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Punjab Kings have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in match 31 of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Chasing 112 runs KKR were bundled out for 95. Yuzvendra Chahal has been the pick of the bowlers for PBKS with four wickets.

Punjab Kings have been bundled out for 111 after opting to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders Harshit Rana has been the pick of the bowler with three wickets.

With the result Kolkata Knight Riders are sixth in the table losing four out of the three games. Meanwhile Punjab Kings are at fourth in the table with four wins in six games.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he was not bothered by his team's tendency to fall behind as they fight their way back into games, following their 4-2 comeback home win over Real Valladolid on Monday, Reuters reported.

Third-placed Atletico fell behind early to LaLiga’s bottom side, but two penalties from Julian Alvarez plus goals by Giuliano Simeone and Alexander Sorloth, sealed a victory that boosts their slim title hopes.

They are now seven points behind leaders Barcelona and three off second-placed Real Madrid.

It was the second comeback in a row for Atletico after they last week salvaged a last-minute 2-1 win at Sevilla to snap a three-game winless run.

"It happened against Sevilla and today too," Simeone told reporters. "Valladolid's goals were fortuitous.

"What's important is the team's reaction, the penalty and Giuliano's goal came, then we slowed the game down again but after that it went the way we wanted, according to Reuters.

"We know that there is no such thing as an easy game, there will always be difficult moments. You can't control the game all the time.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said they will look to hold a playoff between Los Angeles FC and Club America for a place at the Club World Cup after it removed Club Leon from the tournament last month, Reuters reported.

Leon were pulled from the June 14-July 13 tournament over multi-club ownership rules, though the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered Leon's appeal against the decision.

"In a couple of weeks we will have the final and definitive decision, we will respect any decision," Infantino told reporters at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday.

"What we are looking at is that, if CAS confirms the decision of the Appeals Committee, FIFA's intention is to play a match, a playoff, between the team that lost the final of the CONCACAF Champions League, LAFC, and the next team in the ranking, which is America."

World soccer's governing body has said $1 billion prize money will be on offer at the expanded 32-team competition, according to Reuters.

Nepal defeated Oman by eight wickets in the ICC U-19 Men's Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier on Monday.

In the match held at the Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground, Oman, who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, posted 117 runs.

Chasing 188,  Nepal achieved the target losing two wickets.

Niraj Kumar Yadav top-scored for Nepal with 46 runs off 31 balls hitting five boundaries and two sixes. Another opener Sahil Patel made 44 runs.

Capitan Niraj Bhatta remained unbeaten at 12 and Santosh Yadav at 10.

Saumya Bhavin Sampat claimed two wickets for Oman.

Earlier, Oman scored 117 runs in 38 overs.

For Oman, Jeet Shah scored highest 52 runs off 78 balls with six boundaries. Similarly, Siddhartha Shankar contributed 16, and Pratheish Ramesh 10 while other batters failed to score in double digits.

Yuvaraj Khatri took five wickets for Nepal. Likewise, Santosh Yadav claimed two wickets, and Linda Dayananda Mandal, Aparajit Paudel and Ashok Dhami took one wicket each.

In the first, Nepal beat the UAE by five wickets.

Similarly, Afghanistan defeated Hong Kong by eight wickets in the second match in the Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground and Oman by eights wickets in the first match.