Real Betis defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in a La Liga clash at Seville's La Cartuja Stadium on Friday after Álvaro Valles saved Kylian Mbappé's stoppage-time penalty. Troy Parrott's 81st-minute strike secured the upset, handing manager Jose Mourinho his first defeat since returning to the bench as Madrid squandered vital chances to equalise
Pakistan opener Ayesha Zafar downplayed the hype surrounding Saturday's Asia Cup clash against arch-rivals India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, terming it just another game. Pakistan pursue a semi-final qualification berth following their victory over Thailand, needing one win from remaining fixtures against India and Hong Kong to confirm progression into the tournament's final four
Harmanpreet Kaur-led India face Fatima Sana's Pakistan in a high-voltage Women's Asia Cup 2026 Group A clash in Dubai. Having already qualified for the semi-finals after dominant victories over Hong Kong and Thailand, seven-time champions India aim to extend their 5-1 tournament T20 head-to-head dominance over their arch-rivals
India have won 26 of their 29 overall meetings, while Smriti Mandhana is nine runs away from surpassing Mithali Raj's record in T20I clashes.
Mike Hesson has distanced himself from the decision to drop Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Agha, and Imam-ul-Haq after Pakistan’s heavy Test defeats in England, with seven players axed ahead of Hesson taking charge for the third Test
Pakistan Cricket Board are reportedly planning to remove senior selector Aqib Javed as part of a wider “clean-up” drive, with the move coming after Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, and Salman Ali Agha were sent back from England
Real Betis defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in a La Liga clash at Seville's La Cartuja Stadium on Friday after Álvaro Valles saved Kylian Mbappé's stoppage-time penalty. Troy Parrott's 81st-minute strike secured the upset, handing manager Jose Mourinho his first defeat since returning to the bench as Madrid squandered vital chances to equalise
The 2026 Hockey World Cup concluded across Amstelveen and Wavre after a 16-day campaign that saw Argentina defeat the Netherlands in a shootout to end Dutch dominance, while Germany retained the men's title against Spain. India's women secured their best finish since 1974, though the men's team extended their fifty-year medal drought
Top seed Alexander Zverev survived another exhausting five-set trial at Flushing Meadows, outlasting France's Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3 in a grueling second-round encounter at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zverev captured a tight opening set, but Halys fought back fiercely, exploiting second-serve vulnerabilities to level the match. After splitting high-intensity tiebreaks in the third and fourth sets, Zverev finally stamped his authority in the decider, breaking early to seal the victory after more than four hours on court.
The MotoGP Grand Prix of Aragon on August 30, 2026, at MotorLand Aragón delivered an action-packed masterclass. Starting from second on the grid, Marc Márquez put on a commanding performance to claim victory with a total race time of 41:10.969. Pedro Acosta fought through the field from a sixth-place start to secure a stellar second position, finishing just 1.754 seconds behind. Marco Bezzecchi, who started from pole position, completed the podium by taking third place. The grueling Spanish round was marked by high drama further down the order, featuring major attrition among front-runners. Title contenders Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli suffered early crashes that forced them into DNFs, alongside early exits from Raúl Fernández and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu. Capitalizing on the chaos, Álex Márquez and Jorge Martín rounded out the top five, while fierce mid-field battles kept the massive Alcañiz crowd entertained throughout the afternoon.
Indian athletes are spending nights in makeshift shipping container rooms at SAI centres in Patiala and Bengaluru to prepare for the unusual accommodation arrangements at the Asian Games in Japan, where there will be no conventional athletes’ village
