Sports Highlights, May 26: Gukesh Faces Carlsen In Norway Chess; India Beats Uruguay In Junior Women's Hockey

From Heinrich Klaasen's third fastest IPL century to MS Dhoni's reflection on his retirement, here is the IPL dispatch from May 26.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has vowed that the team will come back stronger after a disappointing campaign in IPL 2025. Despite being the defending champions and spending big in the mega auction, KKR finished in eighth place with five wins all year.

바카라�As a team, we tried our best. What I can say is, we바카라�ll come back really stronger next year,바카라� Rahane said as per Cricbuzz.

With the football season being wrapped up around Europe, the transfer rumours have begun in full force. Now, Serie A winners Napoli have declared their intention to sign Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian is set to leave City upon the expiry of his contract this season.

Speaking to Fabrizio Romano, Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis said,바카라� We want Kevin De Bruyne, we want to sign him.바카라�

The French Open 2025 is back with Day 2 action today at Roland-Garros. The matches start at 2:30 PM IST, with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in action later. Follow our live coverage of the event right here.

Ahead of Gukesh's clash against Magnus Carlsen, some good news from his hometown as the upcoming Chennai Grand Masters has been expanded to 20 players, and will feature a record prize pool of INR 1 crore.

The tournament will start from 6 August.

JioHotstar has become the exclusive streaming platform for the upcoming India tour of England, starting on 20 June, as per a report by Cricbuzz. The report said that JioHotstar completed a deal with Sony Entertainment.

The matches will now be live-streamed on the JioHotstar website and app, while television broadcast will take place on the Sony Sports Network channels.

Read the full news article here.

As per journalist Ben Jacobs, Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Matheus Cunha has agreed to a five-year contract with Manchester United, and will be given the number 10 jersey previously worn by Marcus Rashford.

The Indian junior women바카라�s hockey team defeated Uruguay 3-2 in the second match of the ongoing Four Nations Tournament in Rosario, courtesy of goals from Sonam and Kanika Siwach.

India are currently undefeated in the friendly tournament, having won the first match 2-1 against Chile.

Read the full match report.

Former cricketer Murali Karthik has some harsh words for Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni over the uncertainty over his retirement from the Indian Premier League. Despite turning 44 soon, Dhoni refused to comment on his retirement.

Karthik, however, said that the wicketkeeper has a chance of 바카라�overstaying his welcome바카라�.

바카라�As much as the world loves Dhoni and as much as certain things we don바카라�t want to end, a day has to come when they have to go,바카라� Karthik said. 바카라�Sometimes, you don바카라�t want even the ones who love you to actually say, 바카라�You have overstayed your welcome바카라�.

Presenting, ladies and gentlemen, the new manager of the Brazil national football team:

Mexican side Toluca FC ended a 15-year trophy drought by winning the Clausura tournament, beating Club America 2-0 courtesy of second-half goals from Luan Garcia and Alexis Vega.

Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians face off today in an epic end-season showdown in IPL 2025. A top-two spot, and a place in the first qualifiers, is on the line for both teams.

Find out the head-to-head records between these two sides, the pitch and weather report during the match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, and more in the full article here.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) player Yuzvendra Chahal missed the match against Delhi Capitals (DC) due to a "small niggle", spin coach Sunil Joshi said, as per ESPNcricinfo. However, the report said that the bowler will also likely miss today's match against Mumbai Indians (MI) due to the same injury, and it remains to be seen when or if he makes his comeback in IPL 2025.

On 26 May 2018, Zinedine Zidane became the first manager to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles after Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in the finals.

Delhi Capitals bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been ruled out of Bangladesh's T20I tour of Pakistan 2025 due to a thumb fracture he sustained during the IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings on 24 May. Read the full news here.

New York Knicks secured a terrific 106-100 over Indiana Pacer in the third match of the NBA 2024-25 play-offs semi-final. The Knicks trailed at half-time, but Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson led with 24 and 23 points respectively to earn a terrific win, getting a 2-1 advantage in the overall semi-finals.

It really can't get any bigger than this in the chess world! In Norway Chess opening round today, the youngest World Champion, D Gukesh of India, will take on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.

The other Indian players taking part in the tournament are Arjun Erigaisi (men) and Koneru Humpy (women). Read the full news.

An Indian women바카라�s 4x400m relay team member has been dropped from the Asian Championships team, with the rest of the contingent reaching Gumi, South Korea, for the tournament. However, as per PTI, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) did not reveal the reason for her exclusion, though it remains likely the player failed a doping test.

More Premier League news from the final day: Aston Villa have formally submitted a complain to PGMOL over the choice of referee Thomas Bramall after their opening goal was overturned against Manchester United.

After Morgan Rogers dispossessed Altay Bayindir and poked it to the back of the net, the referee blew the whistle for a foul on the goalkeeper, but replays showed that the ball was not held by Bayindir's both hands. However, since the whistle was blown BEFORE Morgan's strike, VAR could not intervene.

With Villa ultimately going down 2-0 to United, they missed their chance of securing UEFA Champions League football for next season.

Read the full news here.

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