Latest Sports Updates 27-04-2022 @ 8.00 p.m.IST

Badminton

Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu won their opening matches at Badminton Asia Championships in Manila on Wednesday.Sindhu beat Pai Po 18-21,27-25,21-9 while Saina also needed 3 games to beat Sim Yujin of Korea carving out 21-15,17-21,21-13 win.However there were curtains for Lakshya Sen and B Sai Praneeth lost bowed out early.Kidambi Srikanth beat Yong Ng to reach second round.

Tennis

World no.1 Iga Swiatek pulled out of Madrid Open with a shoulder injury.

Football

Manchester City beat Real Madrid 4-3 in a thrilling first leg semifinals of Champions League on Tuesday.Second leg will be played in Spain next week.

By Shailesh Padhye