NEW DELHI: Babar Azam finally enjoyed his breakthrough moment as captain, with the relief evident on his face. Peshawar Zalmi ended their long title drought by beating Hyderabad Kingsmen by five wickets in the PSL 11 final at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday, where Mohsin Naqvi presented him with the trophy.
This win marked Zalmi’s second league title and their first since 2017. Although Babar had already tasted PSL success twice before, this was his first trophy as a leader, making it particularly meaningful.
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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday’s Premier League game between Wolves and Sunderland.
Here are some of your comments:
Home team fans
Patrick: Rob Edwards is not the answer. He didn’t push on against 10 men who had just lost by five with their best XI on the pitch. Embarrassing.
Tom: Wolves really struggle to take control of games when a player is sent off or the momentum shifts towards them. They really need some more attacking power going into next season, otherwise it will be a very long year.
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We are in the middle of one of the Premier League’s most dramatic and tightest title races, but did it swing back in leaders Arsenal’s favour on Saturday?
The Gunners went six points clear of Manchester City with a 3-0 win over Fulham and have just three league games left this season.
Pep Guardiola’s second-placed side have five fixtures left but know there is very little room for error in the fight to be champions.
Vinicius, Tchouameni react after Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid: ‘Time to think about the next game’
Vinicius Jr. was the hero on the night for Real Madrid against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium as he netted a brace and led the team to a 2-0 win in a crucial game.
Any slip-up on the night would have seen the title race mathematically close and Barcelona crowned champions. The win for Real Madrid, however, keeps the team alive to fight another day.
For the first time in ten games, Real Madrid also managed to keep a clean sheet, making it a comprehensive and all-round performance.
Liverpool set to battle Arsenal for Ligue 1 superstar
Bradley Barcola Transfer Latest: Liverpool and Arsenal Watch PSG Uncertainty
Liverpool’s recruitment machine rarely sleeps. It hums quietly, gathers data, measures opportunity and waits for the market to reveal a weakness. According to a fresh report from TeamTalk, Bradley Barcola may now represent precisely that sort of opening.
The Paris Saint-Germain winger is not unwanted. Far from it. At 23, he remains one of Europe’s more elegant wide forwards, a player of acceleration, balance and cold decision making in the final third.
Today in IPL 2026, the Wankhede hosts what amounts to a basement battle with serious playoff consequences. Mumbai Indians take on Lucknow Super Giants in Match 47 of IPL 2026, with both sides sitting on just two wins apiece and their top-four hopes hanging by the thinnest of threads.
There are matches in every Indian Premier League season that arrive draped in quiet desperation and Monday night at the Wankhede is one of them.
Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, two franchises that have arrived at the same uncomfortable destination, both with just four points, both staring at the unmistakable possibility of a season slipping beyond rescue.
MI are sitting ninth after nine games, on the other hand LSG are sitting tenth after eight. The loser here will almost certainly become the first team mathematically eliminated from IPL 2026.
Mumbai carry the heavier burden.
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The Atlanta Braves got an important piece back on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies. Starter Spencer Strider made his season debut after missing the first month due to an injury suffered at the end of Spring Training. It had been known earlier in the week that Strider would return to the mound for Atlanta.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarrett Allen is usually laid back before games, including interacting with the crowd during the last minute of pregame warmups.
That wasn’t the case Sunday night as he played in his first Game 7.
Not only was the veteran center even more pumped up than usual, he had a game to remember.
Allen’s 22 points and 19 rebounds in Cleveland’s 114-102 victory over Toronto made him the second player in franchise history with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds in a Game 7.
Every day, we bring you the best and worst performers from the previous night in the NBA.
🏀 Best players of the day
PLAYER
RAT
STATS
1CLE
Jarrett Allen
38.73
22 pts – 19 reb – 2 ast – 3 blk – 7-11 FG
2DET
Cade Cunningham
37.73
32 pts – 12 ast – 1 reb – 2 blk – 10-18 FG
3DET
Tobias Harris
37.56
30 pts – 9 reb – 2 ast – 3 stl – 11-18 FG
4DET
Jalen Duren
24.35
15 pts – 15 reb – 3 ast – 1 stl – 5-9 FG
5CLE
James Harden
23.