The sporting world was abuzz with hell breaking loose from May 20 to May 26 with title hunting all over the planet. Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta beat the unbeatables Bayer Leverkusen to take the Europa League title at the Aviva Stadium in Ireland. (More Sports News)
In the Indian Premier League, the Kolkata Knight Riders clinched their third IPL title and the first in ten years, while in tennis, all roads led to Paris with superstars Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner among many others checked in at Roland Garros.
Strap yourselves in as we take note all the major sporting action that took place in the week that just went by.
Cricket
The Kolkata Knight Riders won their first Indian Premier League title in a decade after restricting the Sunrisers Hyderabad to a below-par 113 before chasing the total down in just 10.3 overs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Moving from franchise cricket to the internationals, West Indies completely outplayed the visitors South Africa, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series played in Jamaica.
After the first T20I was abandoned due to rain, England comfortably ran through Pakistan in the second at Edgbaston, thanks to Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer.
Football
After a historic season, Bayer Leverkusen were beaten by Atalanta in the Europa League finals after Ademola Lookman smashed home a hat-trick in Dublin.
Southampton won promotion to the England elite after Adam Armstrong’s strike in the 24th minute to win the game 1-0 at Wembley in London.
La Liga champions Real Madrid ended their campaign with a 0-0 draw at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu to Real Betis, while Xavi Hernandez’s last game as Barcelona manager ended with a victory away from home to Sevilla.
Tennis
Novak Djokovic endured yet another defeat bowing out of the Geneva Open but has travelled to Paris with low expectations and high hopes. Casper Ruud on the other hand, clinched his third title in Geneva and will be brimming with confidence ahead of his first round at Roland Garros.
Andy Murray crashed out of Roland Garros as a dominant Stan Wanrinka notched it up a gear, while Carlos Alcaraz streamrolled JJ Wolf to move to the second round.
Other Sports
Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first-ever Indian gymnast to win a gold medal at the Asian Senior Championships, while the Indian women’s team took their third Archery World Cup gold medal. As a precautionary measure, Neeraj Chopra decided to skip the Ostrava Golden Spike.
