India will next play mighty Australia on Sunday.
PSG made hard work of beating Strasbourg 4-2 in the French Ligue 1, while Real Madrid registered a comfortable 4-1 win away to Alaves in their opening game.
Tamil Nadu's S Dhanalakshmi, who had stunned Dutee Chand in the 100 metres final, beat Hima Das, another star athlete, in the 200 metres semi-final heats, clocking a new meet record time of 23.26 seconds, in the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships, in Patiala, on Thursday.
'When you love someone, you have to love him, without looking at his past. Everyone has a past.'
Rui Patricio saved three penalties as Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated English Premier League champions Manchester City to claim the Premier League Asia Trophy 3-2 in a penalty shootout.
It could have been a supporter from Turkey, but thank God it was a Croatian supporter," Luka Modric said.
Manchester City moved 17 points clear of the pack with a 3-0 win at Fulham on Saturday
The tournaments involve eight players each, divided into two pools of four on a round-robin basis. Sets have been slashed to best-of-seven games.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggest March releases in the last decade.
Croatia were in dreamland on Thursday after advancing to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time in 20 years with a 3-0 rout of Argentina that left a subdued Lionel Messi and his team mates facing yet another flop.
Kragh Andersen claimed his second audacious solo stage win of the Tour de France on Friday with a perfectly timed attack late in the 19th stage
Real and Barca have won the title in 15 of the last 16 seasons, with Atletico breaking the duopoly in 2014.
All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics.
Bayern Munich came from a goal down to ease past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Saturday and remain firmly on course to retain the Bundesliga title with four games remaining. The Bavarians are within touching distance of their eighth consecutive league crown, but Leverkusen's 17-year-old Florian Wirtz stole some of the spotlight at the end, becoming the youngest Bundesliga scorer when he netted in the 89th minute.
Casemiro produced a performance worthy of a top striker by scoring twice in a 2-1 win for Zinedine Zidane's side over Sevilla
Germany's Lukas Podolski will receive an appropriate farewell when the world champions meet England in a high-quality friendly on Wednesday with the winger having become one of the country's all-time greats, coach Joachim Loew said on Tuesday.
Beer drinkers from around the world gathered in Munich on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the 181st Oktoberfest.
Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski could be ruled out for up to 10 weeks with a hamstring injury, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday.
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi again seen backing her nation in a top showdown with France
A summary of Sunday's action in Serie A and Bundesliga.
Reuters sports writers chose their team of the tournament.
A guide to the Croatia starting 11 ahead of the World Cup final against France.
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
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Rafael Nadal made a successful comeback after a seven-month injury absence with victory in the first round of the Chilean Open doubles on Tuesday.
Four draws and two wins on Under-20 boards helped India pull off the victory against the Chinese.
While one waits to see when theatres will reopen, it would be nice to start off with light-hearted movies.
Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo would like Barcelona's Lionel Messi to leave Spain and rekindle their rivalry by joining him in the Italian top flight.
Kartik Aryan and Kriti Sanon get ready to play Luka Chuppi with us.
The suspension of expeditions in Nepal will affect hundreds of foreign climbers now preparing for the spring season, a window or relatively good weather between the end of the bitterly cold winter and the rainy season, which begins in June.
Croatia's state attorney is investigating Croatia international and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric on suspicion of giving false testimony in a criminal trial, the attorney's office said on Monday.
The result continued a dismal streak for Madrid, who have won only two of their last five games in all competitions
She is frustrated with the lack of exposure for Tintu Luka, but sprint legend P T Usha said she is still optimistic of her protege's chances at this year's Olympic Games.
Real will meet the winners of Thursday's semi between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in Sunday's showpiece at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah.
Russian made amends for their opening loss to Belgium as the group remains wide open.
Real Madrid's Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was named winner of the 2018 Ballon d'Or on Monday, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo's and Lionel Messi's decade-long hold on the prestigious award.
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifier matches played on Tuesday night.