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Lionel Messi had a goal and assisted on another as Inter Miami won its first game at Nu Stadium, 2-0 over the Portland Timbers on Sunday. German Berterame also scored for Inter Miami, which had three draws and a loss at its new 26,000-seat stadium before Sunday’s victory. Messi opened the scoring with his 13th goal of the season in the 31st minute. Luis Suárez sent a pass inside to Telasco Segovia, who flicked a pass on to Messi, who beat Portland goalkeeper James Pantemis from 12 yards. Inter Miami padded the lead on Berterame’s goal in the 42nd minute. Messi dribbled past two defenders and centered to Berterame, who converted inside the left post.

BY Photo Webdesk 18 May 2026

Sunderland came from a goal down to stun Everton 3-1 in an English Premier League 2025-26 fixture at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday. After a tight start to the match, the Toffees took the lead just before half-time courtesy of Merlin Rohl's opener, but their advantage unravelled after half-time. The Black Cats equalised before the hour mark after Brian Brobbey finished Enzo Le Fee's pass, and the Frenchman himself struck in the 81st minute. Wilson Isidor capitalised on a lapse of concentration in the Everton defence to score in stoppage time, sealing a victory that keeps Sunderland's European hopes alive.

BY Photo Webdesk 18 May 2026

Brentford twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Crystal Palace in an English Premier League 2025-26 fixture at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday. Palace struck first in the sixth minute when Ismaila Sarr converted a penalty after goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher fouled him. Dango Ouattara equalised for Brentford just before half-time, heading past Dean Henderson in the 40th minute. The Eagles retook the lead in the second half, with Adam Wharton scoring his first goal for the club seven minutes after the restart. Ouattara struck again in the 88th minute, heading in from a Sepp van den Berg flick-on to rescue a point for the hosts.

BY Photo Webdesk 18 May 2026

Manchester United solidified their top-four position in the English Premier League 2025-26 with a thrilling 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Sunday. Luke Shaw opened the scoring in the fifth minute, but Forest equalised early in the second half through a Morato header. United regained control as Matheus Cunha struck just two minutes later, before Bryan Mbeumo added a third in the 75th minute from Bruno Fernandes, who registered a record-equalling 20th assist of the season. Forest fought back as Morgan Gibbs-White scored in the 78th minute, but the Red Devils held firm for the victory.

BY Photo Webdesk 18 May 2026

Ronda Rousey made a dominant MMA return, submitting Gina Carano via armbar in just 17 seconds at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles before retiring again inside the cage. Rousey immediately took Carano down and finished the long-awaited comeback bout with trademark grappling, moving to 13-2 with her 10th submission win. Carano, back after a long break since 2009, had no answer to the quick finish in a fight that barely got started. The card also saw Francis Ngannou score a first-round knockout of Philipe Lins, while Nate Diaz’s fight with Mike Perry ended after Diaz took heavy damage and was pulled from the contest.

BY Photo Webdesk 17 May 2026

Delhi Capitals chased down 194 runs against Rajasthan Royals with five wickets to spare at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, May 17. KL Rahul (56) and Abishek Porel (51) slammed blistering half-centuries to give a blistering 105-run opening stand. At the end, Ashutosh Sharma blazed an unbeaten 5-ball 18 to take DC home with 4 balls to spare. In the first innings, RR also got off to a fiery start with swift knocks from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Riyan Parag till Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc in the middle-overs to take a four-wicket haul to restrict RR to 193 in 20 overs. With this win, DC keep themselves alive in the playoff race even if only marginally, while RR now can only go to a maximum of 16 points.

BY Photo Webdesk 17 May 2026

Roma defeated Lazio 2-0 in a Derby della Capitale fixture in the Serie A 2025-26 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, courtesy of a brace from Gianluca Mancini. The Giallorossi took the lead before half-time when Mancini scored from Niccolo Pisilli's assist. As Lazio failed to create chances, the hosts doubled their lead after the hour mark when Pablo Dybala set up Mancini for his second goal. The Rome derby descended into chaos minutes later as both sides had players sent off – Wesley Franca for Roma and Nicolo Rovella for Lazio. Despite both being reduced to 10 men, Roma held on for a deserved victory.

BY Photo Webdesk 17 May 2026

Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for May 17 2026

BY Photo Webdesk 17 May 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) thrashed Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 23 runs to become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2026. Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer slammed blistering half-centuries to take RCB to a mammoth 222/3 in the first over. In reply, PBKS got off to a bad start as they lost their top three within the first four overs courtesy of a fine opening spell by Bhuveshwar Kumar. Shashank Sharma tried to put on a fight with a quick-fire fifty but it turned out to be too little too late as RCB won easily at the end. This was PBKS' sixth straight loss, and with it, their playoff chances have become quite slim

BY Photo Webdesk 17 May 2026

Finn Allen smashed a 35-ball 93, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit an unbeaten 44-ball 82 as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) kept their playoff hopes alive with a 29-run win over Gujarat Titans (GT) in match 60 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Eden Gardens on Saturday (May 16). Sent in to bat, Allen went on a six-hitting spree, smashing 10 maximums and four boundaries to add 95 off 41 balls with Raghuvanshi (82). Raghuvanshi then shared another 108 off 53 balls with Cameron Green (52 not out) to power KKR to a challenging 247 for 2. In reply, GT could manage 218-4, riding on skipper Shubman Gill's 49-ball 85 and a 35-ball 57 from Jos Buttler. Opener Sai Sudarsan was retired hurt but returned to make a 28-ball 53 not out. Sunil Narine (2/29) claimed two wickets and Saurabh Dubey snapped one for KKR.

BY Photo Webdesk 16 May 2026