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Midfield star Vitinha scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain came from behind on the way to beating Tottenham Hotspur 5-3 in an action-packed Champions League clash on Wednesday. The Portuguese playmaker cancelled out Richarlison’s opener in stunning fashion just before half-time at the Parc des Princes, and repeated the trick early in the second half after Randal Kolo Muani had got Spurs’ second. The on-loan Kolo Muani had been hoping to haunt his parent club — he later scored again, but that was after the reigning European champions had punished poor Tottenham defending to net twice more themselves.…

File Pic: Ravichandran Ashwin and Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: Former India off-spinner R Ashwin has come out strongly in defence of head coach Gautam Gambhir after India’s 0-2 home Test series defeat to South Africa, warning against what he called a growing urge to “find someone to blame” after big losses. India were comprehensively beaten in the two-Test series, culminating in a record 408-run defeat in Guwahati, triggering heavy criticism of Gambhir’s plans and his strategy of backing all-rounders, which some believe has unsettled the team’s balance.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!However, Ashwin dismissed calls for…

Kylian Mbappe scored all four goals as Real Madrid hung on to beat Olympiacos 4-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday and end a three-match winless run in all competitions. Chiquinho fired home from 20 yards to finish off a neat move as Olympiacos took an early lead in Greece, but Mbappe stole the show and took over as the competition’s leading scorer this season. “It was very important to get back to winning ways, we know that three matches without that is a lot for us,” Mbappe told Movistar. “(The team) looks good to me, of course…

WPL Auction 2026 Live Updates: The inaugural WPL mega auction promises intense bidding wars today, with 277 players — including 83 overseas names — set to go under the hammer as five franchises look to fill 73 squad slots. The auction’s biggest buzz centres around India’s World Cup-winning heroes Deepti Sharma, Kranti Gaud and Shree Charani, all expected to secure high-value deals after their stellar performances in India’s landmark ODI World Cup triumph earlier this month. The marquee list is loaded with star power: India’s Deepti and Renuka Singh, New Zealand duo Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr, England’s world No.…

Jose Gimenez’s stoppage-time winner earned Atletico Madrid a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday, inflicting the Italians’ first defeat in the competition. Julian Alvarez opened the scoring for Atletico early on as Diego Simeone’s side boosted their chances of a top-eight finish following a mixed start to the league phase. Piotr Zielinski levelled in the second half for Inter but the visitors faded in the final stages and Atletico capitalised. Gimenez headed home Antoine Griezmann’s corner to claim a potentially vital triumph for the Rojiblancos at a rocking Metropolitano stadium.”Today was a tough…

Max Verstappen is seeking a hat-trick of wins at the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend as this year’s Formula One world championship reaches boiling point in the Arabian Gulf. But he will know, better than most, that even with luck on his side, he is unlikely to overhaul a 24-point deficit that separates him from McLaren’s Lando Norris as they approach the final two events of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.  Despite being disqualified, along with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar PIastri, after finishing second at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last Sunday, Norris arrives…

Mohammed Siraj (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj on Wednesday night criticised Air India Express after a prolonged flight delay and what he described as a complete lack of communication from the airline. Siraj, who was travelling from Guwahati to Hyderabad following India’s 408-run defeat to South Africa, said passengers were left stranded for hours without any clarity on the situation.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In a strongly worded post on X, Siraj wrote that his scheduled flight — Air India Express IX 2884 — was to depart at 7.25 pm but never…

India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of reaching a third World Test Championship (WTC) final, after missing out in the last cycle, have taken a major hit after a stunning 2-0 home series defeat to South Africa. The whitewash — India’s second at home in two years — has left Shubman Gill’s side stranded in fifth place on the WTC table at 48.15%, exactly halfway through their 2025–27 campaign. With nine of their 18 Tests completed, the equation is now stark: India must be near-perfect from here if they want to…

Troubled Liverpool’s miserable season spiralled further into turmoil as PSV Eindhoven swept to a stunning 4-1 win at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday. Arne Slot’s side trailed to Ivan Perisic’s early penalty and Dominik Szoboszlai’s equaliser did nothing to galvanise the Reds. Second-half goals from Guus Til and Couhaib Driouech, who netted twice, condemned the woeful Premier League champions to a ninth defeat in their last 12 matches in all competitions. It is Liverpool’s worst run since 1953-54 as pressure mounts on the beleaguered Slot, with jeers from angry fans greeting the final whistle. Beaten 3-0 by…

NEW DELHI: India crashed to their biggest-ever defeat in Test cricket on Wednesday, losing by a staggering 408 runs to South Africa in the second Test in Guwahati as the visitors wrapped up a 2-0 series whitewash — their first series win on Indian soil in 25 years. The rout also marked one of India’s most forgettable home performances in recent memory, exposing deep cracks in both batting resilience and tactical clarity.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Chasing a near-impossible 549-run target, India folded meekly for 140, with only Ravindra Jadeja (54 off 87) offering resistance. Off-spinner…