Manchester City were on Tuesday crowned 2020-21 Premier League champions after Leicester City's 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford here. This is their third title in the last four years.
The result means that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City cannot be displaced from the top of the table, as they have built a 10-point lead over Manchester United. City now have 80 points while Manchester United have 70. Leicester City is placed third with 66 points.
"It is Guardiola's 10th major honour since taking charge at City in 2016, and it comes a week after we booked our place in the UEFA Champions League final at the end of the month with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Paris Saint-Germain,]" Manchester City wrote on their official website.
"In a season like no other, one which has been significantly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, City have shown remarkable consistency in turbulent times, overcoming a gruelling fixture schedule by heavily rotating the squad to ensure every player has played a part in this success," the club said.
The Premier League title is Manchester City's second trophy of the season; they won the English League Cup last month.
Also, Manchester City have qualified for the Champions League final, where they will meet Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea in Istanbul on May 29.
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi's return as president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) was soured Tuesday by the Indian cricket board suspending the state body on charges of misconduct. The suspension came along expected lines within hours of the Supreme Court-appointed observers announcing the results of the Dec 19 RCA election in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Watson Friday said that he loves playing on Indian turf since overseas players get lot of support from die-hard Indian cricket fans and it is always motivating and encouraging to play in front of large crowd.
Mumbai Indians social initiative ‘Education For All’ Friday gained momentum as a national campaign when over 18,000 underprivileged children in the age group of 7-14 years from various NGOs would flock the historic Wankhede Stadium for their first home match here Saturday.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians ended the UAE-leg of their Indian Premier League (IPL)A without a win as they went down to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 15 runs by for their fifth consecutive loss in the season here Wednesday.
A top sports official of Indonesia Tuesday confirmed that the country will officially express its readiness to host the 18th Asian Games in 2019 during the visit of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) May 5.
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was named the Professional Footballers Association's (PFA) 'player of the year' for 2013-14, becoming the first non-European to win the award.
