Sports Highlights, May 1: Arshad Nadeem's Instagram Blocked In India; Messi, Ronaldo Knocked Out From Continental Events

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Barcelona drew 3-3 with Inter in a Champions League semi-final first leg for the ages on Wednesday.

An epic contest was sparked into life after just 30 seconds, when Marcus Thuram scored the earliest semi-final goal in the competition's history.

Yet inspired by Lamine Yamal's brilliance, Barcelona fought back not once, but twice, to ensure the second leg next week will start with the scores level.

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Lionel Messi's Inter Miami have been knocked out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at the semifinal stage with a 5-1 aggregate loss to Vancouver Whitecaps. Messi could not score across 180 minutes in the semifinal and their defence had major holes which cost them.

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is likely to miss the remainder of the IPL 2025 after fracturing his thumb ahead of Punjab Kings' game against Kolkata Knight Riders. The injury was revealed at the toss before Punjab Kings' match against Chennai Super Kings which they won. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said the team is looking for replacements.

PBKS have already lost their pacer Lockie Ferguson to quad injury, meaning they now only have six overseas players in their squad.

Minnesota Timberwolves have started well against LA Lakers in their NBA Play-off encounter. Timberwolves courted the first quarter 31-22 and will look to build on this good start.

After witnessing from the touchline how Lamine Yamal pushed his Inter Milan lineup to the limit, Simone Inzaghi said talents like the Barcelona teenager come around only once in a half century.

바카라�He바카라�s the kind of talent who is born every 50 years, I had never seen him live and he really impressed me today,바카라� the Inter coach said after Yamal helped Barcelona rally in a scintillating 3-3 draw Wednesday to start their Champions League semifinal series.

바카라�Lamine Yamal caused us so many problems in the last 25 minutes of the first half.바카라�

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick described his 17-year-old player as 바카라�a genius" after Yamal put on his latest talent show in his 100th game for the club's senior squad.

바카라�He바카라�s special. I바카라�ve said it before, but he바카라�s a genius,바카라� Flick said. 바카라�In the big matches, he shows up, and I think he enjoyed the situation. I바카라�m really happy that this talent, if it only comes every 50 years like Simone said, I바카라�m glad it바카라�s for Barcelona.바카라�

After getting hit by MS Dhoni for a six, Chahal responded with his wicket and three more off successive deliveries later in the 19th over. He got rid of Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj and then Noor Ahmad to delight the visitng camp and end up with figures of 4/32 in three overs.

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Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined INR 12 lakh for maintaining a slow-over rate during his team's win over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League in Chennai.

"As this was his team바카라�s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Shreyas Iyer was fined Rs 12 Lakh," an IPL media advisory stated on Thursday.

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Final Standings:

1. Vladimir Fedoseev (Slo) 26.5; 2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 21.5; 3. R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) 20.5; 4: Levon Aronian (Usa) 20; 5. Firouzja Alireza (Fra) 18.5; 6. Deac Bogdan-Daniel (Rou) 18; 7-8: Duda Jan-Kryzsztof (Pol), Aravindh Chithambaran (Ind) 17 each. 9. David Gavrilescu (Rou) 11; 10. Veselin Topalov (Bul

Brian White and Pedro Vite scored two minutes apart and the Vancouver Whitecaps stunned Inter Miami 3-1 in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal on Wednesday night, spoiling Lionel Messi's squad's hopes of making the tournament's final.

Sebastian Berhalter also scored for Vancouver, which advanced with a 5-1 aggregate to face either Cruz Azul or Tigres UNAL in the Champions Cup final on June 1.

Houston Rockets 131-116 Golden State Warriors

Los Angeles Lakers 96-103 Minnesota Timberwolves

India concluded its campaign at the inaugural Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships under the newly formed Asian Boxing body with a total of 15 gold, 6 silver, and 22 bronze medals, finishing third in the overall medal standings. India matched Uzbekistan바카라�s gold tally and finished just one behind Kazakhstan, which topped the table.

Pakistan's Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem's Instagram account has been blocked in India owing to a "legal request" in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

Users attempting to access Nadeem's Instagram page from India are met with the message: "Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content."

India are up against England in the Sudirman Cup. The Indian team is already out of the tournament, but they will play for pride in the Round 3 matches against the English side. Click below to follow it live.

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