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'This is my home', says David De Gea after 500th Manchester United appearance

Manchester United's goalless draw against Newcastle United on Sunday is not a game that will long be remembered but it marked a special milestone for goalkeeper David De Gea as it was his 500th match for the Old Trafford club. Signed as a 20-year-old for around 18 million pounds ($20.25 million) in 2011, De Gea replaced retired goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar and made the number one shirt his own over the years. A four-times winner of the player of the year award at the club, the 31-year-old became the first non-British or Irish player to make 500 appearances for the Premier League club.

Neymar shines as PSG beat Olympique de Marseille to snap winless streak

Paris St Germain a 1-0 home victory against bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday as the champions ended a three-match winless streak. Neymar found the back of the net on the stroke of halftime to put leaders PSG on 29 points from 11 games, three ahead of second-placed Lorient. Marseille, who had Sauel Gigot sent off midway through the second half, are fourth on 23 points, one behind RC Lens who they host next weekend.

16-year-old Indian GM Gukesh stuns Carlsen in Aimchess Rapid chess

Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament, becoming the youngest to beat the world champion. The 16-year old from Chennai beat the world No.1 with white pieces early on Monday to move up to third position behind Poland's Jan-Krzystof Duda (25 points) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 23 points) with 21 points after the 12th round. Gukesh's 29-move dismantling of the world champion comes a day after his 19-year old compatriot Arjun Erigaisi had posted a maiden win over the world champion.

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India go down to Australia

Skipper Gurkirat Singh scored the lone goal for India while Garng Koul, Adrian Segecic and Max Caputo registered their names on the scoresheet for Australia. Bikash Yumnam added to India's woes as he scored an own goal. India were beaten 2-4 in their opener by Iraq last week. Trailing by two first half goals, India displayed lots of spirit in the second, and pulled one back through Gurkirat, whose sudden long ranger in the 63rd minute caught the Australia goalkeeper Jack Warshawsky on the wrong foot before hitting the post and going in. It wasn't the only time when India had the Australia defence in trouble.

Five-star Bayern Munich demolish Freiburg to move into second spot

Bayern Munich blasted five goals past hapless Freiburg in a 5-0 Bundesliga demolition job on Sunday to leapfrog them into second place. The champions are now on 19 points, one ahead of third-placed Freiburg, who suffered their second league loss, and four behind leaders Union Berlin, who were 2-0 winners over Borussia Dortmund.

Iga Swiatek downs Donna Vekic to win San Diego Open title

San Diego Open final on Sunday. Swiatek pumped her fist and blew a kiss to the crowd after Vekic double faulted on match point to cap a third set where the Pole raised her level and tournament qualifier Vekic appeared to finally run out of gas. "I wanted to go all in," Swiatek said of her approach going into the deciding set of the new WTA 500 event.

U-17 Women's World Cup: India look to finish with a fight

Face Brazil in their last group gameBHUBANESWAR: In November last year, Brazil legend Formiga's farewell match against the senior Indian women's team saw the emergence of a new star of Indian women's football in Manisha Kalyan, who did the unexpected by scoring in a 1-6 defeat against the Selecao. In their last match of FIFA U17 Women's World Cup here on Monday, the home supporters will await another young Indian to do the unthinkable and strike the goal, even if a point or victory against a formidable Brazil U17 team appears to be a dream too far.

T20 World Cup: Mohammed Shami bowls full tilt as India enter final phase of preparations with warm-up games

Shami, who had reached Brisbane after recovering from COVID-19 and getting a go-ahead, had replaced an injured Jasprit Bumrah in the squad of 15. On Sunday, Shami had a full-fledged session with coach Rahul Dravid welcoming him in the mix after a lay-off of around three months.

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'This is my home', says David De Gea after 500th Manchester United appearance

Neymar shines as PSG beat Olympique de Marseille to snap winless streak

16-year-old Indian GM Gukesh stuns Carlsen in Aimchess Rapid chess

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India go down to Australia

Five-star Bayern Munich demolish Freiburg to move into second spot

Iga Swiatek downs Donna Vekic to win San Diego Open title

U-17 Women's World Cup: India look to finish with a fight

T20 World Cup: Mohammed Shami bowls full tilt as India enter final phase of preparations with warm-up games