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Premier League: Man city go top, Liverpool edge Spurs in thriller
City's eighth consecutive league win followed their 4-1 home victory over Arsenal on Wednesday and lifted them one point ahead of Arsenal, who will face Chelsea at home on Tuesday. On Sunday, Pep Guardiola's side took an early lead when Erling Haaland smashed home his 50th goal of the season from the penalty spot after Tim Ream fouled Julian Alvarez. Fulham showed considerable resilience and equalized thanks to Carlos Vinicius in the 15th minute.
He is a great influence to have in the team: Pujara on playing with Smith at Sussex
Pujara has been in scintillating touch for Sussex already this season, with the prolific right-hander already notching two centuries from three matches to be the leading run-scorer in the second tier of England's County Championship. Sussex now have the luxury of Smith joining the side for three matches ahead of June's World Test Championship final and the Indian plans to pick the brains of the experienced Australian in his role as captain.
Bayern Munich down Hertha to recapture top spot in Bundesliga
The Bavarians dominated possession from the outset, but they had to wait until the 37th minute before Coman provided the first clear-cut opportunity, testing Hertha goalkeeper Oliver Christensen with a shot on goal. Hertha kept all its men behind the ball, while Bayern gained momentum as Christensen had to defuse an attempt from Gnabry and Sadio Mane headed over the target from a promising position just before the break.
Asian U18 athletics: Girls team wins medley race; Bapi Hansda scripts history with silver in 400m
The Indian girls' team won gold in the medley relay while the boys' team finished with a silver medal. Bapi Hansda scripted history at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships on Sunday as he became the first Indian ever to win silver in the men's 400m hurdles event.Bapi clocked a time of 51.38s, easily his personal best. His timing was also better than the previous Championship Record of 51.96s. In the previous editions of the tournament, Bapi's timing in the final would have been good enough to secure gold.
Badminton: Host China announces squad for Sudirman Cup
According to the Chinese Badminton Association, Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, and Lu Guangzu will play in the men's singles, while the women's singles players are He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, and Olympic champion Chen Yufei. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi and Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang Will participate in the men's doubles, while the women's.
World Boxing Championships: India's Hussamuddin, Varinder to begin their campaign
Experienced campaigner and 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Hussamuddin will fight against Alen Rustemovski of Macedonian on Monday in the first round, while Varinder Singh will go up against Mujibillo Tursunov of Uzbekistan. Tokyo Olympian and 2019 Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Chaudhary will take on Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran in the 80kg opening round on Tuesday. Debutant Harsh Choudhary (86 kg) will look to make an instant impact as he will take on Australia's B. Mcallister on Tuesday.
Formula 1: Perez wins in Azerbaijan, Verstappen completes 1-2 for Red Bull; Leclerc places third
After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Verstappen of the Netherlands was leading the 2003 Driver Standings with 93 points with Mexico's Perez reducing the margin to 87 points. Former World Champion Fernando Alonso of Spain is in third position with 60 points while Multiple-time World Driver's Champion Lewis Hamilton is a distant fourth with 48 points.
IPL 2023: Can think about sending him earlier, DC skipper David Warner on Axar Patel
DC failed to chase down the 198-run target as they were restricted to 188/6 in 20 overs. Mayank Markande led from the front with the ball with an excellent spell of 4-0-20-2 as SRH bowlers bounced back and survived Phil Salt's (59 off 35) and Mitchell Marsh's blitzes (63 off 39) to break the three-match losing streak on Saturday night.
IPL 2023: Jaiswal's 124 in vain as Suryakumar, David carry Mumbai to six-wicket win
Mumbai looked in trouble when they were 104/3 in 12 overs. But Suryakumar smashed 20 runs off the 13th over from Kuldeep Sen and from there on, he never looked back, hitting eight fours and two sixes while David was brilliant in hitting two fours and five humongous sixes for Mumbai to go to seventh place at the points table.
IWL 2023: Sethu Madurai roll over Lords FA Kochi, Kickstart beat Odisha FC
A brace by Kajol D'Souza and a goal each by Sumita Kumari and Naorem Priyangka Devi helped last season's runners-up to a convincing victory. In other matches on the day, CRPF FC registered their first win of IWL 2023 against Churchill Brothers FC; Kickstart FC stunned the star-studded Odisha FC while Eastern Sporting Union won the second consecutive match.
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