach the final of any Grand Slam.
Erling Haaland became the third player in Champions League history to score five goals in a game as he led Manchester City to an unrelenting 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
This is the first time a player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the list in eight years.
Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open
'When you are playing defensive against Rafa on clay, he will eat you alive'
Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.
Nadal, who would pass fellow Spaniard Andres Gimeno as the oldest Roland Garros men's singles champion if he wins, had to dig deep again in a three-hour slugfest in the semi-final against Alexander Zverev before the German was forced to retire mid-match after injuring his ankle.
Stunning model looks at the 2022 Cannes film festival.
Indian teenager Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned world champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time this year as he claimed victory over the Norwegian at the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament on Friday.
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