Man United edge Brighton 3-2 to keep WSL title challenge on course
Manchester United had to weather a late onslaught to emerge with a vital 3-2 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super League on Sunday, securing a fifth win of the season to keep them in touch with the top two, Reuters reported.
Chelsea remain top of the standings on 19 points from seven games after their 2-0 victory over London City Lionesses on Saturday, with Manchester City a point behind them in second following a 1-0 win over West Ham United, and Manchester United one point further back in third.
With the top two in imperious form, Manchester United had no room for slip-ups when they travelled to the south coast to face Brighton, and Norway international Elisabeth Terland put them 1-0 up just before the break, according to Reuters.
Spirited West Ham grab 3-1 long-awaited home win over Newcastle
West Ham United bounced back from conceding an early goal to beat Newcastle United 3-1 on Sunday to claim their first home victory in the Premier League since beating Leicester City back in February, Reuters reported.
Newcastle took the lead in the fourth minute, Jacob Murphy scoring to finish off a counter-attack after West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen hit the woodwork at the other end, but that was as good as it got for the listless Magpies.
Strikes from Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek either side of an own goal by Sven Botman secured West Ham a 3-1 win and finally gave the club's long-suffering fans at the London Stadium something to cheer about with a display full of verve and creativity, according to Reuters.
Barcelona return to winning ways with 3-1 victory over Elche
Goals from Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford guided Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Elche on Sunday, propelling the defending LaLiga champions to second place in the standings with 25 points, five adrift of leaders Real Madrid, Reuters reported.
Looking to bounce back after their 2-1 loss to Real in last weekend's El Clasico, Barcelona wasted no time in asserting their dominance at Montjuic Olympic Stadium.
They made the most of two defensive errors by Elche in the opening minutes to grab a two-goal lead with strikes by Yamal and Torres in the ninth and 11th minutes, according to Reuters.
India beat South Africa for historic World Cup win
Jubilant India held their nerve under the weight of huge expectation to beat South Africa by 52 runs and clinch a historic first Women's World Cup win, BBC reported.
The showpiece event in front of a raucous, sold-out 45,000 crowd was delayed by two hours because of rain but no overs were lost and a match for the ages played out in Navi Mumbai.
The hosts batted first and posted a competitive 298-7 - opener Shafali Verma led the charge with a dynamic 87 from 78 balls, backed up by Deepti Sharma's 58, which set the Proteas their record one-day international run-chase, according to BBC.



