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Halfway through a season Arsenal manger Mikel Arteta has termed extraordinary, his team sits on top of the Premier League pile with 50 points. Erling Haaland’s fourth hat-trick on Sunday though, meant Pep Guardiola and Arteta, master and…

Cristiano Ronaldo made his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr on Sunday, as his side beat Ettifaq 1-0, at the King Saud University Stadium on Sunday. This comes after Ronaldo played for a combined XI from Al Nassr and Al Hilal in an…

Goal after goal, Karim Benzema keeps putting his World Cup disappointment behind him.Benzema scored for the sixth time after being dropped from France’s World Cup squad because of an injury, leading Real Madrid to a 2-0 win at Athletic…

Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score in his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr, but his presence electrified fans at King Saud University Stadium as the team beat Ettifaq 1-0 to retake first place on Sunday.Talisca headed the winner in the…

Norwegian goalscoring phenomenon Erling Haaland fired his fourth Premier League hat-trick of a remarkable season to earn Manchester City a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.City dominated the first half and…

Juventus put aside their off-field troubles to rescue a 3-3 draw with Atalanta in Serie A on Sunday.Massimiliano Allegri's side were playing their first match since being docked 15 points on Friday by an Italian soccer court investigating…

Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with Eddie Nketiah scoring twice in a 3-2 defeat of Manchester United, including a 90th-minute winner, in a rip-roaring clash at The Emirates on Sunday.It looked as…

In an effort to raise awareness against online hate, NBA star Dwight Howard, who is brand ambassador for the Pixstory app, made a pitch for a cleaner social media to kick off proceedings in the high-profile Premier League game between…

Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi entered their respective final as odds-on favourites but were beaten by younger challengers in front of a capacity crowd at the BWF India Open in New Delhi on Sunday. Axelsen held a 6-0 record against…

Table-toppers Arsenal are set to welcome a rejuvenated Manchester United on matchday 21 of the English Premier League (EPL) at the Emirates Stadium. Hosts Arsenal have emerged victorious in five of their last seven games against the Red…

Kunlavut Vitidsarn produced an excellent performance on Sunday to defeat Viktor Axelsen in the final of India Open. In a three-game match that lasted 63 minutes, Vitidsarn won 22-20, 10-21, 21-12 to win his maiden Super 750 title; he also…

Cristiano Ronaldo called time on his glittering time in Europe after last year's FIFA World Cup 2023 in Qatar, signing for Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr for a sensational 2-1/2 year contract recently, estimated to be worth more than 200…

A transition from the hot weather in Malaysia to New Delhi’s freezing cold? No problem, Viktor Axelsen defeated local favourite Kidambi Srikanth in straight games. Slower shuttles? No problem again; he had adapted to it by the time of the…

Viktor Axelsen blazed to a fifth India Open final with a stunning 21-6, 21-12 mauling of Jonatan Christie here on Saturday. The world No 1 - winner of the 2017 and 2019 editions - displayed brute power to end the contest in 38 minutes and…

Liverpool and Chelsea continued their disappointing seasons as the injury-hit mid-table teams played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday.Chelsea thought they had raced into a third-minute lead when Kai…

Fifteen seconds after Arsene Wenger gave Eddie Nketiah his home debut, the forward scored. That was against Norwich in the 2017 Carabao Cup; Nketiah’s brace fetching a come-from-behind 2-1 win. Arsenal fans edited his Wikipedia page adding…

The Bundesliga restarted Friday after its unprecedented two-month winter break with Bayern Munich and Leipzig grinding out an error-strewn 1-1 draw.Leipzig defender Marcel Halstenberg equalized after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s first-half…

Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Spain.The alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona, police told The Associated Press.Alves will now go before…

Born in Boston. Trained in India. Appeared in Indian colours, but it all changed for Srivedya Gurazada in October last year, when she decided to switch to the United States.When a 19-year-old Gurazada turned up at the 2022 India Open, she…

Rivalries become great and remembered not through brilliant moments in the field but through gestures for the rival and respect one has for the other. The world has witnessed it through Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal over the span of…

Friendly in nature only, the reunion of goal machines Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi was somewhat personal for Saudi Arabia All-Star XI and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) as both teams played out a thrilling contest at the King Fahd…

There was no shortage of goals as the star-studded trio of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe each found the back of the net but in the end, it was PSG, who outscored Saudi All-Stars XI 5-4 in a classic friendly tie that…

Battered and bruised, Lakshya Sen sunk to his knees after one hour and 21 minutes as the vociferous crowd got up to applaud. Across the net lay Rasmus Gemke, drenched and drained. It was tough to tell the winner but for the scoreline that…

There was a pleasant surprise on offer for Indian fans tuning in to watch Lionel Messi's Paris St Germain take on a Saudi All-star XI led by his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo as Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan accompanied dignitaries to…

The Indian challenge in men’s singles category at the India Open 2023 ended on Thursday as ace shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed out in the second round to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in a three-game thriller. The Danish World No.20 defeated Sen…

Paris Saint Germain vs Saudi All-Star XI Football Live Score: In yet another battle between the footballing GOATS, Lionel Messi's Paris Saint-Germain will take on the Saudi All-Star XI, with Cristiano Ronaldo set to make his first…

The Indian campaign at the ongoing India Open 2023 ended in disappointment as Saina Nehwal, the final remaining shuttler from the country at the competition, faced a straight-game defeat to World No.3 Chen Yu Fei of China on Thursday. Yu…

Two of the greatest footballers in the modern era of the beautiful game, Ballon d'Or arch-rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are set to reignite their decade-old rivalry in an exhibition match on Thursday. Fresh from winning the…

India's star men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has pulled out of the India Open after the former pulled up a groin strain, according to initial reports. The duo was scheduled to take on China's Yu Chen Liu…

Inter Milan hammered rivals AC Milan 3-0 to win the Italian Supercup on Wednesday, with first-half goals from Federico Dimarco and Edin Dzeko and a late third from Lautaro Martinez securing the trophy.The annual meeting between the Coppa…