At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter a cricket stadium in southern India’s Karnataka state, authorities said.

The crush happened as tens of thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, the world’s most popular T20 cricket tournament.

Karnataka state’s Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who only uses one name, said the crowd tried to break one of the stadium’s gates and enter to take part in celebrations. Siddaramaiah said that most of the injured were stable and receiving treatment in hospitals.

“At a time of celebration, this unfortunate event should not have happened. We are saddened by this,” he told reporters. “No one expected this crowd.”

Cricket fans had come out to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s first Indian Premier League title win on Tuesday. The team had given away free passes to fans for the event through its website and urged them to follow guidelines set by police and authorities.

Local TV news channels showed some people stretched out on the ground and emergency personnel carrying people into ambulances, while celebrations inside the stadium continued.

D.K. Shivakumar, the deputy chief minister of Karnataka state, told reporters that “the crowd was very uncontrollable.”

softball

Trailing by one, Texas struck for two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning off former Stanford pitcher NiJaree Canady and earned a 2-1 win over Texas Tech in Game 1 of the best-of-three Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Reese Atwood’s two-RBI single to left was the difference. Game 2 is today at 5 p.m.

Swimming

Incoming Cal freshman Claire Weinstein won the USA Swimming national championship in the 200-meter freestyle on Wednesday in Indianapolis, punching her ticket to the World Championships this summer in Singapore in her second event. The 2024 Olympic silver medalist previously qualified for Worlds in the 800-meter freestyle with a runner-up finish on Tuesday.

Tennis

Novak Djokovic defeated Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the French Open. Djokovic, 38, who has slid to No. 6 in the rankings, will face No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who beat Alexander Bublik 6-1, 7-5, 6-0.

“I still push myself on a daily basis at this age because of these kind of matches and these kind of experiences,” Djokovic said.

The other semifinal is Friday and features defending champion Carlos Alcaraz facing Lorenzo Musetti.

On the women’s side, No. 2 seed Coco Gauff beat No. 7 Madison Keys 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1 to reach today’s semifinals. She will play French wild-card entry Loïs Boisson, who extended one of the most stunning runs in tennis history by beating No. 6 Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (6), 6-3. Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek will face No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the other semifinal,

NHL

Negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement are progressing well, though there is no timeline on reaching a deal, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh said Wednesday.

Bettman said the sides are “having very constructive, professional, cordial dialogue.” Talks did not begin until April, and there is still quite some time until the current CBA expires in September 2026.

Pittsburgh hired Dan Muse as their coach on Wednesday, tasking the former New York Rangers assistant with helping the Penguins find their way back to relevance. Muse, 42, replaces Mike Sullivan, who split with Pittsburgh in April after a nearly decade-long tenure that included back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.

Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Ted Lindsay award as the NHL’s most outstanding player as chosen by the NHL Players’ Association. Kucherov and Colorado teammates Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar were the finalists for the award. Kucherov had 121 points this season.