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Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday but nearly let the trophy slip from their hands, coming back from two goals down to beat Aston Villa with three goals inside an electrifying five minutes late in the second half.
After an afternoon of high nerves, laced with fear of Liverpool pipping them to the title at the post, relieved and jubilant City fans poured on to the field at the final whistle.
The day was set up for a party and there was a relaxed mood aro

Jammu and Kashmir pace sensation Umran Malik earned an expected call-up in the Indian team for the upcoming five-match T20 International home series against South Africa starting June 9.
Umran has so far picked up 21 wickets in 13 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL but his ability to bowl consistently at 95 miles per hour has caught imagination of all and sundry.
Along with Umran, Punjab Kings’ death overs specialist Arshdeep Singh has also earned his maiden national call-up.
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Sixteen-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned world champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time three months at the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster made the most of Carlsen’s one-move blunder to keep his chances of progressing to the knockout stages alive.
Praggnanandhaa is the sibling of Vaishali Rameshbabu, another top Indian chess star. He is the fifth-youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title after Abhimanyu Mishra, Gukesh D, Sergey K

This is how Manchester United have paid over the odds under different managers post Sir Alex Ferguson: Paul Pogba – £89 million, Harry Maguire – £80 million, Fred – £52million, Aaron Wan-Bissaka – £50 million, Anthony Martial – £36 million (potentially rising to £58 million) and Jadon Sancho – £73 million.
Compare this with Liverpool’s transfer activities under Jurgen Klopp: Mohamed Salah – £36.5

Last week, Schneider Electric, a player in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals announced a one-of-its kind sustainable match for cricket lovers. Rajasthan Royals pledged to be a Green Yodha, a sustainability initiative by Schneider Electric that aims to build a team of conscious citizens, organisations and businesses to unite in adopting collective climate-friendly actions and solutions, and played a pivotal r

Six months to go for the World Cup, Qatar has its stadiums ready. Qatar has become almost a byword for scorching heat but some fans will still take a sweater to the stadiums because of state-of-the-art air conditioning that its mastermind says will become the norm for mega sports events. Seven of the eight stadiums are air-conditioned. Here#39;s a look at the stadiums that will host 2022 World Cup matches from November 21 to December 18.

A fired up Virat Kohli roared back to form with a fine half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore stayed alive in the IPL play-off race with a thumping eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans here on Thursday.
This was after skipper Hardik Pandya scored a gritty 47-ball 62 to lift GT to a competitive 168 for five after opting to bat.
Kohli (73 off 54) and captain Fa du Plessis (44 off 38) shared a match-winning 115-run opening stand before Glenn Maxwell (40 not out off 18) went balli

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen emerged world champion with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the flyweight (52kg) final of the Women’s World Championships in Istanbul on Thursday.
The Telangana boxer out-punched her Thai rival to win via unanimous 5-0 verdict.
With this win, Zareen became only the fifth Indian boxer to be crowned world champion.
Six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018) Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (

Quinton de Kock struck a sensational hundred and shared a record opening stand with skipper K L Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants pipped Kolkata Knight Riders by two runs in a last-ball IPL thriller to seal their play-off spot here on Wednesday.
De Kock gave a batting masterclass enroute to an unbeaten 140 off 70 balls as he and Rahul (68 not out off 51) fired LSG to 210 for no loss, the highest opening stand in IPL history.
It was a steep chase but KKR stayed in the game through Nitish Rana (42) an

Rahul Tripathi batted like a man on a mission before Umran Malik sizzled with his pace as Sunrisers Hyderabad kept their slim IPL playoff hopes alive with a three-run win over Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday.
Tripathi scored 76 from 44 balls to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a challenging 193 for six. He was ably complemented by Priyam Garg (42) and Nicholas Pooran (38).
Malik (3/23 in three overs) then produced a sensational performance, while the seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/26 off 4) bowled a w