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London [England], Sept.29 : Striker Theo Walcott struck two first-half goals as Arsenal produced a rampant home display to seal a 2-0 win over Basel in their Champions League Group A match at Emirates Stadium on Thursday.

It took Arsene Wenger's side just seven minutes to open their account when Walcott headed in from Alexis Sanchez's cutback.

In the 28th minute, the 27-year-old scored the second goal to put the home side in the driver's seat, the Guardian reported.

The match also saw Basel goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik make some good saves by denying Luis Sanchez and Hector Bellerin to score goals.

In group D clash, Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat under new coach Carlo Ancelotti when they were beaten 0-1 at the hands of Atletico Madrid at Vicente Calderon Stadium.

Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 29 : The Walt Disney Company has announced that its animated classic, 'The Lion King' is the latest movie to be re-imagined as a live action.

The official website confirmed The Walt Disney Studios and American filmmaker and director of the hit success, 'Jungle Book,' Jon Favreau are putting a "new re-imagining of The Lion King" on the fast track to production.

The project "follows" the technologically groundbreaking smash hit, 'The Jungle Book,' directed by Favreau, which debuted in April and has earned almost 966 million dollars worldwide.

According to the website, the 21st century take on the beloved tale followed "Disney's success of re-imagining its classics for a contemporary audience with films like Maleficent, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book."

London [England], Sept.29 : Pep Guardiola's winning streak with Manchester City came to a halt after they settled with a 3-3 draw against Celtic in their Champions League Group C clash at the Celtic Park on Thursday.

Celtic made the breakthrough via striker Moussa Dembele, who diverted in Erik Sviatchenko's header in the third minute of the match to put his side ahead.

Midfielder Luis Fernandinho soon levelled the score for City in the 11th minute before Raheem Sterling struck a goal in his own net to hand Celtic with the lead again just nine minutes later, the Guardian reported.

Sterling, however, made the amends soon by pulling one back for the visitors in the 28th minute.

London [UK], Sept. 29 : Welsh singer and former 'The Voice' judge, Tom Jones is invited back by Independent Television to the show for its seventh season next year.

Sir Tom Jones is to return as one of the judges on talent show, 'The Voice UK' when it moves to ITV next year, reports the BBC.

Following ITV's acquisition of rights to broadcast the programme from 2017, the 'Delilah' singer is now to return to the big red chairs.

The pop legend had earlier accused the BBC of "sub-standard behaviour" when it dropped him from the contest after the first four series "with no consultation or conversation of any kind."

Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Sept. 29 : The Iranian Border Guards fired mortar shells in Balochistan. However, no causality was reported.

According to the Levies force, the Iranian side fired three mortar shells in the city of Panjgur on Wednesday, reports the Express Tribune.

The Levies officials said that the mortar shell explosions created fear among the people living near the area.

Islamabad has taken up the issue with Iranian officials in the Joint Pak-Iran Border Session.

Pakistan shares a 900-kilometre border with Iran and the two countries in 2014 decided to boost intelligence coordination to combat terrorists from the border region.

However, Iran has violated border treaty many times.

Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 29 : United States National Security Advisor (NSA) Susan E. Rice called on her Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and condemned the terror attack in Uri Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

Spokesperson of National Security Council Ned Price said that in a telephonic conversation with Doval, Susan Rice said that US expects Pakistan to take effective action to combat and de-legitimise United Nations-designated terrorist individuals and entities, including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, and their affiliates.