Sports News Updates: Home Curse Broken - Charles Leclerc Wins Monaco Grand Prix

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Southampton defeated Leeds (1-0) in the Championship play-off final, securing an immediate retওurn to the Premier League along with the £140 million prize.

In the Belgium leg of the FIH Pro League, the Indian women's hockey team extended its winless streak, enduring a 0-3 defeat against Argentina in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday. Goals from Celina ꧑Di Santo in the 1st minute, Maria Campoy in the 39th minute, and Maria Granatto in the 47th minute secured the victory for Argentina in India's final match of the Belgium leg.

AND THE CHAMPIONS ARE HERE. Kolkata Knight Riders beat SunRisers Hyderabad in the final of Indian Premier League 2024 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday ♍with 114/2 in 10.3 overs. KKR 🎀won their third IPL title. 

KKR is dominating the game in every aspect. A slower delivery outside off, Gurbaz moves across ❀and inside the line of the ball, sweeping it over short fine leg. The ball hits the boundary cushion on the full. He hits a Six.

1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

4. Lando Norris (McLaren)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

Charles Leclerc, the driver from Monaco, secures victory at the Monaco Grand Prix from pole posi🔯tion!

As lap 74 out of 78 unfolds, Charles Leclerc communicates to his pit wall, expressing his determinati🐼on: "I'll just bring it home." The Monegasque driver, who has never graced the podium, let alone clinched victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, is now within reach of the checkered flag, edging closer to a historic moment.

In the first lap only Red Bull's Sergio Perez crashed ca💦u𒆙sing the red flag as he collided with both the Haas cars, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg. RB20 of Perez was destroyed in the incident.

Indian Boxer Nishant Dev steps a step closer to the Paris Olympওic berth as he wins preliminary roun𓄧d of 64 by 5:0 against GBS.

Charles Leclerc seems ꦿto be in great form at home, turning strong practice sessions into a successful qualifying, securing his first pole position of the season by 0.154 seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri.

🐷Carlos Sainz pra𒁃ised his Ferrari teammate, saying Leclerc "has been amazing all weekend."

Afte🎉r receiving cheers from the crowd, Leclerc said, "The feeling after a qualifying lap is always very special here. I'm really happy about the lap. The excitement is high, but it feels gꦐreat."

"It's sad that I didn't get the result that I had expected. I should have pulled it off, maintaining the lead (in the ♈decider), but there were really good rallies and she (Wang) also came back.

"Overall, I can say that it's been a very good match. It's a bit disappointing, ⛦but a lot of positives to take from this match and the whole tournament as we🍃ll," said Sindhu ranked 15th in the world.

"I'm all for international cricket, but now and ag♊ain this tournament (IPL) in particular is so exposed to pressure, and these players under a huge amount of pressure from fans, owners (and) social media, it's massive," said Vaughan on a Club Prairie Fire podcast.

"They (ECB) have missed the trick by sending all their players home. Will Jacks, Phil Salt, (and) Jos Buttler in particular, playing in the IPL in the Eliminations pressure, crowd expectati🦋on, I would argue that playing here (IPL) is better preparation than playing a T20 game against Pakistan," Vaughan opined.

Deepika Kumari fell short ♏of a successive Archery World Cup medal in her international comeback after becoming a mother, losing to world No 2 Lim Sihyeon and No 3 Alejandra Valencia on Sunday. Indian archers thus returned empty-handed in the Olympic discipline recurve category, while securing two medals (one gold and one silver) in the compound section of the World Cup Stage 2. (PTI)

WHAT A MATCH! What A Final! These two have served up a classic game at the Malaysia Masters. However, 𒐪it's the Chines൩e Wang Zhi Yi who has come up trumps with a 21-16, 5-21, 16-21 victory.

Trailing 3-11 in Game 3, the Asiജan Champion has fought her way back into the contest and its 🐼14-13. What a turnaround!

Wang Zhi Yi is showing her class as she has rallied back in Game 3 to inch closer and tꦅrails now by 8-11.

The commentᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚator on-air says 'Sindhu has rattled Zhi Yi' and it seems so like that with the Chineseꦍ down 3-10 in Game 3.

PV Sindhu🎀 is come battling in Game 3 and has taken on the Asian Champion. The In﷽dian leads 4-2.

Wang Z𓂃hi Yi did not have to break a sweat as he romped to take the second game 21-5. Deciding third set coming up shortly.

The Asian Champion has fought back in the contest as she leads S♉indhu 9-2 in Game 2 of the final. Sindhu really finding it tough against some strong rallies by Zhi Yi.

A brilliant start for Sindhu as she takes Game 1 in the final of the Women's Singles final against Zhi Yi. A dominant half sees h🍬er lead 21-16.

PV Sindhu is on the front foot in the final agꦦainst Zhi Yi as she 🌊races to 18-12 lead in Game 1.

PV Sindhu l🌊eads 11-9 in Game 1 in Zhi Yi and is going shot for shot against the Asian Ch🌞ampion.

The wait is finall🦂y over! PV Sindhu vs Asian Champion, Wang Zhi Yi starts soon.

What's in sꦓtore for Sunday for all the sports fans -

PV Sindhu final. 
India vs Argentina hockey matches (two of those in the FIH Pro League).
IPL Final.
Boxing Olympic qualifier bouts.
Monaco GP (Main Race)

French Open. 

Sindhu vs Zhi Yi's match will take place post the conclusion of women's doubl🧸es championship match between K. Nakanishi/R. Iwanaga and S.C. Shin/Y. Lee.

Sindhu's head-to-head record against Wang Zhi Yi is pretty good. Apart from her Arctic Open def💟eat last year, Sindhu has defeated the Chinese twice in three meeti💦ngs.

On Saturday, May 25, Sindhu stormed into the final of the competition after beating Thailand's Busana🦩n Ongbamrungphan 13-21, 21-16, 21-12 in the semifinal match.

PV Sindhu will eye her first final triumph as she faces Wan🍎g Zhi Yi in the final of the Malaysia Maste🦋rs Women's singles final. Match coming up shortly.

Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates won the Asian Champio𓄧ns League on Saturday, coming back from a 2-1 first-leg deficit at Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos two weeks ago to win 6-3 on aggregate. (AP)

Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died on Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial.♈ “I am at a loss for words,” PGA Tour Com♋missioner Jay Monahan said. “The PGA Tour is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same. We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.

Rapper Drake ha💦s placed a bet on a team in the IPL 2024 Final. Guess, who is the team right here -

Wa🐻tch as Indian cricket team stars including skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja fly out to USA ahead of the T20 World Cup.

Will rain play spoilsport in the IPL 2024 Final between KKR and SRH tonight? Check the weather 🔜forecast here -

On Sunday, May 26, a day of epic sporting proportions unfolded. In cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders were crowned champions of the Indian Premier League 202🦋4. Meanwhile, PV Sindhu suffered defeat against China's Wang Zhi Yi in the Malaysia Masters final. At the Monaco Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc broke the home curse and emerged victorious. Additionally, the French Open commenced, with several seeded players taking the court for their first-round matches. Stay tuned for scores and updates from the sports world right here