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Roger Federer says he will “miss” seeing Rafael Nadal play at the French Open and that his record there is “one of the most incredible in the history of all sports”. Nadal, 36, has not recovered from injury in time to defend his title in Paris. Ad He is a 14-time champion at the Grand Slam and since making his first appearance there in 2005 has a remarkable 112-3 win-loss record.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have fined Valencia €45,000 euros (£39,000) and ordered a partial closure of their stadium for five games following racist abuse directed towards Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. Vinicius has also had the red card he received in the match overturned, meaning he will be free to play for Real at home against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday. Ad Vinicius said that “La Liga belongs to racists" after he suffered abuse from fans at the Mestalla on Sunday.
Real Valladolid gave their survival hopes a huge boost thanks to a 3-1 win over Barcelona Real Valladolid came into the match desperately needing points for their survival fund and they made the perfect start by scoring after just two minutes. Darwin Machis whipped in an inviting cross and Andreas Christensen could only divert his header past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and into his own goal. Ad Paulo Pezzolano's side doubled their advantage in the 22nd minute when Cyle Larin stepped up to dispatch his penalty after Gonzalo Plata was brought down by Eric Garcia.
Four British players won in the first round of French Open qualifying on Tuesday, while Jack Draper progressed to the Lyon Open quarter-finals. Liam Broady, Harriet Dart, Katie Boulter and Jan Choinski secured wins in the first qualifying round in Paris, while Draper’s superb straight-sets victory over fifth seed Miomir Kecmanovic sent him into the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 event in Lyon. Ad Broady jumped the first qualifying hurdle with a comeback win over French wild card Arthur Gea.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hailed Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi as “one of the most influential managers in the last 20 years”. Guardiola has drawn praise over the last week after leading Manchester City to their fifth Premier League title in the last six seasons. Ad With City also on course to win the Treble this season, Guardiola has been lauded as one of the best managers ever.
Remco Evenepoel says his withdrawal from the Giro d'Italia was one of the «hardest setbacks» of his career and has hit back at some of the criticism he has faced. The 2022 Vuelta a Espana champion was one of the favourites for the Giro but was forced to withdraw after contracting Covid-19 in a big shake-up to the race. Ad The 23-year-old then came in for a remarkable amount of criticism for the decision, with Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport suggesting he would have «found it hard to accept defeat and preferred to leave the race with the pink jersey and two wins in the two time trials».
Will Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) chalk up his first win of the 2023 Giro d'Italia on Stage 17? The 38-year-old is riding the Giro for the last time after confirming he will retire at the end of the season. Ad Cavendish came close to victory on Stage 11 when he finished third, but will be looking to go better than that on Stage 17.
Nottingham rower Matt Haywood called for cool heads as the rotating cast of Britain's men's quad stress-test a new combination into the European Championships. Haywood has successfully stepped into the boat that won a silver at the Tokyo Olympics' Britain's first Olympic medal in that event. Ad Jack Beaumont' Angus Groom and now Harry Leask have all retired from that history-making crew with Tom Barras the only man to pursue a second Olympics in Paris.