Manchester City twice missed penalties in a 1-1 draw with Everton yesterday as 10-man Arsenal went level with them on points at the top of the Premier League table after seeing off Swansea 3-2.

Lionel Messi took just three minutes to score on his return from injury as Barcelona thrashed Deportivo la Coruna 4-0, but they were upstaged by Yannick Carrasco’s hat-trick in a 7-1 rout for leaders Atletico Madrid over Granada yesterday.

Edin Dzeko was celebrating hitting his first league brace on the road as Roma stunned Napoli 3-1 in the ‘Derby del Sole’ to relaunch their Serie A title hopes yesterday.

Francisco Lindor belted a two-run home run to power the Cleveland Indians to a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in game one of their American League Championship Series.

Andy Murray blasted his way into the Shanghai Masters final yesterday but holder Novak Djokovic angrily smashed his racquet and ripped his shirt as he crashed out to Roberto Bautista.

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi stormed to pole position for today’s Grand Prix of Japan after clocking the fastest time in qualifying, resuming his campaign to overtake championship leader Marc Marquez.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki fought her way to the Hong Kong Open finals yesterday after beating defending champion Jelena Jankovic.

Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen was the surprise winner of the women's road race event at the world championships in Qatar on Saturday.

Jakob Egholm won the men’s junior Road Race in spectacular fashion at the UCI Road World Championships Doha 2016 yesterday.

Elisa Balsamo sealed an Italian gold medal with a perfectly led-out sprint in the women’s junior road race yesterday.

The queen of the Tour of Qatar, Kirsten Wild, is hoping to celebrate a memorable birthday by adding a world title to her list of honours in the women’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships Doha 2016.

Umm Salal kept their unbeaten record intact this season after an exciting 2-2 draw with Al Shahania at Qatar Sports Club which saw The Orange Fortress come from behind twice after a promising performance from newly-promoted Al Shahania.