'It's about experience. My players were fit, in fact fitter than Oman, but they were more experienced.' Coach Stimac rues India's one-man attack after Oman agony
Tunisia fear facing England's 'most dangerous weapon'" - attacking midfielder Dele Alli - but the North Africans will be pushing for an upset in their opening game on Monday, said coach Nabil Maaloul.
Here are some of the beautiful images in the contest.
Fighting the coronavirus pandemic is hard, in fact it seems impossible. Doctors, nurses, carers and paramedics around the world are facing an unprecedented workload in overstretched health facilities, and with no end in sight. They are working in stressful and frightening work environments, not just because the virus is little understood, but because in most settings they are under-protected, overworked and themselves vulnerable to infection. The risk to doctors, nurses and others on the front lines has become plain: Italy has seen at least 18 doctors with coronavirus die. Spain reported that more than 3,900 health care workers have become infected. In dire times such as these, people are trying their best to show their appreciation to the frontline workers. Here are some images -- from clapping for them to singing for them.. A 'thank you' in any way goes a long way around.
Manchester City progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League from Group F on Tuesday after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Olympique Lyonnais, a team Pep Guardiola hailed as one of the toughest he has ever faced.
When it comes to producing the raucous atmospheres which help make the Davis Cup unique among tennis events, few do it as well as the Belgians who have reached two of the last three finals, losing on both occasions.
Giant-killer Saurav Ghosal notched up the biggest title of his career by winning the inaugural Ornano International Open, stunning third seed Davide Bianchetti in the final of the $ 15,000 PSA Tour squash event in Bordeaux.
Sally Hawkins, we think, will pip Frances McDormand.
Sixth seed Nick Kyrgios battered Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 and David Goffin outlasted Marin Cilic 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the Japan Open final in Tokyo.
Three Indian authors are among the 12 candidates short-listed for the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, it was announced on Monday.
Second seed Gael Monfils edged past Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6(6), 7-6(6) and Marin Cilic ousted Argentine Juan Monaco 7-5, 6-1 to progress to the Japan Open semi-finals in Tokyo on Friday.
A soccer friendly between Belgium and Spain scheduled for Brussels on Tuesday has been postponed for security reasons after the Paris attacks, the Belgian soccer federation said in a statement.
German Stefan Schumacher caught the favourites out to snatch the Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey with victory in the fourth stage, a 29.5-km time trial around Cholet on Tuesday. The Gerolsteiner rider clocked a best time of 35 minutes and 44 seconds on a windswept course at an average speed of 49.534 kph to beat Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia by 18 seconds.
The European Parliament has called for an 'immediate' triggering of Brexit.
Their skills are impressive on the field, and their looks easy on the eyes.
French police have identified the first of seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in a wave of carnage claimed by the Islamic State group.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle with his form as he lost to 16-year old International Master Benjamin Gledura of Hungary in the seventh round of the Masters section of Gibraltar International Chess festival
Japan continued to maintain a keen interest in both singles tournaments at Wimbledon after Kei Nishikori advanced to the third round with a win over Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday and Naomi Osaka followed suit in the women's draw.
Iceland snatched a stoppage-time winner to continue their fairytale story at Euro 2016 by making it through to the last 16 after a deserved 2-1 victory against Austria in their final Group F match on Wednesday.
The eighth seeds beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 2-6, 6-0, 10-3 in the first round in Miami.
David Beckham, who is set to win his 100th England cap, said he wanted he to carry on and not stop at the milestone.
The Valencia player has been banned for sparking the brawl at the end of the Champions League match against Inter Milan.
A David Trezeguet hat-trick gave Juventus a 5-1 home win over Livorno on their return to Serie A.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Roger Federer opens his title defence while Tim Henman starts another year of hope at Wimbledon on Monday.
The first of a number of legal challenges to Britain's exit from the European Union without parliamentary approval opened in the high court in London on Tuesday.
Former France defender Mikael Silvestre, who played for Indian Super League side Chennaiyin FC in the inaugural edition in 2014, feels that football is growing fast in India.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday night.
The Argentine midfielder is keen to return to Italy and Chelsea will have to accept a significant loss on the £15m they paid Manchester United for him last summer.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday rejected alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla's application for an interim measure on human rights grounds to block his extradition from the UK to face match-fixing charges in India. The legal paperwork process for his extradition will now go ahead through the UK Central Authority, for Scotland Yard officers to hand Chawla over to their counterparts from Delhi Police to be flown back to Indian within days.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The Swiss beat David Ferrer 6-4, 6-0 at Monte Carlo Masters to clinch his 500th professional win.
Venus Williams suffered a shock 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 defeat by France's Virginie Razzano in the Japan Open final.
Landis returned home on Thursday and will immediately begin a six weeks of physical therapy to strengthen the hip and increase its range of movement, spokesman Michael Henson said.
'We don't need to hinge India-UK relations on shared hostility toward China,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men's draw which includes five-times US Open champion and 17-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer as seventh seed - his first time the Swiss has been placed outside the top three in a Grand Slam in over ten years.
The result shook up League A Group 4, giving Ukraine an outside chance of finishing top of the group with two games remaining.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Serena Williams and Marin Cilic both survived third round scares on Friday to keep their US Open title defences on track but there was no escape for Rafael Nadal with the twice-winner going down in a late night thriller.
