Milan go top as Pulisic double completes 3-2 comeback win at Torino

AC Milan's Christian Pulisic came off the bench to score twice as they fought back from two goals down to claim a 3-2 victory at Torino on Monday that lifted them to the top of Serie A, Reuters reported. 

The win put Milan level on 31 points with Napoli after 14 games, with Inter Milan third on 30.

Milan manager Max Allegri watched from the stands as he served a touchline ban for protesting a refereeing decision during their 1-0 victory over Lazio last month, according to Reuters. 

Fernandes double helps Man United to 4-1 win as Wolves' misery continues

Manchester United climbed to sixth in the Premier League on Monday as captain Bruno Fernandes scored twice to help them claim a comfortable 4-1 victory at bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers whose calamitous season gets bleaker by the week, Reuters reported.

Dispirited Wolves fans spent most of the first half chanting in protest at the club's Chinese owners Fosun and their mood worsened when Fernandes gave United a 25th-minute lead.

To their credit Wolves showed some enterprise and they were cheered off at halftime after Haiti international Jean-Ricner Bellegarde fired home an equaliser in stoppage time, according to Reuters. 

Sudurpaschim and Biratnagar to play first match of Qualifier-1 today

The first game of the qualifier stage is being played today in the second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) underway in Kathmandu. 

Sudurpaschim Royals and Biratnagar Kings are taking on in the match to be held at 4 pm in the TU International Cricket Stadium. 

Sudurpaschim Royals and Biratnagar Kings were qualified for Qualifier-1 as the first and second team in the points table. 

In the league stage, Sudurpaschim Royals won six games out of seven matches played while Biratnagar emerged victorious in five games. 

Today's winner will directly reach the finals and the next team will have the opportunity to play in the eliminator round. 

 

 

Woman who blackmailed Son Heung-min gets four years in jail

A South Korean court has sentenced a woman who blackmailed football star Son Heung-min to four years in prison, BBC reported. 

The woman in her 20s and her accomplice, a man in his 40s, were found guilty of blackmailing the former Tottenham captain by saying she was pregnant with his child.

The woman had approached Son sometime last year claiming she was carrying his child, when in fact she did not know whether that was the case, a Seoul district court heard, according to local media, according to BBC.