In the wee hours of April 26, a 22-year-old delivery agent named Pandav Kumar was allegedly killed by a cop named Neeraj in Jafarpur Kalan. The family, which lives in Uttam Nagar, claims the killing happened after a drunken police officer abused the group of boys with anti-Bihari taunts and made serious accusations against people from the region. The Delhi Police have not yet responded.
Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 39 of Indian Premier League 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (April 29). MI batter Quinton de Kock will miss the match with a wrist injury. Ryan Rickelton has replaced De Kock in the eleven. Pandya said former skipper Rohit Sharma might take a few more days to regain his fitness. "Rohit will need a couple more games, he's trying, but it's not up to the mark," he said at the toss. Robin Minz will also be donning the MI jersey for this match.
Cruzerio's 1-0 win over Boca Juniors on Tuesday, April 28 ended in a mass brawl as a major scuffle broke out between both sets of players. Players were involved in a heated exchange throughout the 90 minutes and it all exploded at full-time. It all occurred when Argentina's Leandro Paredes confronted Matheus Pereira right after the final whistle. Tensions boiled soon after with both benches involved in a brawl.
As West Bengal voted in its 2026 Assembly elections, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) led an unprecedented security operation. With over 2.4 lakh central personnel deployed, the force conducted route marches and launched "Operation Trust" to ensure peaceful polling across the state.
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Former PSG and Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria converted a penalty as Rosario Central registered a much-needed 3-0 away victory against Universidad Central at the UCV Olympic Stadium. Ignacio Ovando opened up the scoring for Central with a 35th minute strike. Central went into half-time with a 1-0 lead. Angel di Maria then scored the game's second goal with a 53-minute penalty before Enzo Copetti rounding off a famous victory in the 90+3 minute of the game.
Jalen Brunson scored 39 points, nearly extending his own franchise record for 40-point playoff games, and the New York Knicks routed the Atlanta Hawks 126-97 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series. With their second straight lopsided victory, the Knicks positioned themselves to win the series Thursday night in Atlanta. They would have another chance at home in Game 7 if they need it — and it’s getting harder to picture why they should.
Joel Embiid was even better in his second game back. And that was good enough for the Philadelphia 76ers to avoid elimination in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Less than three weeks after an emergency appendectomy knocked Embiid out for the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs, the Sixers center scored 33 points as Philadelphia beat Boston 113-97 in Game 5 on Tuesday night. After scoring two points in the first quarter on 1-of-6 shooting, Embiid scored 13 in the second, 10 in the third and eight in the fourth, when the Sixers went on a 12-0 run to turn a three-point lead into a 15-point run away.
Ángel Correa scored in the 33rd minute, Nahuel Guzman made four saves and Tigres beat Nashville 1-0 on Tuesday night in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal. The teams will play again on May 5 in Mexico, with the aggregate winner qualifying for the single-match final on May 30. Correa scored his 23rd goal of the season across all competitions on a volley from distance that went off the hand of goalkeeper Brian Schwake. Nashville struggled to clear a loose ball at the top of the box, and Correa capitalized.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi played football with young players in Gangtok during a two-day visit to Sikkim on Tuesday. Modi is on an official visit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sikkim's statehood. In visuals shared on his social media accounts, PM Modi was seen playing football in a blue jacket, exchanging passes and taking shots at the goal. He also celebrated with his teammates, who were also dressed in blue kits, and exchanged high-fives with the young players. "Nothing like playing some football with my young friends in Sikkim on a lovely Gangtok morning!" Modi wrote on X. During the tour, the Prime Minister also launched six BCCI indoor cricket academies across the Northeast region.
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