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Rafael Nadal is fighting against the clock to be fit to defend his French Open crown, and Boris Becker is “worried” about the Spaniard’s chances. Nadal is yet to return to the court following a hip injury he sustained at the Australian Open in January and he most recently pulled out of the Italian Open in as he had not fully recovered. Ad In an exclusive interview with Eurosport, Becker admitted something “really bad” must have happened for Nadal to miss tournaments on his favourite clay surface in preparation for Roland-Garros.

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Giro d’Italia 2023: Disaster for breakaway as Mads Pedersen snatches Stage 6 win, Remco Evenepoel fights on

This time a year ago, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) had not won a stage on a Grand Tour. On Thursday, the 27-year-old Dane was a stage winner in all three after completing the milestone in just 251 days. In so doing, Pedersen denied Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) the chance of achieving the same feat in what would have been a lengthier but no less sweet 3,915 days.

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Milan, Inter battle on two fronts for Champions League qualification

Locked in battle for a place in the Champions League final, AC Milan and city rivals Inter are also vying with each other in Serie A for a spot among Europe's elite next season and will treat their remaining league tests as seriously as their semi.

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Explosion in Milan city centre leaves vehicles engulfed in flames

An explosion in the centre of Milan has left several vehicles engulfed in flames.

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Coco Gauff eases past Yulia Putintseva and Victoria Azarenka beats Sloane Stephens as pair progress in Italian Open

Coco Gauff made little error as she swept past Yulia Putintseva 6-0 6-1 at the Italian Open in Rome. The sixth seed won seven straight games as she claimed the first set in style and took the front foot in the opener, before Putintseva clawed a game back to the appreciation of the Rome crowd. Ad But it would only go down as a consolation, as Gauff thundered through the next five games to put a marker down in her Rome opener.

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URC confident union-owned clubs on solid ground

URC boss Martin Anayi is confident that the tournament's clubs will not run into any financial difficulties that might cause them to pull out mid-season.

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India's Divya Subbaraju Thadigol, Sarabjot Singh Win Gold In Baku World Cup

The Indian duo of Divya Subbaraju Thadigol and Sarabjot Singh claimed the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Azerbaijan on Thursday. In the gold medal contest, the Indians shot a total of 16 to prevail over Serbia's Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec, who managed to aggregate 14. Turkey's Simal Yilmaz and Ismail Keles settled for the bronze medal, beating the Italian pair of Sara Costantino and Paolo Monna 17-9.

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Andy Murray 'would still like to play' at French Open despite first round Italian Open exit to Fabio Fognini

Andy Murray says he «would still like to play» at the French Open after losing to Fabio Fognini in the opening round of the Italian Open, but will decide in the next few days. The 35-year-old lost 4-6 6-4 4-6 to the home favourite in a gruelling contest that lasted almost three hours. Ad It marked a third consecutive ATP 1000 first-round defeat for Murray on clay, after suffering the same fate in Monte Carlo and Madrid.

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