Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Latvians awake to shock vacation after epic ice hockey outcome

Latvians woke as much as go to work on Monday morning, solely to search out they did not need to. Their parliament had met at midnight to declare a vacation after the nationwide ice hockey workforce chalked up its best-ever outcome on the world championship. Latvia, the place hockey is the nationwide sport, was co-hosting the lads’s championship with Finland, and the Latvians’ extra-time victory over the U.S. for third place was greeted with wild jubilation. Canada received gold, Germany silver.

MLB roundup: Rays win shootout, take collection from Dodgers

Isaac Paredes homered and drove in 4 runs, and Wander Franco chipped in with two hits and two RBIs to tempo the Tampa Bay Rays in an 11-10 shootout victory towards the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays took two of three within the collection however wanted a 15-hit assault to carry on within the collection finale as they scored in every of the primary 4 innings. Tampa Bay had six gamers with a number of hits, led by Paredes, who additionally doubled. Luke Raley went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs.

Badminton-BWF extends ban on ‘spin serve’ till after Paris Olympics

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has prolonged the ban on the brand new “spin serve” till after subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics and Paralympics, it stated on Monday. The BWF this month briefly banned the serve, which entails a participant spinning the shuttle earlier than launching it, after it proved to be robust to return or fully unplayable.

Tennis-Djokovic cruises at French Open, dangers controversy with Kosovo message

Novak Djokovic launched his quest for a document twenty third males’s Grand Slam singles title with a 6-3 6-2 7-6(1) victory over Aleksandar Kovacevic within the French Open first spherical earlier than risking controversy by writing a political message on a digital camera. World primary Carlos Alcaraz additionally got here via with flying colors because the Spaniard crushed Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 6-0 6-2 7-5 in his first Grand Slam match since successful the U.S. Open title final yr.

Tennis-Racist abuse of gamers is getting worse, says Stephens

Racist behaviour directed at athletes is getting worse and even software program designed to guard them from it has little impression, world quantity 30 Sloane Stephens stated on Monday. The American, talking after her straight-sets victory over Karolina Pliskova within the French Open first spherical, stated she had needed to endure it her entire tennis profession.

Tennis-Stephens places down marker on ‘favorite court docket on the earth’

Sloane Stephens relished each second she spent on her favorite court docket on the earth because the she cruised to a 6-0 6-4 first-round victory over former world primary Karolina Pliskova on Monday to place down an early marker on the French Open. The 30-year-old, runner-up in Paris 5 years in the past, gave erratic Pliskova no probability on the principle Philippe-Chatrier court docket, dashing via the primary set in 49 minutes earlier than the Czech recovered within the second.

Tennis-‘Kosovo is the guts of Serbia’, Djokovic writes at French Open

Serbian world quantity three Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy on the French Open on Monday after writing a message about Kosovo following his first-round victory. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence,” 22-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic wrote on a digital camera lens in Serbian.

Soccer-Sheffield Wednesday promoted to Championship with 123rd-minute Windass winner

Sheffield Wednesday added a fairytale ending to their extraordinary League One playoff marketing campaign as Josh Windass scored the winner in stoppage time of additional time to earn them promotion with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Barnsley within the remaining on Monday.

Wednesday can now stay up for Championship soccer subsequent season which had appeared wildly out of attain once they trailed Peterborough 4-0 after the primary leg of their semi-final earlier than producing the best comeback in English Football League playoff historical past.

Tennis-Too a lot ‘garbage’ being talked about Ukraine on tour, says Svitolina

Discussions in regards to the battle in Ukraine on the tennis circuit keep away from the vital points and are simply empty phrases that don’t assist people who find themselves struggling, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina stated on Monday. The 28-year-old former world quantity three stopped taking part in shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine final yr.

Tennis-Alcaraz blasts previous qualifier Cobolli in French Open first spherical

World primary Carlos Alcaraz issued an early warning to his rivals because the Spaniard started his quest for a second Grand Slam title by easing previous Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 6-0 6-2 7-5 within the French Open first spherical on Monday. The 20-year-old has already cemented his standing as a prime contender on the most important levels and is likely one of the favourites to tackle the mantle of his compatriot and 14-times Roland Garros champion Rafa Nadal, who’s absent this yr with a hip subject.

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