Sports action was in its full flow from May 6 to May 12, 2024 as the Indian Premier League (IPL), English Premier League, La Liga and other events took centrestage. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) qualified for the IPL playoffs whereas in football, Real Madrid celebrated their league title in Spain. (More Sports News)
In t𝕴ennis, Italian Open𒆙 continued with top stars taking court.
Gear up as we note down all major sp🥃orts action that took place in the week that just went by.
Cricket
In IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 60 as Shreyas Iy🌊er-led side qualified for the playoffs with a 18-run win over the five-time champions.
On the international front, Pakistan lost the 1st T20I to Ireland by five wickets but bounced back in style in the 2nd T20I with a convincing seven-wicket vict𓄧ory.
Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe in the third, and fourth T20Is but the visitors fought back in the fifth and final T20I with an eight-wic💃ket win.
India women complete💮d a clean sweep against Bangladesh women with dominating victories in the 4th and 5th T20I💮s, respectively.
Football
Engli༒sh Premier League action continued as the newly promoted teams - Luton Town and Burnley were relegated as they lost their respective matches. Reigning champions Manchester City thumped Fulham 4-0 to inch closer to PL title.
Arsenal defeated Manchester 1-0 to take the Premiership title honours onto the fina𝕴l day.
In Spain, Real Madrid defeated relegated Granada 4-0 to🃏 celebrate their La Liga title win.
In France, PSG lost their match to Toulouse 1-3 as Kylian Mbappe wa🌊ved goodbye to the Parisians in what was potentially his final league game in PSG colours.
Tennis
Novak Djokovic was dumped out of the Italian Open after a straight-sets defeat by Alejandro Tabilo in the third round. Tabilo recorded the biggest win of his career w꧟ith a 🃏dominant performance, winning 6-2, 6-3 in his maiden ATP Tour clash with the Serbian.
Other Sports
In Chess, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa came in fourth in the Superbet rapid and blitz tournament while Magnus Ca🌸rlsen came up with a rousing 8/9 performance on the final day to seal his place at the top of the tables.
In golf, ౠRory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship for a record fourth time on Sunday with another dominating performance at Quail Hollow, easily overcoming a two-str♌oke deficit to beat Xander Schauffele by five shots.
