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Italy recalled Francesco Acerbi to their squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Norway and Moldova on Monday, with Davide Zappacosta and Riccardo Orsolini also receiving call-ups.
PARIS :Twice runner-up Casper Ruud put a heavy defeat in the build-up to the French Open behind him and began his bid to reach another Roland Garros final with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 first-round victory over Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos Vinolas on Monday.
Norwegian Therese Johaug, a four-times Olympic cross country skiing champion, announced on Monday that she will not take part in next year's Winter Olympics.
PARIS :Twice runner-up Casper Ruud started his latest bid to reach another French Open final with a crushing 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory over seasoned Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round on Monday.
Striker Alexander Sorloth came off the bench to score a hat-trick in the second half and help Atletico Madrid wrap up their underwhelming season with an easy 4-0 win at lowly Girona on Sunday.
Star Indian chess player D Gukesh is embracing the "new level" of competition where he is confident of handling the challenges and "meeting the expectations". Gukesh became the youngest chess world champion when he defeated Ding Liren of China last year in Singapore at just 18 years of age. Set to compete in the elite Norway Chess tournament beginning on Monday, the Chennai youngster said the only thing he needed to gain more success was to keep random thoughts at bay and just concentrate on the game. "It is a new level (for me). But when I see it as a challenge to prove to myself that I can handle this, even though the expectations are high, I can meet them if I keep working hard and doing my best," said the Indian Grandmaster.
Norway's Joergen Graabak, a four-times Olympic champion in Nordic combined, announced his retirement on Friday, nine months before the 2026 Olympics, saying he is looking forward to "new adventures".
(This story has been corrected to change 'on Thursday' to 'earlier this week' in paragraph 3)