French Open 2026: Kostyuk shocks Swiatek; Jodar v Carreño Busta, and …

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Terrific return from Kostyuk, a backhand hooked on to the sideline for a winner … ruined by a forehand looped long; 15-all. A double follows, the misses by far enough to intimate nerves and reinforced by a wild forehand that donates two break-back points. And Kostyuk only needs one, a decent return forcing Swiatek to net, and she looks encouraged – rightly so, that felt like a tightening. It’s 5-5 in the first, and this might just mature into an epic.

“Every point is good, every point is high quality,” kvells Chrissy in commentary as murderous shots are traded from the back, Kostyuk overhitting to cede 15-40. But from there, she recovers to deuce, competing like an equal; for maybe the first time, she believes she can do this, a service winner raising advantage, but then she’s fractionally late on a backhand down the line and it’s just a little wide, Swiatek – whose return was good – nowhere near it. And from there, the birthday girl dominates the next point with forehands, making advantage, then elicits the error for the third break in row. At 5-4, she’ll now serve for the first set – just as Cirstea is at 5-3 in our other match, a netted volley ceding deuce. somethingsdifferent.biz

Norwegian football stars Tuva Hansen, Ada Hegerberg, and Frida Maanum have all withdrawn from the upcoming Women's World Cup qualification matches. Hansen has been sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in her left knee, while Hegerberg is dealing with an Achilles injury sustained in the Champions League final. Maanum has undergone minor surgery and is also unavailable for the matches against Germany and Austria.

Andrea Norheim, Iris Omarsdottir, and Emilie Woldvik have been called up as replacements. National team coach Gemma Grainger emphasized the importance of supporting the injured players' recovery while acknowledging the significant loss of these key squad members to the team's preparations for the qualifiers.

Arsenal showed great resilience to take the Champions League final beyond 120 minutes in Budapest, but it was the defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain, who came out on top. PSG became only the second team, after Real Madrid, to win the competition two years running in the Champions League era. It was a momentous night of football with the game incredibly close. Post-match celebrations in Paris were marred by some clashes with police. Details by Nicholas Rushworth.

La victoria del Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) frente al Arsenal en la final de la Champions, la segunda consecutiva que gana, ha provocado este sábado una ola de incidentes poco después de acabar el encuentro con un balance de 416 detenidos en todo el país (283 en París) y siete policías heridos, uno de ellos de gravedad en la ciudad de Agen, según anunció el ministro del Interior, Laurent Nuñez. Se produjeron además altercados y pillajes en unas quince ciudades francesas, especialmente en Rennes, Estrasburgo, Clermont-Ferrand y Grenoble, pero fue París la que registró mayores disturbios.

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