Champions Cup: Five takeaways from the semi-finals as Leinster crash French party
Three French teams and one Irish side remain in the 2022 Champions and Challenge Cup after a frenetic weekend of semi-finals in Europe.
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'Horrendous' Rugby World Cup draw slammed as Wales top seeds and half the four best teams in the world can’t make semi-finals
Stuart Barnes says the “ridiculously early” World Cup draw has “distorted” next year’s tournament in France and created a “horrendous situation”, amid Wales being one of the top seeds.
Sunday sport: Leinster football semi-finals, Munster hurling action
The lineup for the Leinster Senior Football Championship final will be decided this afternoon.
Fab Four: Classic Leinster Champions Cup semi-finals
As Leinster prepare to host Toulouse in the Aviva Stadium this afternoon, we take a look back at four classic Heineken Champions semi-finals involving the Irish side.
Djokovic records 999th win of career to reach Rome semi-finals
Five-time champion Novak Djokovic progressed to the semi-finals of the Italian Open with a straight-sets victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in Rome - the 999th match win of the Serbian's career.
Novak Djokovic seals 999th career win in a classic against Felix Auger-Aliassime to progress to Italian Open semi-finals
Novak Djokovic is through to the Italian Open semi-finals after a thrilling 7-5 7-6(1) win over Felix Auger-Aliassime. Djokovic was relatively untroubled as he pursues a sixth Rome title, producing one of his best performances in 2022 to record a stylish 999th career win. Ad/> The straight-sets masterclass from the 20-time Grand Slam winner, in what was arguably the best match of the clay season so far, means he will play Norway's Casper Ruud in Saturday's semi-final.
Champions Cup semi-finals: All you need to know
The final four, and a date in Marseille on the line.
Iga Swiatek is now 26 matches unbeaten, sinks Bianca Andreescu in straight sets to reach Italian Open semi-finals
Iga Swiatek is into the semi-finals of the Italian Open after a convincing 7-6(2) 6-0 win over Bianca Andreescu. The Rome defending champion will play Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals, who she beat in the Stuttgart final, as the Pole bids to win her fifth successive WTA tour title. Ad/> A topsy-turvy opening set saw both players break each other's serve three times, but it was Swiatek who took control in the tie-break.