Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva scored in the second half as defending champions Manchester City survived a scare, before coming back strongly to hold Newcastle United 3-3 at the St James` Park in Premier League clash

Sukumar Samajpati, another top-class forward, said, “Badru da was very swift. He had powerful shots towards the goal. Basically, he was known for his goal-scoring ability”

Newly-appointed captain Martin Odegaard struck twice inside 11 minutes and William Saliba’s stunning strike in the second half continued Arsenal’s perfect start to the new campaign after three games. A poor end to last season saw Arsenal narrowly miss out on a Champions League spot

United have opened their campaign with embarrassing defeats, Brighton recording their first ever win at Old Trafford followed by a 4-0 whipping by Brentford last weekend. It leaves them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League for the first time in 30 years

The country has not returned empty-handed from the Worlds since the 2011 edition. It was Srikanth and Lakshya, who had ensured India’s presence at the podium in 2021 when they finished with a silver and a bronze, respectively, but the field this time will be much stronger than last year

Ex-India spinner Nilesh Kulkarni and sports psychologist Mugdha Bavare during the launch of author Chandresh Narayanan’s  book, 75 years of Indian Sports, at Marol, Mumbai, on Saturday

Leeds thrash Blues 3-0 with ’keeper Mendy’s howler adding to embarrassment

In one of the most scathing attacks on the home team following their innings and 12-run debacle at Lord’s in the opening Test against South Africa, the former opener indicated that the visitors had completely deflated England following their run of four consecutive Test wins against New Zealand and India

Finn Allen made 96 and Tim Southee took 4-22 as New Zealand beat the West Indies by 50 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system in the second one-day international to level the three-match series.