PARIS: Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open on Saturday, beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech woman in 40 years to conquer Roland Garros before dedicating her victory to former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna who died four years ago.

PARIS: Euro 2020 was still reeling Sunday after Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen (pic) collapsed and had to be revived by medics on the pitch during his country’s defeat to Finland.

Kota Kinabalu: State badminton players are urged to draw inspiration from Tokyo Paralympics-bound shuttler and former world champion Didin Taresoh.

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil kicks-off the Copa America that almost never was on Sunday, on home soil for the second time in three years with minnows Venezuela as their opponents in a tournament already dominated by issues off the pitch.

HERZOGENAURACH: Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (pic) plans to use his frustrations at losing another Champions League final to help Germany find form at Euro 2020.

FLORENCE: Norwegian prodigy Jakob Ingebrigtsen upstaged a host of more experienced runners to record a memorable victory in the men’s 5,000m at the Diamond League in Florence on Thursday, a triumph he dubbed was like winning gold.

BAKU: Wales captain Gareth Bale said on Friday he was unconcerned about his international goal drought on the eve of his side’s Euro 2020 opener against Switzerland.

Kuala Lumpur: A pall of gloom descended over the national football team’s camp in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Friday following the death of head coach Tan Cheng Hoe’s (pic) father.

LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo was on the score-sheet as European champions Portugal beat Israel 4-0 on Wednesday in their final warm-up for the defence of their title.

PARIS: Novak Djokovic set up a 58th meeting with Rafael Nadal on Wednesday when he reached his 40th Grand Slam semi-final while Maria Sakkari stunned defending champion Iga Swiatek to become the first Greek woman to make the last four at a major.