Tennis: Clay field wide open for new women’s champion
Want to know who will win the women’s French Open? Stick a pin in the draw. That cliche has seldom rang more true than at this year’s Roland Garros, where no players stand out and few seem to be hitting form in the run up to the year’s second major.
Tennis: Nadal not bothered by change in surroundings at Roland Garros
Rafa Nadal will have to get used to new surroundings as his favorite hunting ground, the court Philippe Chatrier, has been revamped ahead of the May 26-June 9 French Open.
Tennis: Australian Kyrgios pulls out of French Open – organisers
Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open on Friday, according to tournament officials, robbing the Grand Slam event of some guaranteed fireworks.
Tennis: Nadal and Djokovic head French Open cast as Federer returns
For the first time in four years the big three in men’s tennis will all be present at the French Open, all striving to etch another remarkable storyline in the red Parisian dirt.
Tennis: Australian Kyrgios pulls out of French Open – organizers
Australian Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the French Open tennis tournament, organizers told Reuters on Friday.
Tennis: Halep to start French Open title defense with no extra pressure
Most defending champions would start a grand slam with added pressure but Simona Halep declared she would kick off her French Open campaign knowing that she’s ‘done it already’.
Cycling: Team Ineos’s Geoghegan Hart crashes out of Giro d’Italia
Briton Tao Geoghegan Hart has abandoned the Giro d’Italia after crashing during the 13th stage, a 196-km mountain trek to Ceresole Reale, on Friday.
Motor racing: Renault say fundamental engine problem has been fixed
Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg can expect to be back on full power from Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix after Renault fixed a fundamental engine problem that has slowed them in recent races.
Olympics: IOC praises 2026 candidates, hightlights higher support for Milan bid
The International Olympic Committee on Friday heaped praise on two remaining candidate cities for the 2026 Winter Olympics, with Italy’s Milan/Cortina bid recording stronger local support than Sweden’s Stockholm/Are proposal.
Paralympics: Intensity, emotion and a lot of noise at sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball could be one of the most thrilling and loudest of the Paralympic disciplines at next year’s Tokyo 2020 Games if events during the Sitting Volleyball Challenge tournament in Chiba on Friday are anything to go by.
