Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Cycling-Roglic turns into first Slovenian to win Giro d’Italia

Primoz Roglic turned the primary Slovenian winner of the Giro d’Italia when he retained the general lead after Sunday’s twenty first and last stage in Rome, a day after he ousted Geraint Thomas from the maglia rosa in a dramatic time trial. The 33-year-old seized the pink jersey with a strong efficiency in Saturday’s penultimate stage and completed Sunday’s ceremonial 126-km flat run safely within the bunch to clinch the victory.

Tennis-Tsitsipas banks on wine, baguettes, Alcaraz-style smiles for Paris success

World quantity 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas will likely be downing purple wine, munching on baguettes and smiling loads in Paris, hoping it will result in success on the French Open, he stated on Sunday.

The Greek, identified for his occasional outbursts throughout matches even directed at his personal crew, stated he was an awesome admirer of high seed Carlos Alcaraz’s sunny strategy to the sport.

Ice Hockey-Latvia beat U.S. to assert historic World Championship bronze

Latvia received their first ice hockey World Championship medal on Sunday after holding on for a 4-3 win over the United States in Tampere to assert bronze. Kristians Rubins was Latvia’s hero, scoring a late equaliser and a sudden-death winner to finish a turnaround in entrance of a packed Nokia Arena.

Wrestling-Top Indian wrestlers detained as protest towards federation chief intensifies

Several of India’s high wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have been detained by police on Sunday as they intensified their protest demanding the arrest of their federation chief over sexual harassment allegations. The wrestlers initially hit the road in January demanding motion towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has denied allegations of sexually harassing a number of feminine athletes.

Soccer-Ronaldo ends disappointing debut season in Saudi empty-handed

Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr couldn’t resist the temptation to signal five-times Ballon D’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo in January, however though the prolific Portuguese ahead scored a powerful variety of objectives, they completed the season empty-handed. Ronaldo’s hopes of silverware ended on Saturday as Al-Ittihad clinched the league title for the primary time since 2009 with one match to spare.

Soccer-PSG keeper Rico in intensive care after using accident

Paris St Germain goalkeeper Sergio Rico is in intensive care following a using accident, the French Ligue 1 membership stated on Sunday. The Ligue 1 champions confirmed Spanish media experiences that Rico, PSG’s second-choice keeper, is within the ICU at Sevilla’s Virgen del Rocio hospital.

Tennis-Men once more given prime time publicity in French Open’s first evening session

French Open organisers have been once more opting to offer males prime time billing on the claycourt main, and overlooking ladies’s matches, as Italian Jannik Sinner’s first spherical outing was scheduled for Monday’s night session on Court Philippe Chatrier. French fifth seed Caroline Garcia’s recognition has grown since she reached the U.S. Open semi-finals final September — therefore she appeared to be a major candidate to be given high billing on the opening evening session of this 12 months’s event – however officers thought in any other case.

Motor racing-Verstappen wins in Monaco to make it six out of six for Red Bull

Double world champion Max Verstappen led a soggy and slippery Monaco Grand Prix from begin to end on Sunday to stretch his Formula One result in 39 factors and earn Red Bull a sixth win in as many races this season. In a race livened up by a downpour after a processional 51 laps in dry circumstances, Spaniard Fernando Alonso completed second for Aston Martin however a large 27.9 seconds behind on the chequered flag.

MLB roundup: Overturned DP helps Marlins beat Angels

A replay assessment and overturned name helped key a four-run tenth inning that propelled the Miami Marlins to an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday evening in Anaheim, Calif. The Marlins took a 5-4 lead within the tenth and loaded the bases with one out. However, the Angels appeared to get out of the jam on a pitcher-to-catcher-to-first double play. On a Marlins assessment, the catcher’s foot was not on dwelling plate as he fielded the throw. A run scored to make it 6-4, and with the inning prolonged, Garrett Hampson adopted with a two-run single.

Tennis-Sabalenka surges, Kostyuk urges stronger anti-war stance after French Open boos

The fickle Paris crowd made themselves heard on the opening day of the French Open as they booed when Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk refused to shake arms after her first-round defeat by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Sunday. Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up in Paris in 2021, was dragged right into a dogfight by Czech Jiri Vesely earlier than advancing in 4 units and seeds Karen Khachanov and Hubert Hurkacz additionally reached the second spherical.

(With inputs from businesses.)