Florian Thauvin headed in Payet's free kick after 15 minutes and Clinton Njie calmly slotted home in the 63rd to put Marseille in the driving seat against the Austrian champions.
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday
Defending champion Rafael Nadal remains on course for an 11th Monte Carlo Masters title after beating Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 in the semi-finals on Saturday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Manchester City came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in a breathless and pulsating Premier League encounter, at Anfield, on Sunday. All four goals came in the second half.
Djokovic has not reached the last eight of a tournament since last year's Wimbledon and has struggled with a long-term elbow injury.
Murray, who suffered an elbow injury in March and made his return from a five-week layoff on Wednesday after a first-round bye, won the opening set in 48 minutes before losing concentration.
Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna started his campaign by outclassing Eric De Haan of Holland in the first round of the Masters' section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival at the Caleta in Gibraltar.
A summary of Wednesday night's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool face Spurs in the game of the weekend, a day after title rivals Manchester City travel to struggling Fulham.
French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis on Monday was hit by a wardrobe malfunction
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
News of all that tranpired on and off the football field.
Joe Maguire was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, violence against public employees and attempted bribery. Sharman was found guilty of insult, repeated bodily harm and violence against public employees.
Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya.
Images from Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
As the curtains fall on another year, Rediff.com brings you all the action from the sports field that defined 2019.
Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage on Thursday after losing 4-3 at home to Real Sociedad, while record 30-times winners Barcelona were sent crashing out of the Copa del Rey in a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao.
Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
Which films are *you* rooting for?
The football fans in Kochi will get a chance to witness a fascinating contest between Brazilian attacking flare and Spanish 'tiki-taka' possession football in what could be a final before the final of this tournament.
The 2016 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the world's biggest photography competition, organised by the World Photography Organisation, announces the shortlists for its Professional, Open and Youth competitions.
Summary of all that transpired on and off the football field
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
The complete set of winners on Oscar night!
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Both the teams have won their respective opening matches with Germany getting past Costa Rica 2-1 and Iran beating Guinea 3-1 last Saturday.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
As Britain's Prince Harry follows in his brother's footsteps and is all set to marry a commoner -- American actress Meghan Markle -- early next year, here's some of the well-known commoners who became royalty through marriage.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
As India's Dattu Bhokanal will be competing in the men's singles sculls rowing event fat the Rio 2016 Olympics, on Saturday, here is a beginner's guide.
Briton Chris Froome won his second Tour de France title in three years on Sunday to enhance his growing reputation as a grand tour specialist.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.
The TV personality's friend, French chef, Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room on Friday morning.
Manchester City claimed the win required to finally end Liverpool's relentless attempt to dethrone them as Premier League champions as they hit back from a goal down to crush Brighton and Hove Albion on the south coast on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal was made to wait before his second-round Rogers Cup match due to several rain delays but did his part to put the schedule back on track with a speedy 6-2 6-3 win over Frenchman Benoit Paire on Wednesday.
A quick look at the Oscar 2015 nominations.
Shot in 2014, these images from across the globe will tell that it is a crazy world out there!
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