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Timo Werner’s first goal in 18 matches helped Tottenham knock Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup with a 2-1 win after a pulsating fourth-round tie.

Werner set Spurs on course for victory when he rifled home in the fifth minute, which was followed by a superb curled strike from Pape Sarr midway through the first half.

City responded with a Matheus Nunes goal on the stroke of half-time but after Pep Guardiola decided against bringing on Erling Haaland, Tottenham held on for a crucial win which sent them into the quarter-finals and helped push them a step closer to ending a 16-year trophy drought.

It was not a solely positive night for Ange Postecoglou after he lost Micky van de Ven to injury and City winger Savinho left the pitch on a stretcher as the packed fixture schedule hit home for both managers.

Guardiola had stated last month that City would not waste any energy on this competition, but named a stronger than expected team with only two inexperienced younger players included in Nico O’Reilly and James McAtee.

It was a similar story for Postecoglou, although one of the five players he recalled after the 1-0 loss at Crystal Palace immediately justified his selection.

Werner returned in place of 17-year-old Mikey Moore and ended his goal drought which stretched back to March early on.

Spurs played out from the back impressively before Archie Gray found Brennan Johnson, who flicked into the path of Dejan Kulusevski and he produced a perfectly-weighted cross for Werner to slam home from 14 yards.

Tottenham’s momentum was checked when Van de Ven felt his hamstring after a tackle on Savinho and looked distraught as he walked off to be replaced by Destiny Udogie.

After City youngster O’Reilly needed treatment soon after, the hosts almost grabbed a second from a short corner but Kulusevski ballooned his effort over.

It should have been a warning sign for the visitors, but it was not heeded and Spurs made it 2-0 through Sarr in the 25th minute.

Werner and Kulusevski combined from a short corner before the latter rolled into the path of Sarr, who produced a sublime curled effort from 25 yards that beat Stefan Ortega and nestled into the bottom corner.

City produced a response with a free-kick from Ilkay Gundogan sent over before a dangerous Nunes cross evaded Phil Foden.

The chances kept on coming with a Savinho effort curled wide and Foden directed another free-kick off target before the deficit was reduced.

Savinho got to the byline and crossed in for Nunes to side-foot home at the back post in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time.

Guardiola followed up the goal with the introduction of Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic at half-time.

Postecoglou also brought on Yves Bissouma before he made the surprise decision to replace stand-in-captain Cristian Romero, who had been excellent.

Tottenham could have restored their two-goal advantage by this point after Werner raced half the length of the pitch only to fire inches wide not long after Johnson tested Ortega with a stinging effort.

Ortega was required again when Johnson played in Kulusevski, but his low strike was pushed out before the injury curse struck again.

Firstly, Savinho went down – moments after Bernardo Silva had been brought on – and had to leave on a stretcher, which was soon followed by Werner being forced to limp out of the action.

The next opportunity went to City, but substitute Jacob Wright curled wide with 21 minutes left before Guardiola turned to Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, which meant Haaland would not be introduced.

Haaland-less City still pushed for a leveller and almost forced penalties in the 89th minute when Guglielmo Vicario failed to claim a corner, but O’Reilly’s shot on the turn was brilliantly booted wide by Bissouma on the line to hand the visitors a first defeat of the season.

NAVI won another important trophy: the esports team won IEM Rio 2024.

On October 13, in the final of the Counter-Strike 2 tournament, the Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere defeated the German team MOUZ 3-1 and won the title of champions. With this victory, the team also secured participation in one of the most prestigious tournaments next year – IEM Katowice 2025.

The IEM Rio final was held in the BO5 format – up to three wins. In the first two games, NAVI showed that they were very determined, winning with the scores of 13:11 and 13:2. On the third map, MOUZ managed to beat the opponent with a 7-round lead, but the next map was the final one – NAVI won with a score of 13:11. Two players of Born to Win also received the important award of the most valuable player: Justinas jL Leskavicius became the MVP according to ESL, and Mihai iM Ivan received a medal from the largest CS2 publication – HLTV.

This is the fourth trophy won at the highest level tournaments in a year, and the very first in the team's history to be won in Rio. Despite an extremely busy competition schedule, NAVI has proven time and time again that they are the number 1 team in the world. I am proud that our team glorifies the name of Ukraine with its high-profile victories! There are two more important tournaments ahead: BLAST World Final and Perfect World Shanghai Major, so it's too early to relax. In the meantime, we are celebrating our victory at the IEM Rio

– said Maksym Krippa, owner of the esports organization NAVI.

Intel Extreme Masters is a significant tournament regularly held by the German ESL organizer. This time, it was held at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

16 teams competed for a prize pool of USD 250 000 and qualification for IEM Katowice 2025.

We would like to remind you that this year, NAVI has already become the champions of PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024, Esports World Cup and ESL Pro League Season 20.

Tottenham welcome Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals in an all-Premier League last eight.

In the other ties Crystal Palace will travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal while Newcastle and Southampton will play at home against Brentford and Liverpool respectively.

Carabao Cup last-16 round-up

Timo Werner’s first goal in 18 matches and Pape Sarr’s curler saw Tottenham knock Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup with a 2-1 win.

Werner set Spurs on course for victory when he rifled home in the fifth minute, which was followed by Sarr’s stunner midway through the first half.

City responded with a Matheus Nunes goal on the stroke of half-time but Tottenham held on to reach the quarter-finals.

Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Manchester United roared to an entertaining 5-2 victory against Leicester as the post-Erik ten Hag era began with a bang.

United are in talks to hire Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim but appear to be safe in hands should negotiations drag on.

Casemiro opened the scoring with a superb long-range strike and Alejandro Garnacho grabbed another before Bilal El Khannouss pulled one back for Leicester.

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United hit back through a deflected Bruno Fernandes free-kick and Casemiro’s second of the night.

Conor Coady cut the lead in first-half stoppage time, but Fernandes coolly scored his second on an evening when fan favourite Van Nistelrooy’s name frequently filled the air.

A quickfire first-half double saw Newcastle earn revenge over Chelsea with a 2-0 win.

Three days on from their Premier League defeat to the Blues at Stamford Bridge, Newcastle scored twice in the space of three minutes when Alexander Isak pounced on a mistake at the back to net the opener.

They quickly doubled their lead when Joe Willock’s deflected header was turned in to his own net by Axel Disasi.

Cody Gakpo claimed a stunning second-half double as holders Liverpool progressed with a 3-2 win at Brighton.

Simon Adingra poked home on the rebound 10 minutes from time to halve the deficit before Luis Diaz quickly restored the two-goal cushion for Arne Slot’s side, prior to Tariq Lamptey’s deflected consolation.

Ethan Nwaneri grabbed the spotlight with a fine strike as Arsenal eased through with a 3-0 win over Preston.

The 17-year-old bent in a shot to double Arsenal’s lead after Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring with his first goal of the season and Kai Havertz came off the bench to add a third.

Crystal Palace are in the last eight for the first time in 14 years after they beat Aston Villa 2-1.

Eberechi Eze and Daichi Kamada scored the goals either side of Jhon Duran’s leveller.

Liubov Zhyltsova-Lysenko, 67, from Kyiv, won the World Chess Championship for visually impaired women in India. She scored the maximum 9 points out of 9 possible, winning her 12th world title.

Liubov Zhiltsova-Lysenko, 67, from Kyiv, won the World Chess Championship among visually impaired women in India, winning her 12th world title, the Ministry of Youth and Sports reported on Monday, UNN reports.

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"Ukrainian chess player is a 12-time world champion! Lyubov Zhiltsova-Lysenko from Kyiv won the IBCA World Women Chess Championship 2024, which took place in the Indian city of Bengaluru," the statement reads.

The 67-year-old athlete, as indicated, scored 9 points out of 9 possible and for the 12th time in her career became the strongest on the planet in this type of competition.

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In 1996, the Ukrainian chess player received the title of FIDE Women International Master (WIM).