Important for India was Xi's meeting with representatives of PLA officers and soldiers stationed in Tibet. The video of the encounter was interesting to watch, especially the large number of lieutenant generals and major generals, observes Claude Arpi.
Neymar scored twice as Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals.
Barca captain Messi opened the scoring with a "Panenka" penalty chipped straight down the middle in the 17th minute after Luis Suarez was fouled in the area, putting the home side ahead in the tie after a goalless first leg in France.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday
Pakistan were 134 for two in reply to New Zealand's first innings 356, built on a century from Daniel Vettori, in the second Test on Sunday. At stumps on day two, Pakistan trailed New Zealand by 222 with eight wickets in hand.
Images from the EPL matches played on Sunday
Lionel Messi marked his first start after injury with a goal in Barcelona's 1-1 draw at AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday while Fernando Torres got two as Chelsea thumped Schalke and Atletico Madrid's charge continued.
Germany scored five times in 27 minutes in the first half to crush Estonia 8-0 and make it three wins in three Euro 2020 Group C qualifiers.
There was no farewell goal but plenty of pride and appreciation as Wayne Rooney made his 120th and final appearance for England in a 3-0 win over the United States in a friendly at Wembley on Thursday.
After being kept on the field for two full days and fifty minutes by Saurashtra, holders Mumbai clawed their way to 187 for two, riding on unbeaten half centuries from Ajinkya Rahane and Amol Muzumdar, in the Elite Divison Ranji Trophy Group 'A' tie in Mumbai on Thursday.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
A round-up of weekend action in the major European leagues.
Lionel Messi dragged a nervous Barcelona to a 1-0 win at home to Levante in La Liga, while Cristiano Ronaldo converted two late penalties on his 100th appearance for Juventus in all competitions as the Serie A titleholders ground out a 3-1 win away to a dogged Genoa side.
The result also means second-placed Real Sociedad can reclaim top spot if they beat Eibar on Sunday.
Australia beat Pakistan by 31 runs to win the second one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Liverpool thrashed Atalanta 5-0, Real Madrid boosted their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages with a 3-2 home victory over Inter Milan and Bayern Munich came from behind to crush RB Salzburg 6-2.
Vernon Philander's brilliant all-round show played a major role in South Africa's recovery against India on the second day of the first Test.
France stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champions a 2-1 win in their Nations League top-tier Group 3 match on Wednesday.
England's James Anderson is the first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would never have known what really happened during those tragic days of October/November 1962, reveals Claude Arpi.
Top 20 images of all the events of the week that was.
Virender Sehwag returned to form with a cavalier 73 as India won the second ODI and shared the DLF Cup series.
Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain again showed his killer instinct with two expertly-taken goals in a late 3-1 win at Torino after their less illustrious neighbours had scored first and dominated the Serie A game on Sunday.
Roger Federer faced down local battler John Millman 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8) in a five-set thriller on Friday night to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open. Defending champion Novak Djokovic thumped Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday to stay on course for a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park. Images from Day 5 of the 2020 Australian Open.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
Sri Lanka, needing 363 to win, were struggling at 47-4 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the second Test when 17 wickets fell.
A summary of Tuesday's matches in the UEFA Champions League.
Two goals from Thomas Mueller and one from substitute Mario Goetze helped Bayern Munich kick off their Champions League campaign with an impressive 3-0 victory over Olympiakos.
Juve forward Cristiano Ronaldo had an unusually quiet game after scoring a hat-trick against Atletico in last year's competition, although he came within inches of grabbing a last-gasp winner when he sent a shot just past the far post.
Another all-round show by Yuvraj Singh helped India thrash the West Indies by 80 runs in their final Group B match of the World Cup. Chasing 269 for victory, the West Indies could only amass 188 from 43 overs.
The opening Test between India and New Zealand at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera ended as a draw on the fifth and final day on Monday. The visitors, chasing 295 to win, had made 22 for one when play was called off.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in Test history to complete 14, 000 runs while leading India's reply to Australia's formidable total on Day 2 of the second test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
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