Real Madrid got their LaLiga title defence off to a limp start as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Mallorca.
Defending champions India were held to a goalless draw by Malaysia but managed to maintain their pole position in the points table in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Muscat.
Reigning world champions Argentina continue to top the chart followed by 2022 World Cup runners-up France, England, Belgium and Brazil.
The two supposedly best teams in the country dished out the most drab goalless draw in the I-League football championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
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A goalless draw had little bearing on the league table as both teams stayed put in the sixth and seventh positions respectively.
The contest was marred by injuries to key players from both teams as Jairo Rodriguez, Raphael Messi Bouli and Aridane Santana had to be substituted in the first half. The changes affected the pace of the game that ultimately ended without a winner.
Twitterati couldn't contain their joy at the upset and hailed Japan for 'pulling off a Saudi Arabia'.
Arsenal moved up to second in the Premier League and within six points of Liverpool after a largely trouble-free, if slightly pedestrian, 1-0 win at home to struggling Ipswich Town on a chilly night in north London on Friday.
Brazil pulled off a last-gasp 2-1 away victory over Chile in the South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday.
Real Madrid fight back to beat Mallorca and put Barca party on hold
Gurpreet was in the thick of things when the ball went over the line and out of play.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
Italy face the shocking possibility of failing to reach the World Cup for a third consecutive time.
Two-time champions Gokulam Kerala FC remained in the hunt for the 2024-25 I-League title with a dramatic 3-1 win over nine-man Namdhari FC.
Lucas Hernandez's World Cup campaign is over after the France defender sustained a knee injury in the defending champions' 4-1 win over Australia in Group D on Tuesday.
'Sometimes when you have to go you have to go'
Mumbai City FC and FC Goa played out an action-packed goalless draw in the Hero Indian Super League clash after both the teams failed to score on many occasions at the D Y Patil Stadium on Monday.
Images from football matches held across Europe on Saturday
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini admitted his side struggled against Udinese.
Israel debutant Yarden Shua scored an 86th-minute winner as they upset more fancied Belgium 1-0 in Budapest on Sunday.
A summary of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
Eden Hazard announced his retirement from international soccer
A round-up of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg between Real Madrid and Arsenal, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich.
IMAGES from football matches played across Europe on Wednesday.
Atletico midfielder Saul Niguez, however, criticised his side for not showing enough ambition early in the game.
India had won the title in 2018 and 2023, while it was the first trophy for Syria who had finished third in 2019.
Vinicius Jr came off the bench to score once and set up another goal to steer champions Real Madrid to a 4-1 fightback victory over Espanyol.
Forward Rasmus Hojlund scored twice to allow Manchester United to come back from a goal down and get a 2-1 win at six-times Czech champions Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the Premier League
A stoppage time header by fullback Lucas Vazquez earned 10-man Real Madrid a 1-0 victory at lowly Alaves.
A round-up of Sunday's matches in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A
Brazilian Fabio Passo did the star turns as the Goa side scored a 3-1 victory in their opening match in the National Football League.
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The incident was one of many involving match officials being confronted in the top flight at the weekend, with the FA also charging Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp with improper conduct for his outburst at an assistant referee.
Barcelona are travelling by bus to Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at Inter Milan, showing not even grounded flights and a huge volcanic ash cloud can halt the brilliance of Lionel Messi and Co.
Two-time champion Chennaiyin FC opened its account in ISL-6 with a goalless draw against Mumbai City FC in its first home game of the season at the Nehru stadium, in Chennai, on Sunday.
Scotland stay in hunt for quarters with 1-0 win over 10-man Croatia
Barcelona joined Real Madrid, Atletico and Real Sociedad in the semi-finals, with the draw set to take place on Wednesday.
