Villarreal boss Unai Emery came back to haunt Arsenal as the Spanish side held out for a 0-0 draw at the Emirates on Thursday to set up a Europa League final against Manchester United with a 2-1 victory on aggregate.

Rafael Nadal lost 6-4, 6-4 to Germany's Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, casting doubts over the Spaniard's form ahead of this month's French Open.

Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick said on Friday Robert Lewandowski is focused on breaking Gerd Mueller's all-time Bundesliga goal-scoring record as the Poland striker is four short with three games of the season left.

Indian selectors on Friday brought back star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja into the squad for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand next month.

The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman aged 118, has given up her spot in the Olympic torch relay due to a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

Bangladesh all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin thought that playing in familiar conditions in Mirpur ought to bode well for Bangladesh during their three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to start later this month.

Abdul Ghani Khandoker, father of former Bangladesh cricketer and prominent cricket coach Wahidul Gani, breathed his last at his residence in Dhaka yesterday.

Sri Lanka will arrive in Dhaka on May 16 to play three ODIs against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The series presents both teams with the chance to move up the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League ladder.

India’s cricket board is hoping it might be able to squeeze the remainder of its lucrative Indian Premier League into a crowded calendar and is still confident of hosting the T20 World Cup later this year, a top official told Reuters on Thursday.

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, in a move that will reignite the often vitriolic debate over the ethics of trans sport.

Babar Azam will look to continue his unbeaten record as Pakistan Test captain when Zimbabwe and Pakistan meet for the second Test on 7 May at the Harare Sports Club.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman returned home yesterday after the Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday.

Since replacing the sacked Frank Lampard in January, Thomas Tuchel has overseen a remarkable revival in Chelsea’s fortunes. His finest moment came in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg as Chelsea beat Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to clinch a 3-1 aggregate success.

South Africa will tour the West Indies next month at the start of an intensive build-up to the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for India in October, the national federation announced on Thursday.

Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard has upset supporters by appearing to laugh with Chelsea players after his former club knocked the Spanish team out of the Champions League.

India's cricket board is hoping it might be able to squeeze the remainder of its lucrative Indian Premier League into a crowded calendar and is still confident of hosting the T20 World Cup later this year, a top official told Reuters on Thursday.

The Indian Premier League's Australian cohort is headed for the Maldives after the tournament's abrupt suspension over the coronavirus crisis in the south Asian nation, said Sourav Ganguly, the chief of the Indian cricket board.

Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and ace left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who were in India for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), are expected to land in Dhaka today evening.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering the United Arab Emirates as a venue to stage the remainder of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 tournament but the country's COVID-19 body will take a final call, the governing body said on Thursday.

India's cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has defended the attempt to hold the Indian Premier League during the country's coronavirus emergency, insisting it was not a mistake.