Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield on Sunday
Lionel Messi scored in his third consecutive match for Inter Miami in a 3-1 victory over Orlando City.
Arsenal took the race to the final day last season and are strongly tipped to end Manchester City's dominance this time.
Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne sparked a late comeback 3-2 victory for his side at Newcastle United.
Shankar achieved a national record-breaking overall score of 7666 points to clinch the silver.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League last 16 matches played on Tuesday
Liverpool's slim Premier League title hopes faded further on Saturday when Michail Antonio's late header earned West Ham United a deserved point with a 2-2 draw.
Manchester City face Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday.
Ruthless Arsenal threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea to roar three points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
Chelsea outplay Villa in FA Cup
With the athletes bidding goodbye to Paris after another bone-tingling edition of the Olympics, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com, shares some interesting nuggets that made the Paris Olympics an event to remember!
Arsenal's title hopes hit with 2-0 loss to Villa as Man City get boost
Several players across the continent are poised to make a name for themselves on the international stage.
IMAGES from the Europa League semifinal matches played on Thursday.
Voting for the eighth annual awards opened on Thursday on FIFA.com and closes in mid-October. National team coaches, captains, journalists and fans make up the list of voters.
The ICC has suspended Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga for two matches and docked a fine of 15 per cent on the match fee of Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz for breaching its Code of Conduct during the third T20I in Dambulla.
Centre Court fans celebrated a home champion as Neal Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof won the Wimbledon men's doubles title.
I can brag about decathlon as now I have the national record: Tejaswin Shankar at his jovial best
Brighton midfielder James Milner, who made his Premier League debut in 2002 at age 16, passed Ryan Giggs into second in all-time league appearances on Monday with 633 matches. He needs 20 more to equal Gareth Barry's record.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 away with goals by Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski for a second straight win that nudged them closer to the Premier League top four on Friday although they had midfielder Yves Bissouma sent off late on.
Wasteful Napoli held to goalless draw by visiting Monza
English Premier League leaders Manchester City and Chelsea slugged out a magnificent 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.
n own goal by Jakub Kiwior and a thumping late strike by Luis Diaz sealed a 2-0 victory for Liverpool at Arsenal
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Images from English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Late Varane header earns stuttering Man Utd 1-0 win over Wolves
"What's important for me is to give the best of myself for my club, and we're looking forward for Leo (Messi) to return to continue scoring and winning matches."
Czech Marketa Vondrousova will meet Ons Jabeur in the women's singles final of Wimbledon 2023.
Seema Punia hurled the disc to a distance of 57.35m to claim a silver medal at the Qosanov Memorial athletics meet.
Alcaraz's hero Rafael Nadal, who won two Wimbledons and once beat Roger Federer in five sets once said Alcaraz's victory over Djokovic felt similar.
A summary of Sunday's action in the English Premier League.
The 20-year-old is on the longest unbeaten run in the women's tour since Serena Williams bagged 34 victories in succession in 2013.
A summary of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage action, on Wednesday.
While the performance of pistol shooters was creditworthy, their rifle counterparts were at a different level altogether.
'We know how to differentiate between when it's family and when we are manager and player'
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup quarter-final played between Argentina and The Netherlands on Friday.
Germany expects 2.7 million people to attend matches in stadiums across the country and some 12 million in its fan zones for outdoor viewing, including on a long stretch of turf laid out in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
David Beckham took time out from overseeing his Inter Miami side's dreadful run of form to take in the action on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Sinner has made the most of a favourable draw at the grasscourt major this year
