Toyota and Ferrari battle for the lead at Le Mans
Defending champions Toyota and pole-sitters Ferrari were locked in battle after U.S. basketball great LeBron James waved the French flag to start the centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday.
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Iga Swiatek Wins Third French Open, Claims Fourth Grand Slam Title
Iga Swiatek battled past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her third French Open title on Saturday and become the first woman to successfully defend the Roland Garros title since 2007. The 22-year-old Swiatek is just the third woman in the Open era to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals, the Pole adding to her 2020 and 2022 titles in Paris and last year's US Open triumph. Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka are the only other players to accomplish the feat. Swiatek, the world number one from Poland, is also the youngest woman to claim back-to-back French Open titles since Monica Seles in the early 1990s.
Top-ranked Swiatek earns 3rd French Open title after unseeded Muchova forces 3rd set
Iga Swiatek built a big lead in the French Open final, then overcame a second-set crisis of confidence and a third-set deficit before righting herself and defeating Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday to collect her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam title.
Djokovic 'motivated' ahead of history-making final
Novak Djokovic can complete his ascent to the top of tennis history by claiming a 23rd grand slam title at the French Open on Sunday. Since inserting himself into the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal duopoly, Djokovic has been playing catch-up, but victory over Casper Ruud would see him out on his own as the most successful men's singles player ever. And, with Federer retired and Nadal heading in the same direction, it would appear a decisive move.
Pressure at its peak as Djokovic guns for Major number 23
PARIS : Pressure will be immense on Sunday when Novak Djokovic faces Casper Ruud in the French Open final with a record-breaking 23rd men's Grand Slam title and his position in the pantheon of tennis at stake.
Alfie Hewett denied fourth French Open title as Japanese teenager Tokito Oda wins wheelchair singles
Alfie Hewett found Tokito Oda too strong in the final of the men’s wheelchair singles at the French Open, but compatriot Andy Lapthorne triumphed in the quad wheelchair doubles. Hewett has been the dominant force in singles and arrived in Paris as the No. 1 seed and in search of a fourth Roland-Garros crown.
World number two Ginting storms into Singapore Badminton Open semis
World number two Anthony Ginting stayed on form by defeating China's Li Shi Feng in the men's singles quarter-final to advance into the semi-finals of the Singapore Badminton Open on Friday (Jun 9).
Boks hope to have Ireland lock Kleyn in Rugby Championship squad
CAPE TOWN : South Africa have included former Ireland lock Jean Kleyn in a 41-man training squad ahead of the Rugby Championship, subject to an application to World Rugby that would allow him to switch allegiance, officials confirmed on Saturday.