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Arsenal celebrated their historic 2025-26 Premier League title win—the club’s first top-flight championship in 22 years—with a massive trophy parade through the streets of Islington on Sunday, May 31, 2026. An estimated crowd of up to one million fans lined the 5.6-mile route, which started and finished at the Emirates Stadium. Captain Martin Odegaard led the celebrations as the players wound their way through north London. Despite the team's heartbreak in the Champions League final just 18 hours prior, fans created a ferocious atmosphere, with red smoke from flares filling the sky. The event, which also honored the women’s team's FIFA Women’s Champions Cup victory, solidified a momentous day for the club as they showcased the league trophy.

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Vinesh Phogat’s comeback ended in the semi-finals of the Asian Games 2026 trials in New Delhi, where she went down 6-4 to Meenakshi Goyat in the 53kg category. Returning to competitive action after the heartbreak of Paris 2024, Vinesh had started strongly, beating Jyoti 7-1 before edging Nishu 7-6 in a tense quarter-final, but couldn’t get past Meenakshi despite a spirited effort. Meenakshi went on to reach the final, where Antim Panghal clinched the 53kg spot with a 3-2 win in a dramatic contest, while other winners from the women’s categories included Dipanshi (50kg), Manisha Bhanwala (57kg), Mansi Ahlawat (62kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg), and Priya Malik (76kg).

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Virat Kohli anchored the chase with 75 not out as Royal Challengers Bengaluru proved their class in all departments to clinch a second consecutive Indian Premier League title victory, with a 5-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Sunday. Kohli scored 75 not out off 42 balls with nine fours and three sixes as he hit his fastest IPL fifty (25 balls) as RCB chased down an under-par 156-run target, reaching 161 for five in 18 overs. Rasikh Salam Dar claimed 3/27 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets apiece as a top-heavy Titans were restricted to 155 for eight in the first half.

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Hours after French giants Paris Saint-Germain defeated English champions Arsenal on penalties to defend the UEFA Champions League title, Deportivo Toluca edged their Mexican rivals Tigres UANL in similar circumstances for their third CONCACAF Champions Cup title on Sunday. Scoreless in regulation time, the game at Estadio Nemesio Diez had gone to penalties after the two Liga MX clubs were still deadlocked in extra time (1-1) -- Jorge Diaz for the designated hosts, then Joaquim Henrique for Tigres. In the ensuing penalty shoot-out, Toluca goalkeeper Luis Garcia saved the decisive penalty from Juanjo Purata for a 6-5 win for Red Devils' third and first title since 2003. The Champions Cup is the premier club competition for North and Central America and the Caribbean. The winners qualify for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Toluca's Paulinho and Garcia were adjudged the best player and goalkeeper, respectively. Paulinho was also the top scorer with eight goals.

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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime fought back from a set down to beat Brandon Nakashima of the United States of America 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-6(1) in the men's singles third round of the French Open 2026, a win that earned the World No. 6 a crack at unseeded Canadian-born Chilean Alejandro Tabilo for a place in the Roland Garros quarter-finals. Auger-Aliassime, who now resides in Monte Carlo, not far from Paris, had previously lost his fourth-round matches against eventual champions Rafael Nadal (2022) and Carlos Alcaraz (2024). This time, however, the 25-year-old will fancy his chances of a deep title run, or even winning the clay-court Grand Slam. Following the exits of Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, and more, he is one of the three top-10 seeds to have survived the first week. Meanwhile, he hailed Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League final win against Arsenal as a "great evening for me and all Parisians" after the three-hour 51-minute duel with Nakashima.

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Sparked by a brilliant Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs defeated defending champions the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 in the winner-take-all Game 7 of the NBA 2026 Playoffs, Western Conference Finals, at Paycom Centre on Saturday. The 22-year-old Frenchman had 22 points and seven rebounds, even as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who himself had an inspired outing, threatened to flip the result. The two-time reigning MVP dropped 35 points, besides contributing with nine assists, four rebounds, and three steals. But the Oklahoma City night belonged to the young Spurs, who lined up Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle, Julian Champagnie, etc. The showdown began with the visitors dominating the early proceedings, but the Thunder fought back before the Spurs took the final quarter (32-25, 24-28, 24-24, 31-26). Wembanyama was adjudged the series MVP. The Spurs, in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, will take on the Eastern champions, the New York Knicks, starting June 3.

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French police detained over 400 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title. Seven officers were injured as football fans set off fires and vandalized shops, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said, describing the violence as “absolutely unacceptable.” One small group even tried to storm a Paris police station. Nuñez said rioting took place in about 15 cities in France, and that nearly 400 people were detained in all, with nearly 300 of them in Paris alone. But he said that planned celebrations for the team’s win on Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, would go ahead as scheduled. The PSG team will then be hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee presidential palace.

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Pakistan registered a dominant five-wicket win over visiting Australia in the tour-opening first ODI in Rawalpindi on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Skipper Shaheen Afridi won the toss and elected to bowl first in Pakistan's historic 1000th outing in the format, and soon the hosts showed their intent against a depleted Aussie side led by Josh Inglis. Abrar Ahmed had the first wicket, then fellow spinner Arafat Minhas claimed 5/32 on debut as they dismissed the world champions for 200 all out in 44.1 overs. Minhas, in the process, became the Pakistani to take a five-fer on ODI debut. The chase was completed in 42.3 overs with Minhas hitting the winning runs, a six. Earlier, returning Babar Azam (69) and wicket-keeper Ghazi Ghori (65) played measured knocks for a 127-run third wicket stand to help Pakistan recover from 49/2. Nathan Ellis claimed two wickets for the Aussies. The remaining matches of the three-match series will be played in Lahore on June 2 and 4.

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Chile's Alejandro Tabilo ended 17-year-old Moise Kouame's impressive run in the French Open 2026 with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (9) win to proceed to the fourth round. The French teenager put on a resilient show, saving four match points and thrilling the home crowd with some powerful forehands, sharp net play, and a never-say-die attitude, but eventually fell short against his Chilean counterpart. Before the tournament, Kouame was ranked 318th in the world but won the opening set against the 36th-ranked Tabilo and kept the fans on edge with his performance, but Tabilo's consistency ultimately proved too strong. Despite the defeat, Kouame left Court Suzanne-Lenglen to a standing ovation, earning widespread admiration for a breakthrough Roland Garros campaign that showcased his immense promise.

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