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Manchester City ended an 18-year wait to beat Liverpool at Anfield in style with a 4-1 win on Sunday to take a firm grip on the Premier League title race. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice and missed a penalty as Pep Guardiola’s men moved five points clear of Manchester United, withContinue Reading

Aiden Markram hit a solid half-century and Rassie van der Dussen gave him able company, to give South Africa hope of an improbable and intriguing win in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Set a daunting 370-run target, South Africa finished the fourth day on 127-1, with Markram onContinue Reading

On the 22nd anniversary of Anil Kumble taking all ten wickets in a single Test innings, Gautam Gambhir on Sunday labelled the spinner as the “greatest match-winner” India ever had. Gambhir quote-tweeted a video shared by BCCI that showed the highlights of Kumble’s historic feat and wrote: “The greatest match-winner IndiaContinue Reading

Goalkeeper Marwin Hitz made an embarrassing error on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League qualification hopes suffered a blow with a 2-1 loss at Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Hitz fumbled Jonathan Schmid’s second-half shot to hand Freiburg their first win against Dortmund since 2010. The defeat left Dortmund three pointsContinue Reading

Real Madrid came out fighting on Saturday as Raphael Varane scored twice to complete a gutsy 2-1 win, against bottom club Huesca and ease the pressure on coach Zinedine Zidane. An angry Zidane told reporters on Friday to show more “respect” after a poor run of results, prompted many toContinue Reading

BAN vs WI: Mehidy Hasan took the 3 wickets to fall as West Indies reached 110-3.© Twitter Mehidy Hasan looked for a place in history as Bangladesh set the West Indies, a formidable target of 395 to win the first Test on Saturday. Mehidy took the three wickets to fallContinue Reading

Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka Saturday slammed “ignorant” remarks from the Tokyo Olympics’ chief organiser after a sexism row that has triggered an angry backlash and calls for his resignation. Osaka, a leading face of the Games in her home nation, joined growing criticism of former Japanese prime minister YoshiroContinue Reading

Chennaiyin FC’s chances of progressing into the top four received a huge blow, following their frustrating goalless draw against Bengaluru FC in an Indian Super League match on Friday. Coach Csaba Laszlo’s side put up a spirited performance, but their misfiring attack couldn’t get past Bengaluru keeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,Continue Reading