Sports News Highlights May 20: Arne Slot Appointed New Liverpool Manager As Klopp Departs

The French Open tennis qualifiers was in full flow. And in news from England, Arne Slot was appointed as Liverpool manager. India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched gold with a world record time of 55.07 seconds in the women's 400m T20 category race at the World Para Athletics Championships. The 14-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal, after a bit of uncertainity arrived in Paris. Thank you for following us. Check out the highlights of all the sporting action on Monday, May 20, 2024 here

Every step Xander Schauffele took Sunday toward becoming a major champion brought small reminders that it was never going to be easy. It wasn’t just Bryson DeChambeau pushing in the PGA Championship until he finally caught Schauffele with a birdie on the last hole at Valhalla.

Brandon King to lead a depleted West Indies T20I team against South Africa. They will play three matches that will be held at Sabina Park in Jamaica on May 23, 25 and 26.

Squad: Brandon King (C), Roston Chase, Alick Athanaze, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Mathew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh.

The big-hitting Jake Fraser McGurk and Matthew Short are likely to be Australia's travelling reserves for the T20 World Cup which begins on June 1 in the Americas.

The 22-year-old McGurk has been in blazing form for Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

"Australia's chair of selectors George Bailey had suggested that Australia would carry just one reserve to the Caribbean when the provisional squad was announced, but they are likely to add a second with the in-form Fraser-McGurk set to be named alongside Short," ESPNCricinfo reported (PTI)

Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from French Open qualifying and will instead focus on training for the grass and hard-court seasons. The 21-year-old had been expected to try to fight her way through three rounds of qualifying at Roland Garros, as she famously did on her way to winning the U.S. Open in 2021. (AP)

Brest secured the final automatic berth in next season’s Champions League with a 3-0 win at Toulouse on Sunday that sealed a third-place finish for the surprise package of the French league on a dramatic final day. (AP)

The fifth edition of the Indian Open Surfing (IOS) will be held at the Sasihithlu Beach from May 31 to June 2, the sport's governing body SFI announced on Monday.

The three-day surfing competition will include four categories -- Men's Open, Women's Open, Groms (U-16) Boys and Groms (U-16) Girls.

"Indian Open Surfing will be the 2nd stop of the National Championship series of the 2024 calendar year, following the International Surfing Festival Kerala 2024, held in March at the beautiful cliff beach of Varkala," the Surfing Federation of India (SFI), the governing body for the sports of surfing and stand-up paddling in the country, said in a media release. (PTI)

The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on Monday laid the foundation stone for indoor cricket training academies in six North-Eastern states, with the sole emphasis on helping budding cricketers from the region.

The indoor cricket academies will serve players from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim and will be based in Shillong, Itanagar, Kohima, Aizawl, Imphal and Gangtok. (PTI)

After losing the first set in the Roland Garros qualifiers to Franco Agamenone, Thiem discovered his form and will now serve for the second set.

Dominic Thiem will take on Otto Virtanen on Tuesday, May 20 in the next round of Roland Garros qualifiers after beating Agamenone 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinched the gold medal with a world record time of 55.07 seconds in the women's 400m T20 category race at the World Para Athletics Championships here on Monday.

Para Asian Games gold medallist Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark's earlier world record of 55.12 seconds set during last year's edition of the championships in Paris. (PTI)

With lots of water around and the rain still slightly on, the match officials were not ready to take any major risks with the T20 World Cup just around the corner and have called the game off.

Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram made sure he stayed in front with an easy draw against Sam Shankland of the USA in the sixth round of the Sharjah Masters Chess tournament here on Monday.

With five points in his kitty from six games, Chithambaram is just two points shy of joining the ever-growing Indian club of 2700 rated chess players considered elite in the chess world. (PTI)

With the main draw games beginning from May 26, the 14-time French Open champion has arrived a week prior to test the body before the tournament.

The 2024 Roland Garros qualifying tournament was underway on May 20 as players look to secure their spot for the main draw that begins on May 26.