NorthEast United share spoils with Mumbai City

Fatorda (Goa)

Deshorn Brown’s powerful hat-trick ensured Mumbai City FC remained winless after two matches as NorthEast United FC played out an intense 3-3 draw against the defending champions in a high-octane ISL clash here today. The result means Mumbai sitting at the top of the pile with 16 points from eight games.

London
Premier League had record 103 cases in past week
A record 103 positive Covid cases were found among players and staff in the Premier League over the past week, the league said today following a raft of fixture postponements during the busy festive period.

Warsaw (Poland)
Bharathakoti holds Paravyan in World Rapid Chess C’ships
Little-known Indian Grandmaster Harsha Bharatakoti continued his good run in the Rapid section of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships here, holding higher-rated Russian GM David Paravyan to a draw in the sixth round today.

Bengaluru
PKL: Tamil Thalaivas tie U Mumba 30-30 in thriller
V Ajith Kumar’s heroics with raids was not good enough for former champions U Mumba as they settled for a 30-30 tie against Tamil Thaliavas in their Pro Kabaddi League match here today. Agencies