Arsenal marked Mikel Arteta's 300th game in charge with a convincing 2-0 home victory over West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday.
Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan and Jordan have already taken six of Asia's eight guaranteed spots at next year's 48-team World Cup.
Despite a bizarre team bus accident requiring stitches for a lip cut, Erling Haaland came up with a stunning performance, smashing five goals in Norway's 11-1 rout of Moldova.
With this knock, Warner's T20 career tally now stands at 13,545 runs in 419 matches, averaging 36.80 at a strike rate of 140-plus. His record includes eight centuries, 113 fifties, and a highest of 135 not out.
Showing an insatiable hunger to learn and succeed, Shubman Gill turned to senior players and former greats for insights, embodying the ethos of a student of the game.
With 12 games remaining Manchester City are in fourth place with 44 points, just five ahead of 10th-placed Fulham.
Manchester City spent more than 180 million pounds ($223.58 million) -- more than the combined amount paid by the other 19 English top-flight clubs in a relatively quiet window.
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday, August 30.
Mouth-watering matches lined up as PSG to face Bayern and Barcelona in Champions League opening stage.
Grealish made only seven league starts last season and was not included in City's recent Club World Cup squad.
It took 10 Premier League games for the first cracks to appear in Manchester City's facade last season, but Pep Guardiola got a much earlier reminder of his side's fall from grace on Saturday in another defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
Jose Mourinho's contract at Fenerbahce has been terminated, the Turkish club said on Friday, bringing an early end to the Portuguese coach's tenure in Istanbul.
'Marco has been out of cricket for a while and to run in with that energy and set the tone was very important for us.'
Norway secured a commanding 5-0 win at home to Israel in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, as Erling Haaland struck a hat-trick to celebrate his 50th international goal and helped move his side to the brink of a place at next year's tournament.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Mystery spinner Varun Charkravarthy on Wednesday rose to the top spot in ICC's T20 International Bowlers' Rankings for the first time
Responding to India's squad selection for the home series against West Indies, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan opined that pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah could have been rested for the series in order to groom a young fast bowler.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the Premier League
The left-arm pacer is just one wicket away from becoming the first Indian bowler to claim 100 wickets in T20 Internationals.
A round-up of Saturday's fifth round action in the FA Cup
Fresh off a dominant title-winning campaign, Liverpool kick off the new Premier League season on Friday as the team to beat, as the Reds have transitioned from Juergen Klopp's high-octane chaos to a more measured possession-based style under Arne Slot.
According to reports, the Greater Manchester Police said they received a report of a rape on Monday and had arrested a 24-year-old man.
Manchester United played out a 2-2 draw against Everton in a pre-season match on Sunday.
United manager Ruben Amorim's tough start to life at Old Trafford continues though and the Portuguese has now lost eight of the 14 Premier League matches since he took charge.
Winning back-to-back titles for the first time since 1984 is likely to prove a rather more arduous challenge for Liverpool.
Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar lauded wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant's fearless batting approach and natural talent, recalling how Ashish Nehra had predicted the youngster's rapid rise.
Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84.
Ruben Amorim apologised to Manchester United supporters after his reign reached a new low with a humiliating elimination from the League Cup by fourth-tier Grimsby Town on Wednesday.
Napoli begin their title defence at Sassuolo on Saturday.
Manchester United clawed back from a goal down to beat Leicester City in a 2-1 fourth-round FA Cup victory on Friday at Old Trafford, thanks to a last-gasp controversial header from veteran defender Harry Maguire plus a strike from Joshua Zirkzee.
Former BCCI president and batting great Sourav Ganguly on Monday side-stepped the debate surrounding Indian players' refusal to shake hands with their Pakistani counterparts after their Asia Cup clash in Dubai but said terrorism must end "all around the world, not just India and Pakistan."
It is the first time since 1989-90 that Manchester United have lost 10 of their first 22 games of the league season.
Ravindra Jadeja became only the third cricketer in the history of Tests, to score 1,000 runs and pick up 30 wickets in an away country.
The move came after Manchester-born Rashford, who made 426 senior appearances and scored 138 goals for United in all competitions, fell out of favour with manager Ruben Amorim.
Barcelona staged a thrilling second-half comeback to defeat Levante 3-2 away in LaLiga on Saturday, overcoming a two-goal deficit after a poor first-half display.
Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai struck the first telling blow in the Premier League title race with a dazzling free kick late on giving his side a 1-0 victory over rivals Arsenal.
Arsenal's Calafiori secures 1-0 win at Manchester United; Crystal Palace hold Chelsea to 0-0 draw.
With this the classy all-rounder has achieved a rare milestone that few legends of the game can boast of.
With three centuries already in the series, Gill could join Don Bradman and Gavaskar in the elite club of captains who've hit the most hundreds in a single Test series, if he converts his current innings into a fourth on Day 5.
Some lament the FA Cup having lost much of its romance in recent years, in the face of obsession with the Premier League, but this tie had it in bucket loads.
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