World Sports: Man Utd Beat Liverpool In FA Cup; RCB Lift Maiden WPL Title - As It Happened

The "Super Sunday" ended with a bang as we got our FA Cup semi-finalists. Manchester United defeated Liverpool 4-3 in a tough competition whereas Leicester City went down fighting Chelsea 4-2. Royal Challengers Bangalore Women thrashed Delhi Capitals Women in the Women's Premier League 2024 final at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This marks RCB's maiden WPL title and DC remained runner-up for the second straight year. Catch the highlights on world sports for Saturday, March 17, 2024, here. (Cricket News | Football News)

Earlier today, Luis Suarez scored twice in a span of 13 minutes to lift Inter Miami to a 3-1 win over DC United in Major League Soccer, despite the absence of Lionel Messi. The Argentine superstar was held out of Miami's 3-2 loss to Montreal and was subbed off early in the second half of their 3-1 victory over Nashville in the Concacaf Champions Cup second leg. Messi is reportedly resting a right leg injury.

Spanish tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz has halted Jannik Sinner's 19-match unbeaten run, trouncing the Italian 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Indian Wells Open 2024 semi-finals to book a summit clash against the winner of the other last-four match between Tommy Paul and Daniil Medvedev.

England football team skipper Harry Kane is a doubt for the upcoming international friendlies against Brazil and Belgium after sustaining an ankle injury while playing for Bayern Munich last night.

“He twisted his ankle in the goal net. He's cooled it with ice. We don't have a (final) diagnosis yet. We have to wait and see and hope that it remains a scare,” Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said after the team's 5-2 win over Darmstadt in the Bundesliga.

Earlier, Kane had scored his 31st league goal to set the record for goals in a debut Bundesliga season. He also eclipsed his previous best mark of 30 league goals in a season achieved with Tottenham in the Premier League in 2018 and again last season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O'Neil has criticised his opposite number, Coventry City coach Mark Robins, for celebrating in the face of a 13-year-old ball boy after a late winning goal in their thrilling FA Cup quarter-final match, late last night.

After Coventry scored in the 10th minute of stoppage time to secure a 3-2 victory over Wolverhampton, Robins ran over to the ball boy and crouched toward him before later aiming a fist pump in his direction.

Though Robins apologized later, O'Neil said his conduct was “disgusting.” He added: "To celebrate in a young boy's face like that I thought was disgusting. The boy is really upset. It shouldn't happen, but I don't have too much to say about it because we have lost and it's going to seem bitter. But I thought it was really important to speak to Mark about it because they are just kids doing a job.”

Stephen Curry scored 31 points upon return as the Golden State Warriors overcame LeBron James’ 40 points and 13 rebounds in a 128-121 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Curry was 12 of 24 from the field and had six rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes after missing three games due to a sprained right ankle.

Russian world number 4 Daniil Medvedev beats Tommy Paul of the USA 1-6, 7-6, 6-2 to advance to the Indian Wells Open 2024 final, where he will take on Carlos Alcaraz. The Spanish star had earlier prevailed over Jannik Sinner in the other semi-final.

Less than a month after being stripped of his 3,000m gold medal at the Asian Indoor Championships 2024 due to lane infringement, Gulveer Singh has found redemption in the 10,000m category. The 25-year-old clocked a timing of 27:41.81 to smash a 16-year-old national record and finish second in his heat at The Ten meet in San Juan Capistrano, California.

The Asian Games bronze medallist improved by more than 20 seconds the previous national mark of 28:02.89, set by Surendra Singh in 2008. Gulveer thus is the only Indian now to have run the 10,000m race in under 28 minutes.

The stage is set for the grand finale of Women's Premier League 2024. An in-form Delhi Capitals are up against a resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium at 7:30pm IST.

Neither of the franchises - be it the men's or women's teams - have lifted the trophy before, which means a maiden victor will be crowned tonight.

Ahead of the titanic clash, let us take a look at three key player battles to watch out for, in our report here.

Hockey India has brought in Dutch goalkeeping expert Dennis van de Pol to bolster the men's team's preparations for Paris Olympic Games 2024.

A renowned hockey goalkeeping coach, van de Pol has been working with the Indian goalies for nearly four years now, with his first stint in 2019.

He will join the ongoing national coaching camp at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, where he will work closely with PR Sreejesh, Krishan Pathak and Suraj Karkera.

Pakistan’s search for a foreign coach has hit hurdles with former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and former West Indian captain Darren Sammy dropping out of the race for the next head coach of the national cricket team, PTI reports.

While Sammy turned down approaches by the Pakistan Cricket Board citing he is already contracted with the West Indies board as head coach of the WI white-ball teams, Watson returned home on Saturday night after rejecting the offer from the Pakistan board.

Sri Lanka seamer Dilshan Madushanka has been ruled out of the remainder of the team's tour of Bangladesh owing to a hamstring injury. He might miss the first few game of the upcoming Indian Premier League 2024 too, where he represents Mumbai Indians.

Batting titan Virat Kohli has returned to India after the birth of his son Akaay, and is set to join his franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore's training camp ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League season.

Wolfsburg have fired coach Niko Kovac after a three-month winless run left the team 14th in the 18-team Bundesliga. Kovac leaves after nearly two seasons in charge at Wolfsburg, following a 3-1 loss at home to Augsburg last night. It was the team's 11th game in a row without a win, a run stretching back to December.

Real Kashmir FC ended up with their third successive draw in the I-League as they were held 1-1 by Delhi FC in a crucial match on their home turf in Srinagar. Both goals came in the second half.

Delhi FC took the lead through Gurtej Singh (52') early in the second half before conceding an own goal in the latter stages (82') of the match to take home a point.

Svenja Huth, a midfielder who has played for Germany's National Football team since 2011, recently announced her retirement from international football just before the Paris Olympics. She had secured a place at the Olympics, finishing in third place in the Nations League.

Skipper Harry Kane is ready to join the England national football squad for upcoming friendlies at Wembley against Brazil next Saturday despite injuring his ankle while playing for Bayern Munich at Darmstadt.

Leicester City, down 0-2 at half-time, hit back to give Chelsea the blues in front of a packed Stamford Bridge crowd. The FA Cup tie is anybody's game now. On Saturday, Coventry City and Manchester City have won their respective quarter-final matches. Later tonight, Manchester United will host Liverpool.

Juventus continued their disappointing run with a goalless (0-0) draw at home to Genoa. Massimilano Allegri’s side was getting close to winning the title but then it resulted in another lacklustre with just one win from their last eight matches.

Chelsea managed to edge past the resilient Leicester in the FA Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge with a 4-2 win, thanks to stoppage-time goals from substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke.

The wild game saw Mauricio Pochettino's side take a 2-0 lead before the visitors fought back to balance the score at 2-2. However, a brilliant flick from Cole Palmer helped Chukwuemeka to slot the ball into the corner, leading Chelsea to 3-2. Then appeared Madueke in the scoreline with an excellent strike, securing victory for The Blues.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and opted to bat first in the must-win second T20 International match against Ireland at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. They lost the first match by 39 runs at the same venue on Friday. Check playing XIs here

In the ultimate battle of Women's Premier League against Delhi Capitals, the undefeated Royal Challengers Bangalore first restricted Meg Lanning's side at 113 in 18.3 overs and then chased the target in 19.3 overs to win the trophy for the first time. This marks the first time for an RCB franchise to win a Premier League title.

90+ whatever added time is over. Antony scored a late equaliser to force an extra time at Old Trafford. Earlier, Mac Allister and Mo Salah scored as visitors fought back to lead after McTominay's opener.

Harvey Eliott gave Liverpool the lead with a 25-yard strike at 105th. A big deflection off Christian Eriksen did the damage.

A blistering half-century from former captain Mohammad Nabi (59 off 38) helped Afghanistan post 152/9 against Ireland in the second T20I. Pacer Mark Adair three wickets (3/27) for Ireland. It's must-win game for the Afghans.

Marcus Rashford equalised. A fine, fine finish into the bottom corner in the 113th minute after linking up with Scott McTominay This FA Cup tie is going all the way. It's 3-3.

This one is for the history, win or loss. On the verge of defeat, Manchester United are moments away from knocking Liverpool out... and the winner, a youngster. Amad Diallo in the 120th and he also got a red, for a second yellow, for removing his shirt.

Liverpool's quadruple dreams are over with a defeat at Old Trafford. The League Cup winners are out of the FA Cup with a 3-4 defeat against Manchester United after extra time. Other semi-finalists are Coventry City, Manchester City and Chelsea.

The day ended with a thrilling finish in the FA Cup quarter-finals where Manchester United beat Liverpool 4-3 and Leicester City went down fighting Chelsea in a 2-4 defeat. The Smriti Mandhana-led RCB women won the WPL 2024 title for the first time beating Delhi Capitals. That's all from our side. Goodnight!