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Italian Open: Daniil Medvedev relieved to finally get first Rome win, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas also advance

Three of the top seven seeds at the Italian Open earned wins on a busy Sunday in Rome as Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced. Third seed Medvedev successfully navigated a potential banana skin of a tie against Emil Ruusuvuori that faced a rain delay after Saturday’s inclement weather forced several matches to be pushed forward. Ad Medvedev won 6-4 6-2 to end a surprisingly poor historic record in Rome; it was his first victory at the ATP Masters 1000 event in four appearances.

'Solid game' - Iga Swiatek blasts past Lesia Tsurenko with another bagel set to continue Italian Open title defence

Iga Swiatek took another confident step towards defending her Italian Open crown by beating Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-0 to reach the last 16 in Rome. The world No. 1 is the firm favourite to collect a third straight title in the Italian capital after the rest of the top five seeds – Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur and Caroline Garcia – all suffered early exits.

Michael Laverty: Blame goes 'slightly' on Francesco Bagnaia for crash with Maverick Vinales at French MotoGP

BT Sport experts Michael Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli believe that Maverick Vinales was not at fault for the crash with Francesco Bagnaia at the French MotoGP. Ducati's Bagnaia and Aprilia’s Vinales were competing for P3 at Le Mans but failed to finish the race after they clipped on a turn and spun out into the gravel. Ad Such was the nature of the crash that they were unable to rejoin the action, and tempers flared as they pushed and shoved each other on the sidelines before being separated by race officials.

Everton 0-3 Manchester City: Erling Haaland on target again as Pep Guardiola's side stroll to win at Toffees

Ilkay Gundogan struck a brace and Erling Haaland was again on target as Manchester City took a significant step towards retaining the Premier League title with a comfortable 3-0 win at struggling Everton. Gundogan steered in a 37th-minute opener with an improvised finish off two sublime touches to mark his 300th appearance for the club in style. Ad The Germany star then turned provider just two minutes later when Haaland, who was named FWA Player of the season earlier in the week, nodded in his 36th top-flight goal of the season from Gundogan’s lovely cross.

FC Groningen v Ajax abandoned after flares, protests and pitch invasion halt Eredivisie game

Sunday afternoon’s match between Ajax and Groningen was abandoned after reported instances of crowd trouble. Flares were seemingly thrown onto the pitch, which forced the game to initially be postponed.

Tom Pidcock recovers from nasty fall to secure Cross-country Olympic World Cup men's elite race victory

Tom Pidcock recovered from a nasty fall to win the UCI Mountain Bike World Series Cross-country Olympic World Cup men's elite race in Nove Mesto. In the Czech drizzle, it was chaos from the start as a crash moments after the race got under way disrupted proceedings.

UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2023 LIVE – Will Tom Pidcock double up with Cross-country Olympic World Cup win?

14:13 – Pidcock falls back Ad The fallout from that crash sees European champion Pidcock drop to eighth but then he works his way back up to fourth. UCI Mountain Bike World Series'I don't know what happened!' — Pieterse stunned by Cross-country Olympic World Cup victoryAN HOUR AGO At the front, Schwarzbauer leads Joshua Dubau from Schurter, who are both two seconds back.The rest of the leading group are eight or so seconds back. 14:10 – Gaze comes off — chaos Absolute carnage as Gaze came off with an exposed root was his undoing.

UCI Mountain Bike World Series: Puck Pieterse denies Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to take Cross-country Olympic World Cup win

Puck Pieterse (Alpecin–Deceuninck) stormed to victory in the Cross-country Olympic World Cup women’s elite race on Sunday, as part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Ineos Grenadiers) took second and Loana Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV) took third. Ad The top eight earned their places in the front row following Friday’s UCI Cross-country Short Track World Cup women’s elite race, won by Laura Stigger (Specialized Factory Racing).

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Italian Open: Daniil Medvedev relieved to finally get first Rome win, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas also advance

'Solid game' - Iga Swiatek blasts past Lesia Tsurenko with another bagel set to continue Italian Open title defence

Michael Laverty: Blame goes 'slightly' on Francesco Bagnaia for crash with Maverick Vinales at French MotoGP

Everton 0-3 Manchester City: Erling Haaland on target again as Pep Guardiola's side stroll to win at Toffees

FC Groningen v Ajax abandoned after flares, protests and pitch invasion halt Eredivisie game

Tom Pidcock recovers from nasty fall to secure Cross-country Olympic World Cup men's elite race victory

UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2023 LIVE – Will Tom Pidcock double up with Cross-country Olympic World Cup win?

UCI Mountain Bike World Series: Puck Pieterse denies Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to take Cross-country Olympic World Cup win