A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
A roundup of weekend action in the main European leagues.\n
Images from football action around European leagues played on Sunday
West Indies suffered to their second successive series whitewash when they lost to Pakistan in the third ODI by 22 runs.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 38 runs in the second Test to win the two-match series 1-0.
Manchester United ushered in a new era under interim manager Ryan Giggs with a 4-0 Premier League win over Norwich City on Saturday full of the verve and attacking intent often absent under the sacked David Moyes.
Yousuf Youhana scored a century as Pakistan joined Australia in the final of a one-day series with a 30-run win over West Indies.
Abdul Razzaq's century helped Pakistan coast to a 144-run victory in the first match of the triangular one-day series.
In the earlier match on the night, Ghana beat debutants Niger 2-0, face Mali in quarters
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Mike Okoro's goal gave the Kolkata giants a 1-1 draw in the Group 'E' Asian Football Confederation Cup match.
The defending champion beat Vassily Ivanchuk 2-0 to take second place in the combined standings with 12 points in the Amber Blind and Rapid chess tournament.
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Monday.
The Scots held the defending champions in the first half to go level into the break, but Australia ran away with the match in the second term to set up a semifinal against the All Blacks.
Chelsea reached the Champions League knock-out stage on Tuesday despite a 1-0 defeat by Basel in Group E after a late Mohamed Salah goal shocked the 2012 title winners, with Jose Mourinho saying they deserved to lose. Barcelona, without Lionel Messi but already into the last 16, went two goals down in Amsterdam but looked a different side in the second half after Ajax's Joel Veltman was sent off.
Novak Djokovic took a first unsteady step toward completing the calendar-year Grand Slam on Tuesday as the Serb laboured into the second round of the US Open with a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-1 win over dashing Danish teenager Holger Rune.
'India and China are at new inflection points, domestically and internationally. India needs to throw up a new leader whose vision is clear, experience laden with wisdom and articulation brimming with restraint and tolerance,' says Ambassador K C Singh.
'India and China are at new inflection points, domestically and internationally. India needs to throw up a new leader whose vision is clear, experience laden with wisdom and articulation brimming with restraint and tolerance,' says Ambassador K C Singh.
Unai Emery's Villarreal were much improved in the second half and had spurned numerous chances before Moreno's leveller.
The Kolkata pro played a brilliant round of three-under 69 on the penultimate day of the Cotton City Open.
Atletico Madrid took a giant step towards the La Liga title
The Kanpur pro leads the field at the half-way stage in the HT Pro Golf 2003.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
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Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom club Norwich City.
Rangana Herath claimed three wickets for 25 runs as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 16 runs in the first semi-final of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Thursday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in London, on Monday.
Images from Day 5 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Friday.
Images from Day 4 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Wednesday.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Monday.
Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the Premier League fixtures on April 28-30
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played on Saturday
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