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Colombian outfit Independiente Santa Fe defeated Club Atletico Platense 2-1 in a Group E match of the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2026 at Estadio El Campin, Bogota, on Tuesday, May 19. The hosts took the lead in the 48th minute -- an Ivan Scarpeta strike -- then Hugo Rodallega doubled the lead 19 minutes before regulation time. For the visitors from Argentina, Augusto Lotti pulled one back in the 73rd minute. Platense won the reverse fixture, in April, 2-1. Corinthians, the undefeated Brazilian giants, lead Group E with 10 points (3 wins and 1 draw). Platense are second (7 points from 5 matches), while Sante are third with five points. Penarol, the Uruguayan side, are winless in four and sit fourth. They meet Corinthians on May 21.

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The fight between West Ham and Tottenham to avoid relegation from the Premier League is headed to the final round. Tottenham’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea on Tuesday kept alive West Ham’s hopes of retaining its 14-year top-flight status. With one game remaining, West Ham is in third-to-last place — the final relegation spot — and two points behind Tottenham. They are the only teams who can go down with already-relegated Wolverhampton and Burnley. On Sunday, West Ham is at home to Leeds and Tottenham hosts Everton. Tottenham has a superior goal difference of 12 compared to West Ham so is highly likely to remain higher if they finish level on points and it comes to that tiebreaker.

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Arsenal were crowned English Premier League (EPL) 2025-26 champions without kicking a ball on Tuesday night as Manchester City dropped points at Bournemouth. Needing a win (three points) on the penultimate matchday to keep the title fight alive, City were stunned by 19-year-old Eli Junior Kroupi, a 38th-minute curler. It indeed was a frustrating outing for Pep Guardiola's men at Vitality Stadium, but ever-reliable Erling Haaland found the equaliser deep into added time. A single point for all the struggles, and City can now have a maximum of 81 points -- one less than what Mikel Arteta's Gunners already have from 37 matches. The season will culminate on Sunday with all 20 teams in action, simul kick-off at 8:30 PM IST. Arsenal will be at Crystal Palace, while Man City will host Aston Villa.

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Arsenal's decades-long wait is over. Mikel Arteta's Gunners were crowned English Premier League champions for the first time since 2004 on Tuesday night after Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Bournemouth. The result put an end to what might be Pep Guardiola’s final title challenge with City after the decorated manager -- even though the Spaniard didn't dismiss reports he was set to leave the club at the end of the season. City needed to win at Bournemouth to take it down to the final game of the campaign on Sunday. But the draw left Arsenal with an unassailable four-point lead at the top, ending their 22-year wait for the title. Arsenal fans celebrated wildly outside the Emirates Stadium in London, setting off flares and partying in the street. There were celebrations at the club’s training ground, too, where the players had gathered to watch the match.

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North Korea's Naegohyang FC are in South Korea for their AFC Women's Champions League 2025-26 semi-final match against Suwon FC scheduled for May 20 at Suwon Sports Complex. This marks the first visit by North Korean athletes to South Korea since the International Table Tennis Federation's World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon in December 2018. Based in Pyongyang, Naegohyang FC compete in North Korea's top tier -- DPR Korea Women's Premier League. They defeated Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam 3-0 in the quarter-final. Suwon FC Women, the reigning WK League champions, drubbed Wuhan Jiangda to make the semis. The winners of the match will take on either Melbourne City (Australia) or NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (Japan) in the final on May 23.

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 93 runs off just 38 balls to overshadow Mitchell Marsh’s brutal 96 as Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday (May 19) to keep their Indian Premier League 2026 playoff hopes alive. Sent in to bat, Mitchell Marsh smashed a 57-ball 96 to power LSG to 220 for five. Marsh added 109 off 50 balls with Josh Inglis (60 off 29 balls) for the opening wicket before sharing another 64 off 42 with skipper Rishabh Pant (35). Chasing the total, Sooryavanshi (93 off 38) and stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal (43) stitched 75 off 39. After Jaiswal's departure, Sooryavanshi formed a 105-run alliance with Dhruv Jurel (53 not out) as RR completed the chase in 19.1 overs.

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Day 7 of the 79th Cannes Film Festival witnessed several celebrities in stylish outfits. Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Sharon Stone, Stellan Skarsgård, Cristian Mungiu, Vanessa Ceban and Henrikke Lund Olsen, among others, posed for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of Fjord.

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A Victor Wembanyama masterclass helped the San Antonio Spurs win a double-overtime classic (122-115) in Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs 2026, Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, on Monday. Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds -- including a pair of dunks in the final minute. At 22 years and 134 days, he became the youngest player with at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game. Alex Caruso scored 31 points, the second-highest scoring game of his career, off the bench, but failed to save the Thunder from a fifth defeat in six meetings with the Spurs this season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the newly crowned MVP, managed 24 points and three rebounds. For the record, this was the sixth Game 1 in NBA playoff history to go into double overtime, and the first since 2013. Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday at the same venue. In the Eastern Conference finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers face the New York Knicks.

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To help fans root for Brazil at the FIFA World Cup 2026, a 58-year-old has made replicas of the trophy. After seeing Cafu lift the trophy in 1994, Rio de Janeiro-resident Jarbas Meneghini Carlini resolved to create his own. "They weren't for sale. So I decided to make the trophies myself," he told AP. The former metallurgist makes the replicas by hand from moulds and finishes them off with paint. They range in size and price from about USD 1 to 100. Carlini sells them to fans and tourists at the nearby Maracana stadium. But he has also gifted the trophies to legends, including Pele, Jorginho and Ronaldinho, and sent them across Brazil and around the world. The Selecao have won more ⁠World Cup titles than any other nation, but they haven't lifted the trophy since 2002. The five-time champions open their campaign against Morocco on June 13, followed by Haiti and Scotland in Group C. The 26-man squad was announced on Monday, May 18.

BY Photo Webdesk 19 May 2026