Sport from Thursday, August 27th, 2026

Champions League holders Paris St Germain will take on Barcelona and Manchester City in this season's league phase, while record 15-time champions Real Madrid will face Inter Milan and Arsenal after Thursday's draw in Monaco set up several mouth-watering clashes.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Abbas took four wickets as his side just edged the first day of the second test against England at Lord's on Thursday although the hosts clambered back from a rocky start to end a weather-shortened day on 248-9.

UEFA said on Thursday it had provisionally suspended plans to withdraw European teams from FIFA competitions after world football's governing body confirmed its controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise project had been permanently abandoned.

Sri Lanka's middle-order batter Sonal Dinusha engineered a remarkable rearguard action to help the hosts salvage a draw and deny India a series sweep in the second test on Thursday.

Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik have beaten Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-3 1-6 10-6 on Wednesday to win the US Open mixed doubles title, securing their first Grand Slam trophy as a team.

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday in their first home match of the LaLiga season.