Barcelona survived a nervy second half to beat Napoli 3-1 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate. Xavi Hernandez’s side came flying out of the blocks with goals from Fermin Lopez and Joao Cancelo but after Amir Rrahmani pulled one back, the Catalans started to sweat. Italian champions Napoli, who salvaged a 1-1 draw in the last-16...
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Woods not listed in field for week’s Players Championship
Tiger Woods will not be competing in the 50th edition of The Players Championship next week as his name did not appear on the field list when it was released after the deadline on Friday. Woods, who previously said he hoped to play once a month on the PGA Tour this year, has not competed...
Satwik-Chirag win French Open doubles title
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their love affair with Paris, lifting the French Open badminton crown for the second time with a dominating straight game win over Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the men’s doubles final here on Sunday. The world No. 1 Indian pair had finished runners-up in the French...
India hammers England by innings and 64 runs, claims series 4-1
Ravichandran Ashwin picked a match haul of nine wickets as India defeated England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth and final Test here on Saturday. With the win, India claimed the series 4-1. Playing his 100th Test, Ashwin made sure it would be a memorable one as he added five wickets in...
5th Test: Rohit, Shubman Excel To Put Ind In Control vs Eng On Day 2
India reached 473 for the loss of eight wickets and they lead by 255 runs at stumps on Day 2 of the fifth Test match against England in Dharamsala. Rohit Sharma (103) and Shubman Gill (110) performed brilliantly and later, Sarfaraz Khan (56) and Devdutt Padikkal (65) added to England’s problems. Shoaib Bashir took four...
IND vs ENG 5th Test: Kuldeep, Ashwin bowl a dream spell to clean up England on 218
Ahead of Day 1 of the 5th Test in Dharamshala, spinner Kuldeep Yadav was not sure if he would get a chance to play as Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid were looking to include a third seamer in the playing XI to capitalize on the cold conditions of Dharamshala. But, something stopped them from experimenting...
Mbappe Double Fires PSG Past Real Sociedad To Champions League Quarters
Kylian Mbappe lethally fired Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarter-finals with a brace in a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad on Tuesday, his team cruising through 4-1 on aggregate. Coach Luis Enrique has slashed Mbappe’s minutes in recent weeks after the player told the club he would leave at the end of the season, but...
Inter Beat Genoa To Take Further Step Towards Serie A Title
Serie A leaders Inter Milan beat Genoa 2-1 on Monday to move 15 points clear of second-placed Juventus as they search for a 20th league title. Youngster Kristjan Asllani and veteran Alexis Sanchez scored within six minutes of each other in the San Siro as Inter move closer to going one better than local rivals AC Milan...
Verstappen storms to victory in action-packed season-opening Bahrain GP
Verstappen maintained his advantage as the encounter got under way and never looked back over the 57 laps that followed, ultimately crossing the line 22 seconds clear of Perez, who made up for his low-key qualifying effort to complete a Red Bull one-two. Carlos Sainz rounded out the podium places for Ferrari after a thrilling...
Messi And Inter Miami Face Florida Major League Soccer Derby Test
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami face an early season derby test when they host Florida rivals Orlando City in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Messi’s stoppage time equalizer in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at the Los Angeles Galaxy ensured that Miami remain unbeaten after opening their campaign with a 2-0 win at home to Real Salt Lake....