Rob Cross eased into the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship with a 3-1 win over the veteran Ian White. It has been a disappointing year for the 2018 champion, with a host of early exits in the major tournaments. But he still has dreams of adding a second world title and guaranteed a return to Alexandra Palace after Christmas with an accomplished display.
Manchester United had a great weekend as they beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time since 2016. Bryan Mbeumo gave Manchester United the lead inside two minutes in a controversial goal which perhaps should have been chalked off due to Alexis Mac Allister's head injury in the build-up. Liverpool kept knocking at United's defence with Cody Gakpo hitting the woodwork several times. He finally managed to get his goal
The seam bowler Kranti Goud and the spinner Deepti Sharma took three wickets each as India routed Pakistan by 88 runs in their Women's World Cup match, which began like recent ones between the countries men's teams without a handshake from the captains and then featured a disputed run-out of a Pakistan opener. India's captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, did not shake hands with Pakistan's Fatima Sana during the toss and the teams walked off without greeting each other after the match amid political tensions.