Chelsea paid a heavy price for a 3-2 defeat at West Ham United as first Liverpool, then Manchester City, leapfrogged them in the English Premier League title race on Saturday, with City ending the day on top for the first time this season.
There were a few nerves at the end but Liverpool set up a Champions League semi-final with Spain's Villarreal after Roberto Firmino scored twice in a 3-3 second-leg draw with Benfica on Wednesday to ensure a 6-4 aggregate win.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
India cricket captain Virat Kohli played host to a star-studded lineup of sports personalities during a virtual event organised by Puma India and the hugely successful coach Pep Guardioal was one of his guests of the evening.
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is close to agreeing a deal to join Barcelona after his contract expires at the English Premier League champions, manager Pep Guardiola said.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
The Indian team hit the nets as they geared up for the series-deciding fourth and final Test match against Australia, starting in Brisbane on Friday.
Manchester City and Everton players took to the field wearing Ukrainian flags before their Premier League game on Saturday while there were anti-war messages at stadiums elsewhere following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
City became the first top-flight club to collect 100 points in a season and broke records for goals scored in a Premier League campaign (106), the most victories and best goal difference.
At its monetary review on Tuesday, the RBI raised the statutory liquidity ratio by 1 percentage point to 25 per cent and discontinued the special repo facility for banks to provide liquidity to mutual funds and others.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League group matches played on Tuesday night
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night.
Images from Sunday's English Premier League matches.
Holders Manchester City were eliminated from the League Cup by West Ham United after a penalty shootout at London Stadium on Wednesday, ending Pep Guardiola's team's four-year domination of the competition.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
City won their 2nd Premier League on Sunday and, ahead of the season's final home game against Brighton, Guardiola said he is in no rush to sign a new contract.
The match lived up to its billing right from the start
City having already bagged the title and Newcastle safe, there was nothing riding on the fixture but it served up some rich entertainment
"Barcelona and Sergio Busquets signed this morning an agreement to renew the player's contract, which will end on June 30 2023," Barca said in a statement.
If only the film had ample romantic moments in there to make the heart beat faster, Tuesdays & Fridays could have made for a better watch, feels Joginder Tuteja.
Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said bitter rivals Real Madrid were a 'spectacular' side after they won a record 13th European title in Kiev on Saturday.
Southgate said England had been forced to give players extra days' recovery and also tapered their training schedules as the country's hopes of qualifying for the Nations League finals were dashed after Sunday's 2-0 defeat by Belgium.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Mikel Arteta played for Arsenal from 2011 to 2016 before moving to Manchester City as assistant manager, where he won the Premier League twice.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola would be welcomed back to Barcelona with open arms after club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said the door is always open for the La Liga side's former player and coach to return to the Nou Camp.
It will be difficult for Lionel Messi to remain at Barcelona after he made public his desire to leave the Spanish club, his father and agent Jorge Messi said on Wednesday as he arrived in the city to negotiate his son's future.
A weakened Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at home by Leicester City on Tuesday, ending Manchester City's wait to be crowned Premier League champions.
'...and the only thing I expect from you guys is to make the most of the time that we spend on the field whether it is a practice session, game drills it is needless to mention'
Manchester City left back Oleksandr Zinchenko set aside some time on his wedding day to clarify comments he and his new bride Vlada Sedan made about manager Pep Guardiola in the wake of the club's Champions League defeat by Olympique Lyon.
'It was a bad day, sometimes it happens,' said Guardiola
All players in EPL had "Black Lives Matter" on their shirts instead of their names in the opening round of games and they have continued to take a knee before kick-off in support of BLM.
IMAGES of the Indian men's cricket team during a practice session at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday
The following are three talking points from the weekend's Premier League action:
Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes Pep Guardiola will need time to adapt to Premier League football when he takes charge of Manchester City in July but has tipped the Spaniard to be a success. Guardiola has won numerous trophies in Spain and Germany with Barcelona and Bayern Munich respectively but Ferguson feels the English game, known for its fast-paced and physically demanding nature, will pose a completely different challenge. "Without question Pep has got a fantastic work ethic about him. He has got great coaching ability, there is no doubt about that. Man City have made a real coup in getting him," the 13-time league champion told British media.
While Pep Guardiola has brought two Premier League titles, smashed records and produced some of the most glorious football the club's fans have ever seen -- European success remains elusive to his team.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night
City Football Group will be a 65 per cent majority stakeholder of the club, alongside existing shareholders, actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh, who will keep the remaining 35 per cent.
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