Friday, 01 Nov, 2024

Sports

Bayer Leverkusen win first Bundesliga title

Undefeated Bayer Leverkusen have secured their first Bundesliga title with a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen, breaking an 11-year stranglehold on the league by Bayern Munich. Xabi Alonso’s team, who have now gone a league-record 29 matches without defeat this season to secure

Red-hot favourite Scheffler dominates to win Masters

World number one Scottie Scheffler won the Masters for a second time after a commanding performance at Augusta National demonstrated why he was the red-hot pre-tournament favourite. Scheffler, who led overnight by a shot, hit a four-under 68 in Sunday's final round to finish four

Rohit's century in vain as Chennai beat Mumbai

India's Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 105 but his Mumbai Indians fell 20 runs short as they tried to chase down a big target set by holders Chennai Super Kings in a battle of IPL heavyweights on Sunday. Set 207 for victory, five-time winners Mumbai finished on 186-6 even though

Liverpool's title hopes hit by loss to Palace

Andy Robertson insisted Liverpool will "keep fighting" despite their Premier League title hopes suffering a huge blow as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell's cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move

Late Villa goals dent Arsenal's title challenge

Aston Villa produced an outstanding performance to stun Arsenal at Emirates Stadium and leave Manchester City in pole position in the Premier League title race. The game started with high anticipation for the Gunners after Liverpool's shock home defeat by Crystal Palace, but

Tsitsipas beats Ruud to win Monte Carlo Masters 

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Casper Ruud 6-1 6-4 to win his third Monte Carlo Masters title in four years. Greece's Tsitsipas, 25, dominated the opening stages and sealed the first set inside 36 minutes. Norwegian Ruud fought valiantly in a tense second set, which was level at 4-4

Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab Kings by 3 wickets

Rajasthan Royals struggled against Punjab Kings to clinch a hardworking three-wicket win in their IPL match at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday. Player of the Match Hetmyer scored an unbeaten 27 off just 10 balls hitting three sixes and a four to help the

Tchouameni strike gives Real Madrid scrappy win

Real Madrid warmed up for a pivotal week in their season with a hard-fought win over Mallorca in La Liga thanks to Aurelien Tchouameni's long-range goal. Real face Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final next Wednesday before El Clasico with

Joao Felix scores overhead kick as Barca beat Cadiz

Joao Felix scored a superb overhead kick as a much-changed Barcelona side battled to victory over relegation-threatened Cadiz in La Liga. The Atletico Madrid loanee's acrobatic effort put Barca in front late in the first half and it proved enough to secure three points for the

Man City thrash Luton to go top of table

Manchester City moved top of the Premier League for at least a day with a predictably dominant victory over struggling Luton Town. City led after only 65 seconds at Etihad Stadium when Erling Haaland's wayward volley hit Luton's Daiki Hashioka before flying into the net. It

Messi goal, assist help Inter Miami win over Sporting KC

Soccer legend Lionel Messi met Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes before the game, then shined on the same field Mahomes does every home game in the NFL. Messi scored a goal early in the second half and assisted another in the first half en route to a thrilling 3-2 victory for

Nadal to make ATP return next week in Barcelona Open

Rafael Nadal will make his return to ATP competition for the first time since January when he plays Flavio Cobolli in the Barcelona Open next week. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has played just once, in an exhibition match, since he felt a hip injury flare-up during his quarter-final

Djokovic beats Minaur to reach Monte Carlo semi-finals

Novak Djokovic moved a step closer to his first Monte Carlo Masters title since 2015 by beating Australian Alex de Minaur to reach the semi-finals. World number one Djokovic, 36, edged a messy second set which saw seven breaks of serve to seal a 7-5 6-4 win. The Serb is through to a

Delhi Capitals beat Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets

Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan’s partnership helped Lucknow Super Giants post 167/7 against Delhi Capitals at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.  Kuldeep Yadav was pick of the bowlers for DC however there was nothing much from the rest

Djokovic beats Musetti to reach Monte Carlo quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic took revenge on Italy's Lorenzo Musetti with a straight-set win to move into the quarter-finals at the Monte Carlo Masters. Djokovic, beaten by Musetti at the last-16 stage in Monte Carlo last year, came back from a break of serve down in the first set to win 7-5

Bumrah stars with 5-wkt haul as MI thrash RCB

India and Mumbai Indians (MI) speedster Jasprit Bumrah lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) by taking a five-wicket haul against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Bumrah finished the innings with figures of 5/21 in four overs. His economy rate was

Liverpool suffer shock home defeat by Atalanta

Liverpool face a huge battle to stay in the Europa League after suffering a shock home defeat to Atalanta in the quarter-final first leg at Anfield. Former West Ham forward Gianluca Scamacca scored in each half, before ex-Chelsea player Mario Pasalic added a late third goal to ensure

Miami, Messi crash out of CONCACAF Champions Cup

Mexican side Monterrey sent Lionel Messi and Inter Miami crashing out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday after completing a 5-2 aggregate victory in their quarter-final clash. Goals from Brandon Vazquez, German Berterame and Jesus Gallardo sealed a deserved 3-1 win on the night

I need a rest - Man City midfielder Rodri

Manchester City midfielder Rodri says he is planning to take a break during the season run-in as the club chase a second successive Treble. The 27-year-old made his 41st appearance of the campaign in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first-leg draw against Real Madrid.

Titans win off final ball to end Royals' 100% start 

With two runs needed off the last ball, Rashid Khan finished the game with a boundary to hand Gujarat Titans a three-wicket win against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.  The chase of 197 was set up by captain Shubman Gill, who looked in divine touch, scoring 72 off