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New York City will hold a series of free events for soccer fans who hope to experience the excitement of the World Cup but can’t afford the hefty ticket prices to the matches, officials announced Monday. The events — one in each of the city’s five boroughs — will include watch parties for the matches and other festivities. They will be staged at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, a shopping center near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and a minor league baseball stadium in Staten Island. A separate fan event planned for Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, where the New York Red Bulls play, will cost $10.

BY Photo Webdesk 28 April 2026

Third-placed Manchester United put some daylight between itself and chasing Liverpool and Aston Villa with a clinical 2-1 win at home to Brentford in the Premier League on Monday. United moved three points above its rivals and took a huge step toward ensuring it will play Champions League football next season for the first time since 2024. Casemiro, just weeks before he departs the club, sneaked in at the back post to head United into the lead after 11 minutes. It was his 11th headed goal since he joined United in August 2022, a record bettered only by Erling Haaland (18), Ollie Watkins (16) and Chris Wood (13).

BY Photo Webdesk 28 April 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru kept going their scintillating run, demolishing Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in match 39 of Indian Premier League 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday (April 27). Opting to bowl, RCB's pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) and Josh Hazlewood (4/12) shared seven wickets, while Rasikh Salam Dar (1/21) and Suyash Sharma (1/7) also contributed as RCB bowled out DC for 75 - the lowest score of this season. For DC, Abishek Porel (30), David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) provided relative respectability to the total after being reduced to 8 for 6 in the fourth over. In reply, Devdutt Padikkal (34 not out), Jacob Bethell (20) and Virat Kohli (23 not out) completed the chase in 6.3 overs.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

The atmosphere at the Arun Jaitley Stadium took an abrupt turn during the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match on April 27, Monday as a heavy dust storm swept across the ground. The sky turned an hazy shade of orange, and high-velocity winds quickly reduced visibility, forcing a temporary halt to play during the 10th over. Players and officials were seen shielding their faces and retreating to the side as the eyesights struggled to pierce through the thick veil of dust. It was not the only storm of the match. The weather hazard arrived at a critical moment, mirroring the bowling storm that had already taken place. Earlier, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood had exploited the shifting conditions to reduce Delhi to a historic 13/6 in the Powerplay. The combination of the abrasive winds and the clinical pace attack created a chaotic environment, eventually resulting in the Capitals being bowled out for 75 in just 16.3 overs.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

Blending defiance, grassroots energy and her trademark streetfighter style, Mamata Banerjee’s last rally turns into a charged show of strength in a make-or-break election battle of West Bengal. Banerjee and the TMC including its main opponent the BJP conducted massive rallies and a high voltage election campaign that ended today. The high-stake assembly election marked by SIR, lakhs of electors off rolls, unprecedented deployment of CAPF, heated campaign invoking symbols like Jhalmuri, fish and the Ganga—will conclude with the second phase of polling on April 29.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

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BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

Crvena Zvezda dominated the 179th Belgrade derby on Sunday, defeating Partizan 3-0 at the Stadion Rajko Mitic to clinch their ninth consecutive Serbian Superliga title. The eternal rivalry in Belgrade produced a one-sided affair as the hosts recorded the largest winning margin in one of the fiercest derbies in Europe. After a tight opening spell, Crvena Zvezda took the lead in the 18th minute after a close-range finish from Strahinja Erakovic. Aleksandar Katai forced a couple of saves from Marko Milosevic to keep the hosts on top. Adam Avdic doubled the lead in the 68th minute after defensive lapses by Partizan, and Seol Young-woo sealed the victory in the 87th minute.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

Carson Hocevar ensured the Talladega Superspeedway fans who witnessed his first NASCAR Cup Series win would remember it. After outdueling Chris Buescher with a last-lap pass Sunday, Hocevar celebrated with one of NASCAR’s most unconventional victory laps. While sitting on the windowsill of his No. 77 Chevrolet to salute the crowd with fist pumps and waves, the lanky Hocevar managed to keep his left hand on the wheel while driving down the frontstretch. He steered the car nose-first into the outside wall to perform a burnout before climbing onto the roof.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

Arsenal benefited from two defensive blunders to rally for a 2-1 win over Lyon in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League semifinals on Sunday, keeping the English club on course to defend its title. Trailing to Jule Brand’s 19th-minute goal for record eight-time champion Lyon, Arsenal was gifted an equalizer in the 59th when Mariona Caldentey’s low free kick into the area was fumbled backward by goalkeeper Christiane Endler and onto the post. Lyon center back Ingrid Engen, stretching to make the clearance, inadvertently turned the ball into her own net. Engen compounded that mistake by misreading a back-pass from teammate Lindsey Heaps in the 83rd minute. Olivia Smith got to the ball ahead of Engen, had a shot saved by Endler, and recovered to convert the rebound.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026

Nelly Korda is back to No. 1 in the world and looks every bit the part. Korda was so untouchable at The Chevron Championship that no one got closer than four shots of her the entire weekend. She played her last 29 holes at Memorial Park in even par and still won by five, the largest margin at this major in 18 years. And it was one of the toughest times she ever had. That’s why where was much relief as joy when she holed a 7-foot par putt to close with a 2-under 70 to capture her third major championship and return to No. 1 in the women’s world ranking for the first time since August.

BY Photo Webdesk 27 April 2026