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Veteran sports administrator and India’s first Asian Games shooting gold medallist Randhir Singh was cremated in Haridwar on Thursday, with family members, close associates, and several prominent figures from the sporting fraternity gathering to pay their final respects. Singh passed away at his New Delhi residence on May 27 after battling age-related ailments. His mortal remains were brought to Haridwar, where the last rites were performed on the banks of the Ganga amid emotional scenes. Former NRAI president Raninder Singh, a cousin of Randhir Singh, described him as a father figure and one of Indian sport’s most influential personalities. Several leading shooters, including Ronjan Sodhi, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Kynan Chenai, and Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, attended the ceremony.

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Iga Swiatek registered a comprehensive win over Magda Linette to storm into round four of Roland Garros, where she'll meet the in-form Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who hasn't lost in her last 14 matches on clay this season. The four-time champion was in trouble initially as she was behind 0-2 in the first set, but she made a remarkable turnaround to dug herself out of that hole and won the first hard-fought set by 6-4. The second set turned out to be relatively easier as Swiatek was leading by 4-1 and eventually, after a mini-comeback by Linette, won the set by 6-4 to march into the next round.

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Platense qualified for the Copa Libertadores knockouts in their debut campaign after a big win over Brazilian heavyweights Corinthians at Neo Quimica Arena, Sao Paulo, on Wednesday (May 27). Needing a win against already qualified opponents, the visitors from Argentina rode Franco Zapiola's brace -- 21' (pen.), 57' -- to complete the job. While a draw could have ended Platense's Libertadores dreams if Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia) had overturned a goal-difference deficit with a win over Penarol (Uruguay), their direct victory rendered other outcomes irrelevant. Corinthians, despite the defeat, took Group E honours with 11 points, ahead of Calamares (10). Santa Fe, who beat five-time champions Penarol 1-0 in the same-time kick-off, finished third with eight points, and will head to the Copa Sudamericana.

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Argentinian champions Rosario Central settled for a second-place finish in Group H of Copa Libertadores 2026 after losing to Independiente del Valle at Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito, on Wednesday (May 27). With 13 points in the bag, Los Guerreros travelled to Ecuadorean capital for a high-stakes clash between two reigning national champions. But Quito's extreme altitude, some 2,850 meters (9,350 feet) above sea level, was always going to be a challenge for the visitors. Then, a penalty (Junior Sornoza, 64') sealed their fate. While Independiente celebrated the group win, on head-to-head points (4 to 1), Jorge Almiron & Co. returned heartbroken from the Andes. Both teams, however, advanced to the round of 16. Meanwhile, Venezuela's Universidad Central (nine points) head to Copa Sudamericana as the third-place team. Libertad of Paraguay finished without a point. They lost to visiting Universidad 1-0 in their final fixture.

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Brazil's Cruzeiro advanced to the Copa Libertadores 2026 round of 16 following a facile 4-0 home win against visiting Barcelona SC at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte on Thursday (May 29). The two-time champions needed to preserve the second spot in Group D to qualify for the knock-outs, and they did so in an emphatic style on the final day of the group stage. Matheus Pereira gave Raposa an early lead with a 5th-minute strike, then Christian and Luis Sinisterra scored within three minutes of each other to make it 3-0 by the 55th. Pereira sealed the win with his second in the 71st minute. Coupled with five-time champions Boca Juniors' 0-1 home defeat to Universidad Catolica (13 points) of Chile, Cruzeiro finished second in the group with 11 points. Boca, third with seven points, will move to the Copa Sudamericana, while Barcelona, the record Ecuadorian champions, finished fourth with three points. Their continental season is over now.

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Argentinian giants Boca Juniors suffered a shocking exit from the Copa Libertadores 2026 after losing their final Group D match at home against Universidad Catolica on Thursday (May 28). On the final day of the group stage, they needed not only a big win against the visitors from Chile but also Cruzeiro's defeat in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Played in front of a packed La Bombonera crowd, the six-time champions conceded in the 34th minute (scored by Clemente Montes), and the Buenos Aires-based outfit never recovered. As a result, Claudio Ubeda's Xeneize finished third in the table (7 points), while Catolica (13) and Cruzeiro (11) advanced to the round of 16 of South America's biggest club competition. Barcelona SC of Ecuador, who lost to Cruzeiro 0-4 in the simultaneous kick-off, finished last with three points. The third-placed teams in each group entered the Copa Sudamericana knockout round, meaning Boca will continue their continental campaign.

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The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 on Thursday to force a winner-take-all Game 7 in the Western Conference Finals of the NBA 2026 Playoffs. In a must-win outing at Frost Bank Center, the hosts wrested early initiative and never looked back. After a quiet Game 5, which the Spurs lost 113-122 in Oklahoma, Victor Wembanyama rose to the occasion, dropping 28 points besides 10 rebounds and three blocks for the five-time champions. The Frenchman was ably supported by Stephon Castle (17 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast) with his eighth 15/5/5 game in the Playoffs -- only Magic Johnson (10) and Larry Bird (9) had more in a postseason run among rookies or sophomores. For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists. The series finale, at the same venue, is scheduled for May 30. The winners will face the New York Knicks in the Finals. The Knicks blanked the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 in their Eastern finals.

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It was the Cotton Bowl, and six matches then. The venue entered football folklore as Romario, Bebeto, and Branco helped Brazil beat Dennis Bergkamp's Netherlands before a rousing crowd of 63,500. An unforgettable FIFA World Cup 1994 quarter-final! Fast forward to 2026; it will have a bigger dream. It will stage nine matches, including four knockouts, giving Texas more fixtures than any other host city. The mouth-watering lineup features Netherlands vs Japan (June 14), England vs Croatia (June 17), Argentina vs Austria (June 22), Japan vs Sweden (June 25), and Jordan vs Argentina (June 27), before the two round of 32 knockout matches (June 30 and July 3), a round of 16 clash (July 6), and the first semi-final on July 14. This venue in Arlington has even stripped away its corporate branding and will be known as Dallas Stadium, temporarily, instead of AT&T Stadium. Welcome to a Texas-sized World Cup.

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Naomi Osaka keeps bringing the fashion in Paris. For her walk-on before a second-round win at the French Open, the tennis star wore a metallic gold bomber jacket over her sequined gold playing dress, offset by an ivory train in a look that mixes sportswear with couture. Osaka then took off the train and jacket and handed the garments to a ball kid to remove them before the match against Donna Vekic on Court Simonne-Mathieu on Thursday. Osaka won 7-6 (1), 6-4 to reach the third round at Roland Garros for the first time since 2019. For her opening match two days earlier, Osaka walked on in a ceremonial black skirt and sleeveless beaded bodice before revealing her gold dress, which she said reminded her of the Eiffel Tower sparkling at night.

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