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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is up against Mumbai Indians (MI) in a must-win affair at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday, May 20. KKR are stuck in the 8th spot with 11 points from 12 matches and need to win both their remaining matches to get to 15 points to stay in playoff contention. They won the toss and invited MI to bat first on a sticky wicket, and their bowlers proved the decision right by getting MI four down inside the powerplay. Cameron Green and Saurabh Dubey picked two wickets each to give their team a sound start with the ball. However, heavy rain stopped the play in Kolkata, when MI were 57/4 in 8 overs with Hardik Pandya (7*) and Tilak Varma (7*), fighting it out in the middle.

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Boca Juniors were held to a 1-1 draw by Cruzeiro in a result that proved to be a sucker punch for the hosts with the margin for error out of the way and qualification to the knockout stage is now hanging by a thread. Miguel Merentiel had given his side the lead in the 14th minute but Fagner equalised in the second-half of the match. Cruzeiro were down to ten men when Gerson went in with a reckless challenge on Leandro Paredes, appeared to shift momentum back in Boca’s favor. However, the visitors were astute in defence as Boca could not find the breakthrough and now have to depend on other results to go their way.

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Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA’s greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. After a record-setting run through the first two rounds, the Knicks were going nowhere for 40 minutes against the Cavs, trailing 93-71 with 7:52 to play. But Brunson relentlessly attacked James Harden to spark an 18-1 run that made it a ballgame, and he tied it at 101-all on a basket with 19 seconds remaining in regulation. Before that, Brunson said the message for the Knicks was just to finish strong so they would have momentum for Game 2, even if they lost the opener.

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Brazilian outfit Mirassol qualified for the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2026 round of 16 with a 2-1 win over Always Ready of Bolivia at Estadio La Huerta in Asuncion. Moved to Paraguay due to civil unrest in Bolivia, the Group G match saw Mirassol take an early lead, courtesy of Shaylon's goal, then dominate the proceedings. But 18-year-old Jesus Maraude equalised for the designated hosts with 15 minutes of regulation stoppage time. Nathan Fogaca found the back of the net in the 82nd minute to settle the tie in favour of the Brazilian side. With the win, the Highway Lion from Sao Paulo have confirmed a round of 16 spot. They have 12 points from five outings (4 wins, 1 defeat). Lanus of Argentina and LDU Quito of Ecuador have six points each and face off in matchday 5 on May 20. Always Ready, with one win in five, are at the bottom of the table.

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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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