Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Tennis-Paire retains his cool however makes one other early Paris exit

It was a detailed shave, however the bearded Benoit Paire’s future with out a win on the principle tour continued when he misplaced 5-7 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 to British 14th seed Cameron Norrie within the French Open first spherical on Monday. The mercurial Paire, whose final win in the principle draw of top-tier match dates again to August, made essentially the most of his wildcard invitation, solely to be punished for 81 unforced errors on court docket Suzanne Lenglen.

Latvians awake to shock vacation after epic ice hockey consequence

Latvians woke as much as go to work on Monday morning, solely to search out they did not must. Their parliament had met at midnight to declare a vacation after the nationwide ice hockey workforce chalked up its best-ever consequence 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.

Tennis-Pavlyuchenkova makes successful Roland Garros return after damage woes

Former French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova celebrated her return to Roland Garros with a dominant win over Czech Linda Fruhvirtova on Monday and mentioned she had feared for her profession a yr in the past on account of a knee downside. The 31-year-old loved her greatest run at a Grand Slam on the 2021 match earlier than dropping to Czech Barbora Krejcikova within the ultimate and skipped final yr’s version in addition to the second half of the season to nurse an damage that restricted her taking part in time.

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.

Tennis-Ailing Auger-Aliassime to deal with well being after early French Open exit

Felix Auger-Aliassime mentioned he wanted to prioritise his well being after the ailing world quantity 10 crashed out of the French Open on Monday following a 6-4 6-4 6-3 defeat by Italian veteran Fabio Fognini within the opening spherical. The 22-year-old pulled out of the Lyon quarter-finals final week with a shoulder downside and revealed that he had additionally been unwell throughout that match, with the same difficulty hampering his progress in Paris together with a bout of cramp.

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 mentioned on Monday. The BWF this month briefly banned the serve, which includes a participant spinning the shuttle earlier than launching it, after it proved to be robust to return or fully unplayable.

Tennis-Djokovic canters into French Open spherical two as Stephens lays down marker

Novak Djokovic launched his quest for a record-breaking twenty third males’s Grand Slam singles title with a no-nonsense 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-1) first-round victory over debutant Aleksandar Kovacevic on the French Open on Monday. The twice Roland Garros champion breezed by way of the primary two units earlier than encountering resistance from the 24-year-old American whose lack of expertise then confirmed within the tiebreak on the world’s greatest clay court docket.

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 affect, world quantity 30 Sloane Stephens mentioned on Monday. The American, talking after her straight-sets victory over Karolina Pliskova within the French Open first spherical, mentioned she had needed to endure it her entire tennis profession.

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

Sloane Stephens relished each second she spent on her favorite court docket on the planet 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 likelihood on the principle Philippe-Chatrier court docket, dashing by way of the primary set in 49 minutes earlier than the Czech recovered within the second.

Soccer-Chelsea title Pochettino as supervisor

Chelsea confirmed the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as head coach on Monday after the previous Tottenham Hotspur and Paris St Germain supervisor signed a two-year contract with the choice of an additional yr. Argentine Pochettino, 51, will take over from interim boss Frank Lampard on July 1. Chelsea completed twelfth within the Premier League final season.

(With inputs from companies.)