Web archive - September 23, 2021

Sports

Hakimi heroics maintain Messi-less PSG's 100% start

Full-back scores the winner in the final minutes of their 2-1 win to Metz despite the absence of the injured Argentine

Sports

Asensio bags hat-trick as Real Madrid hit Mallorca for six

Winger completed the treble against his boyhood club as three points earned the Los Blancos go top of La Liga

Sports

Mbappe needs to 'learn how to be humble'

French World Cup winner was told that he needs a dose of humility to his undoubted talents "if he wants to be loved"

Sports

Osaka withdraws from Indian Wells

Japanese star said she planned to take an indefinite break from tennis after an upset early exit from the US Open

Sports

We needed to suffer to learn lessons, says Juve's Allegri

Turin side claimed their first three points in their 3-2 win over Spezia that took them out of the relegation zone

World

French envoy to return to US after fence-mending Biden-Macron call

Two leaders agreed to launch in-depth consultations to rebuild trust and to meet in Europe at end of October

World

Melbourne anti-lockdown protests fizzle out as daily cases hit pandemic high

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets since officials ordered a two-week closure of building sites

Sports

UEFA urges FIFA to stop pushing World Cup plan

Arsene Wenger says he is "100 per cent convinced" of the switch about the mega-event being played every two years

Sports

Murray into first ATP quarter-final in two years

34-year-old swept to a convincing 6-3, 6-3 victory over Canada's Vasek Pospisil at the Moselle Open

Sports

Man Utd crash out of League Cup, Spurs, Chelsea advance

West Ham avenged their loss Solskjaer’s men with a 1-0 win to while the Blues, Tottenham survive penalty shoot-outs