Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for March 22, 2026
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LeBron James set the NBA record by playing in his 1,612th regular-season game and Luke Kennard made a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left to send the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-104 comeback victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night. Luka Doncic scored 33 points in the Lakers’ ninth straight win, but was called for his 16th technical foul — an automatic one-game suspension by the league if it’s not rescinded.
Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper each scored 24 points and the San Antonio Spurs never trailed in a 134-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. San Antonio All-Star Victor Wembanyama had 20 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five blocks. Harper was 9 for 13 from the field in his first NBA start. Andrew Nembhard scored 25 points and Jarace Walker added 21 for the Pacers, whose franchise-record losing streak reached 16 games. Indiana fell to 15-56 overall and is in last place in the Eastern Conference after losing to Oklahoma City in seven games in last season’s the NBA Finals.
Dro Fernández scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain as it won at struggling Nice 4-0 and reclaimed top spot in Ligue 1 on Saturday. The 18-year-old midfielder joined from Barcelona in January and grabbed his side’s third goal after being neatly set up by Ousmane Dembélé in the 81st minute. PSG moved one point above Lens, which crushed Angers 5-1 on Friday. Defending champion PSG has played one game less and the sides meet on April 11 in Lens in what could be a title decider.
Harry Kane scored again and Bayern Munich stepped closer toward its 13th Bundesliga title in 14 years after beating Union Berlin 4-0 on Saturday. Kane scored after the break for his 31st league goal. He has seven more rounds to try and match Robert Lewandowski’s season record of 41. Serge Gnabry scored twice and Michael Olise also grabbed a goal for Bayern, taking the team’s tally after 27 rounds to 97, on course to smash the season record of 101 goals set by Bayern in 1971-72.
AC Milan changed gears in the second half to storm to a 3-2 win over Torino and trim the gap to Serie A leader Inter Milan to six points on Saturday. After a sluggish first period, Milan bagged two goals in as many minutes to secure the result over Torino. Milan moved back into second, a point above Napoli, which won at Cagliari 1-0 on Friday. Inter visits Fiorentina on Sunday. Torino had the better of the first half although Milan managed to take the lead in the 37th minute with a stunning goal from defender Strahinja Pavlovic. A cross was cleared to about 25 meters out where Pavlovic took a touch before hitting a ridiculous strike on the half volley that looped up before coming down just between the bar and Alberto Paleari’s outstretched hand.
Gamers from across the country converged at NESCO for the opening leg of the Indian Super Gaming League (ISGL) Mumbai Qualifiers. As India’s first structured national grassroots esports circuit, the event determined the official roster for Mumbai City FC across four distinct gaming titles. From intense tactical battles in Call of Duty Mobile and competitive sports action in Cricket 26 and FC 26, to strategic matches on Chess.com, the qualifiers showcased the transition of recreational gaming into a formal franchise-led competition. Featured here are the key highlights from the tournament floor, the fan engagement zones, and the winners who will represent the city on the national stage at the upcoming Grand Finale in Vizag.
Liverpool’s feeble title defense unraveled further on Saturday in a 2-1 loss at Brighton that extended the stuttering defending champion’s winless run in the league to three matches. Danny Welbeck scored both for Brighton at Amex Stadium, either side of Milos Kerkez’s equalizer for Liverpool in its latest disjointed display under manager Arne Slot. Liverpool has taken just one point from its last three league games and is a remarkable 21 points behind first-placed Arsenal with seven games left of the campaign. The Reds became the first team since Chelsea in the 2017-18 season to lose 10 matches in a title defense.
The excitement around the new Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season is palpable and the energy around Mumbai Indians (MI) is already reaching fever pitch. Before the action gets on the field, the five-time champions got some taste of 'DIVINE' music and greet the fans at The MIX, a one-of-its-kind fan festival, presented by Mumbai Indians and BookMyShow Live’s BrandLabs, scheduled for March 21st and 22nd, 2026, at Jio World Garden, Mumbai. The MI players including captain Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav amongst others were present at the arena, to meet the fans along with some of the top music stars such as Sanju Rathod, rapper Divine.
Beto scored twice and Iliman Ndiaye curled a shot into the top corner for the third as Everton outfought Chelsea, which delivered a performance lacking in energy after its recent Champions League exertions. Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior said it was his team’s most disappointing performance since he took charge in January. Everton was in eighth place — behind Brentford, which drew 0-0 at Leeds, on goal difference — and they were only three points behind Liverpool and two behind Chelsea. It also has a goalkeeper in red-hot form; Jordan Pickford produced another amazing save to tip over a close-range effort by Enzo Fernandez in the first half. Chelsea has won just one of its last six games in the league and that was at third-placed Aston Villa — another team limping to the finish line this season.
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