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Premier League leaders Arsenal were knocked out of the Europa League at the last-16 stage in a penalty shootout 1-1 (3-5) loss by Sporting Lisbon at Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Martinelli saw his spot kick saved in the shoot-out, allowing Nuno Santos to convert the winner, after a 1-1 draw on Thursday night, and a 3-3 draw on aggregate. After the game, the club's manager spoke about the performance in presser.

The BCCI is all set to sign a deal with German sports apparel giant Adidas for the next shirt sponsorship of Indian Cricket. On February 21, the sources close to the deal said the signed deal will be officially in effect from June until March 2028. The decision to sign a deal with Adidas was taken with the aim of attracting major sports apparel to sponsor the Indian team.

BCCI confirmed the shift of the venue for the 3rd Test Match, between Australia-India. On February 13, the BCCI said, the final test match between India-Australia will now be held in Indore, instead of Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.  The third game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is now going to be held in the Holkar Stadium in Indore between March 1-5. The decision was taken amid poor outfield conditions in Dharamsala.

The Indian Deaf Cricket Team won the tournament with 141 runs and maintained an excellent record after defeating the South African team, by 39 runs. In the final match, the Indian Cricket Team won the match and secured the DICC T20 Trophy, at Malek Stadium at Ajman, the United Arab Emirates. Moreover, this was a special match, as it was first time Indian Deaf Cricket played International after the pandemic.

The death toll in the Indonesia football match stampede incident rose to 174, confirmed the concerned authority on October 2. Notably, a stampede and violent incident occurred during a football match in Indonesia, resulting in killing of over 170 people.supporters of the local Javanese clubs Arema and Persebaya Surabaya clashed after the former was defeated 3-2 at a match in Malang Regency, in Indonesia's East Java region.