Striker Mariano's header was glanced onto the crossbar by Sociedad's Andoni Gorosabel while the loose ball fell to Marco Asensio, whose shot was deflected wide for a corner from which Raphael Varane header hit the top of the bar.
India's leading player Sharath Kamal overcame a sluggish start to beat Portugal's Tiago Apolonia in the men's singles second round, while the women challenge ended with Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee losing to their superior opponents at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
It is no secret that in 2016, head coach Waqar Younis wanted Butt in the team but the then captain of white ball cricket formats, Shahid Afridi opposed having him in the team.
'...this time around, obviously, he (Kohli) would be gearing up for it because it's going to be a different challenge with David Warner and Steve Smith coming back into the Australian Test line-up.'
'I am most excited about a new video production solution for large organisations -- think Fortune 500 companies -- that have distributed teams, many of which are based in India.'
A brace from Jorge Ortiz helped FC Goa script a 3-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in an Indian Super League match at the Fatorda Stadium, in Margao, on Thursday.
Raphael Messi Bouli struck twice in the last 15 minutes to eke out a 2-2 draw for Kerala Blasters
Situated at a height of 15,200 feet above sea level, the pass sits on the top of a craggily formed Himalayan range that separates the Tibetan plateau from the Indian sub-continent.
Four-times winners Germany enjoyed a 3-0 win over Group J rivals Iceland
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly and the players had to pay dearly for their misadventures.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir on Monday said that in the absence of Suresh Raina, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should bat higher up the order for Chennai Super Kings in this year's Indian Premier League.
South African great AB de Villiers revealed that he sees a lot of himself in young Australian batsman Josh Philippe.
The simple act of holding hands or even giving a tight hug to someone you love can help you immediately feel better and lighter, observes nutrition and stress management expert Dr Khushboo Thakker Garodia.
Popping the question to Nandita Mahtani, Commando style at an army camp while rappelling down a wall. Surrounded by 300 army men...
The hotel found the staffer and said it would be a delight to connect the two
Chelsea moved into the Premier League's top four as Mason Mount's superb first-half goal earned them a 1-0 win at champions Liverpool who suffered a club-record fifth straight home league defeat on Thursday.
If you are among those people who prefer to jump into bed first and save the difficult conversations for later, then these times might not fancy you, cautions Ravi Mittal, founder, CEO, Quack Quack, an online dating app.
'We've seen significant change in batting and it's worth it to give him that extra bit of time'
The safety measures announced by ICC include the appointment of chief medical officers, a 14-day pre-match isolation training camp and use of gloves by umpires while handling the ball.
Defending champions Bengaluru FC registered a narrow 1-0 win over ATK in the first leg of their Hero Indian Super League semi-final clash at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Former batsman VVS Laxman has picked KL Rahul over Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting with Rohit Sharma in the upcoming five-match T20I series against England, starting in Ahmedabad on Friday.
The result moves Chelsea up to eighth in the Premier League table with 30 points, while Wolves are 13th with 23 points.
Former opener Gautam Gambhir believes that batting great Rahul Dravid is the country's most "under-rated" captain, who never got enough credit for his contribution to the game in India despite making an impact comparable to only Sachin Tendulkar. Dravid captained India in 79 ODIs, winning 42 of them, which includes the world record of 14 successive wins while chasing. The 47-year-old also led India's Test team to some impressive results in away series in West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh and England.
Brett Lee's thunderbolts had taken Rohit Sharma's 'sleep away' when he first started out but among the current lot, Josh Hazlewood is one speedster the India swashbuckler 'doesn't want to face' in Tests.
Italy will face the runners-up of Group C next in London on June 26, while Wales will take on the runners-up of Group B on the same day in Amsterdam.
Images from action in the Spanish Super Cup and English Premier League
Images from Day 4 of the first Test between India and the West Indies in Antigua.
Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More, who trained Sushant Singh Rajput for the role of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the blockbuster biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, said an "unbelievable journey" has been cut short by the young actor's shocking death. Rajput, 34, committed suicide at his Mumbai residence on Sunday morning.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a very special and important country with a remarkable entrepreneurship culture, as he sought to push deeper the just-launched payments services that allow users to make payments over WhatsApp. Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for rolling out its payments services in India. In 2018, WhatsApp started testing its UPI-based payments services in India -- a global first -- with about a million users.
Sachin Tendulkar said that he doesn't have his first car with him anymore and appealed to those who bought it to get in touch.
Images from the Champions League football matches played on Wednesday night.
IMAGES from football matches played across leagues in Europe on Sunday.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the five best matches of the final round.
Jamshedpur FC began their Indian Super League campaign on a winning note as they defeated Mumbai City FC 2-0, courtesy goals by Spanish Mario Arques and Pablo Morgado, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
Images from soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
While former England skipper Nasser Hussain loves that Virat Kohli is his "own man", very different from 'Ice Man' Mahendra Singh Dhoni, there are areas where he would like the Indian captain to improve.
'Making a connection between the bowler now and then would be wrong. But had he not had those five years out of the game, I think he would be up there with the very best Pakistan have ever had'
Luckily, the KKR skipper had wife Dipika Pallikal, the international squash player, also dealing with the situation and he drew inspiration from her.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday said that former greats like Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram will be holding online sessions with current and emerging cricketers in Pakistan to help them remain focused in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. These sessions have been arranged by the Pakistan national men's cricket team management in collaboration with the International Cricket Operations Department as they are looking at innovative ideas to ensure its elite players and future prospects remain connected with the game.
'Nothing in this house was going right, even in terms of feeling normal, feeling light for a moment. It was very difficult but it made me stronger.'
