The Indian junior women’s hockey team left from Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, in the early hours of Wednesday for the Four Nations Tournament in Rosario, Argentina.

The friendly tournament, part of the team’s preparation for the FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup in December, will feature Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile alongside India, as the teams battle it out for top honours.

Scheduled from May 25 to June 2 (IST), the Four Nations Tournament will see the Indian team play two matches against each of the participating nations. The tournament aims to help the team evaluate their performance, test combinations, and refine strategies ahead of the World Cup.

Manchester City will honour Kevin De Bruyne’s incredible decade of service to the Club by commissioning a special statue celebrating the midfielder’s magnificent Etihad career

It was was confirmed immediately after Tuesday night’s penultimate Premier League clash of the 2024/25 season at home to Bournemouth, which marked the 33-year-old’s final Etihad appearance for the Club.

De Bruyne revealed how proud and honoured he was at being afforded such a special tribute in the form of a statue.

"It means I will always be part of this club. Whenever I come back with family and friends, I will be able to see myself so I will always be here," De Bruyne said.

After a success laden 10 years at City, during which time he played more than 400 games, helping the Club win 19 major trophies, De Bruyne will be moving on in the summer.

Selhurst Park completed an unforgettable 100th-anniversary season and bade farewell to one of its favourite sons Joel Ward, as Palace came out on top of a six-goal thriller to set a new Premier League points record – little over 72 hours after winning the FA Cup.

Eddie Nketiah scored twice as Crystal Palace celebrated their FA Cup triumph with a thrilling 4-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ward, on his 364th Crystal Palace appearance, some 13 years after his debut, was handed the captain’s armband and his first Premier League start of the season in his final home match at Selhurst Park.

Emmanuel Agbadou headed Wolves in front midway through the first half. That woke the hosts up, though, and Nketiah scored twice in the space of five first-half minutes to turn the match around.

Former Spanish and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has announced his retirement from professional football.

The 42-year-old Spaniard, currently representing Como in Serie A, will hang up his gloves following their clash with Inter Milan on Friday. He has only played 12 games for the Cesc Fabregas-managed side this season.

Reina spent almost a decade with Liverpool following his arrival from Villarreal in 2005. Signed for Liverpool by Rafael Benitez following the Champions League triumph of the previous season, he was the club’s first-choice between the posts for the next eight campaigns.

With Rishabh Pant going through a wretched season, struggling to produce an innings of substance in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, former India cricketer turned coach Yograj Singh has spotted a couple of technical flaws in his technique.

Yograj says solving those issues will take only five minutes and would put the Lucknow Super Giants captain back on track and scoring big runs again.

The 67-year-old former cricketer, who has coached current players like Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma besides his son Yuvraj Singh, says that with a bit of focused correction, Pant will be 'back to his best in no time'.

Peter Moores has signed a two-year extension as Melbourne Stars head coach, the club announced on Tuesday. A two-time coach of England and with experience coaching all over the world, Moores will continue in his role until at least the end of BBL 16.

Moores, who took over the side in BBL 13, recently led the Stars to their first finals appearance in five years after winning five consecutive games to finish the regular season.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to sign on for another two years. I’ve already experienced some incredible moments with the club and there was no better place to be last summer than the MCG when we got on a roll. It was a great reminder of what this club and our members and fans are capable of.

I was so impressed with Marcus’ leadership last year, and I expect he will only grow in that role again in BBL 15. Our list is in a really good place, and we’ve got a great opportunity to strengthen a couple of key areas in the upcoming draft. I’m not putting a limit on what we can all achieve together," Moores said in statement.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has said that Alexis Mac Allister will not feature in club's final game of the season this weekend due to injury.

The midfielder was absent from the champions’ squad for the Premier League fixture at Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday night, while he was restricted to substitute appearances in the recent encounters with Chelsea and Arsenal.

Slot detailed in his post-match press conference at Amex Stadium how Mac Allister is being afforded rest to overcome a fitness issue in order to be ready for the start of 2025-26 and, therefore, will not figure against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

"Alexis will not play for us this season anymore. He needs rest at this moment in time to recover completely and to be ready for the start of next season, but it will be no problem for him to be back next season.

Brighton and Hove Albion came from behind to hand champions Liverpool only their fourth league defeat of the season in a five-goal thriller at the Amex.

Jack Hinshelwood scored straight after coming on as Brighton & Hove Albion claimed a thrilling 3-2 win over Premier League champions Liverpool to to finish eighth and potentially qualify for Europe.

Hinshelwood came on in the 83rd minute of Monday’s contest at Amex Stadium and was on hand to tap in from Matt O’Riley’s cross 88 seconds later, with the goal initially disallowed for offside, though that decision was overturned after a VAR check.

Another substitute had already played a key role for Brighton before then, with Kaoru Mitoma having dragged the hosts level for the second time in the 69th minute.

The penultimate round of matches in La Liga resolved who ends the campaign in fourth place, who takes the final two European places and who joins Las Palmas and Valladolid in relegation to the second division to be decided on the last day of the season.

Athletic Bilbao ensured fourth place and qualification for next season's Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia with a 1-0 win away to Valencia.

Alex Berenguer's stunning curling shot 19 minutes from time gave Athletic a deserved win while also ending Valencia's slim changes of qualifying for Europe, reports.

Athletic confirmed fourth place on head-to-head goal difference over Villarreal, even though Villarreal gatecrashed FC Barcelona's La Liga celebrations with a 3-2 win in Montjuic.

Ayoze Perez put Villarreal ahead in the fourth minute, and although Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez turned the score around before halftime, Santi Comesana equalized five minutes after the break, with Tajon Buchanan netting the winner for the visitors 10 minutes from time.

As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 resumes after a brief suspension, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans are planning a special tribute to their most beloved cricketer, Virat Kohli. In what promises to be an emotional evening at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday (May 17), RCB fans have planned to wear white T-shirts to honour Kohli’s retirement from Test cricket.

The fans have planned to come out in huge numbers to hail Kolhi despite rain being predicted for the evening. And it promptly started raining well before the toss, but the fans continued to stay put in the stands.

The match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be Kohli’s first appearance since he shocked the cricketing world by announcing his sudden retirement from red-ball cricket on May 12, during the break in the tournament caused by India-Pakistan border tensions.