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At French Open, Francisco Cerundolo is mad at chair umpire over Holger Rune's double-bounce

At French Open, Francisco Cerundolo is mad at chair umpire over Holger Rune's double-bounce

Jun 5, 2023 / 2:03 pm

PARIS (AP) — Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina was devastated about losing his French Open fourth-round match to Holger Rune of Denmark in a fifth-set...

Canada looks to get past U.S. to represent North America at World Rugby U20 Trophy

Canada looks to get past U.S. to represent North America at World Rugby U20 Trophy

Jun 5, 2023 / 12:41 pm

After a three-year absence due to the pandemic, World Rugby's under-20 competition returns this summer. And Canada is looking to be part of it. The Canadian...

Coco Gauff wanted a French Open rematch against Iga Swiatek; it'll happen in the quarterfinals

Coco Gauff wanted a French Open rematch against Iga Swiatek; it'll happen in the quarterfinals

Jun 5, 2023 / 3:47 am

PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff could have hoped for the easy way out. Ever since the French Open bracket determined that the 19-year-old Floridian might end up in a...

Injury-ravaged Toronto Arrows suffer 11th loss of Major League Rugby season

Injury-ravaged Toronto Arrows suffer 11th loss of Major League Rugby season

Jun 4, 2023 / 8:17 am

TORONTO — The injury-ravaged Toronto Arrows' winless streak in Major League Rugby now stands at 11 after a 48-26 loss to the Houston SaberCats. The Arrows...

Carlos Alcaraz likes to watch replays of his best shots, faces Stefanos Tsitsipas at French Open

Carlos Alcaraz likes to watch replays of his best shots, faces Stefanos Tsitsipas at French Open

Jun 4, 2023 / 8:11 am

PARIS (AP) — Some friendly advice, sports fans: If Carlos Alcaraz is playing, do not look away. Even for a moment. Because it’s likely he’ll conjure up...

French Open doubles player Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for accidentally hitting a ball girl

French Open doubles player Miyu Kato of Japan disqualified for accidentally hitting a ball girl

Jun 4, 2023 / 6:38 am

PARIS (AP) — French Open doubles player Miyu Kato and her partner were forced to forfeit a match when Kato accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a...

Frances Tiafoe's loss to Alexander Zverev leaves zero American men in the French Open

Frances Tiafoe's loss to Alexander Zverev leaves zero American men in the French Open

Jun 3, 2023 / 3:57 pm

PARIS (AP) — Frances Tiafoe kept coming oh so close to extending his French Open match against Alexander Zverev: 12 times Saturday night, the American was two...

Canada's Andreescu loses to Ukraine's Tsurenko in third round at Roland Garros

Canada's Andreescu loses to Ukraine's Tsurenko in third round at Roland Garros

Jun 3, 2023 / 10:51 am

PARIS — Bianca Andreescu's career-best run at Roland Garros is over. Canada's Andreescu was eliminated from the French Open after losing to Ukraine's Lesia...

Rafael Nadal is expected to miss 5 more months after having hip surgery

Rafael Nadal is expected to miss 5 more months after having hip surgery

Jun 3, 2023 / 6:31 am

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal is expected to need about five months to recover from arthroscopic surgery on his left hip, a timeline that likely would keep him...

Coco Gauff, 19, comes back to beat Russia's Mirra Andreeva, 16, at the French Open

Coco Gauff, 19, comes back to beat Russia's Mirra Andreeva, 16, at the French Open

Jun 3, 2023 / 5:10 am

PARIS (AP) — Not all that long ago, Coco Gauff was always the kid on the court, the unknown underdog, younger and less experienced than every opponent she...

Elena Rybakina, reigning Wimbledon champion, pulls out of French Open because she is sick

Elena Rybakina, reigning Wimbledon champion, pulls out of French Open because she is sick

Jun 3, 2023 / 2:54 am

PARIS (AP) — Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina pulled out of the French Open before her third-round match on Saturday because she is sick. “I just...

Kelowna Falcons open new baseball season tonight in Portland

Kelowna Falcons open new baseball season tonight in Portland

Jun 2, 2023 / 4:11 pm

The Kelowna Falcons find themselves in a bit of a pickle when they open the 2023 West Coast League season on the road against the Portland Pickles. The three...

Rafael Nadal has arthroscopic surgery for the hip injury that forced him to miss the French Open

Rafael Nadal has arthroscopic surgery for the hip injury that forced him to miss the French Open

Jun 2, 2023 / 1:01 pm

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery on Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first...

A French Open sans the French: No local players left at Roland Garros after 2 rounds

A French Open sans the French: No local players left at Roland Garros after 2 rounds

Jun 2, 2023 / 11:46 am

PARIS (AP) — The day before the start of this year’s French Open, the last man from the country to win its Grand Slam tournament, Yannick Noah, was feted to...

French Open lets Belarus' Sabalenka skip standard news conference after questions about Ukraine war

French Open lets Belarus' Sabalenka skip standard news conference after questions about Ukraine war

Jun 2, 2023 / 10:58 am

PARIS (AP) — Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with disqualification, for skipping news...

Alcaraz dominant in third-round win over Canada's Shapovalov at French Open

Alcaraz dominant in third-round win over Canada's Shapovalov at French Open

Jun 2, 2023 / 8:51 am

PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz was simply too much for Denis Shapovalov at the French Open. The world No. 1 cruised to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over the 26th-seeded...

Florida men's tennis coach Bryan Shelton steps down to work with pro son Ben

Florida men's tennis coach Bryan Shelton steps down to work with pro son Ben

Jun 2, 2023 / 7:36 am

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida men's tennis coach Bryan Shelton, who led the Gators to the 2021 national championship and three Southeastern Conference...

Novak Djokovic laments fans who 'boo every single thing' after lengthy French Open win

Novak Djokovic laments fans who 'boo every single thing' after lengthy French Open win

Jun 2, 2023 / 5:01 am

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic makes no secret of the way he loves to feed off negativity during a tennis match. Doesn’t really matter whether he’s ahead or...

American Taylor Fritz shushes booing French Open crowd after he beats French player

American Taylor Fritz shushes booing French Open crowd after he beats French player

Jun 1, 2023 / 2:55 pm

PARIS (AP) — The French Open crowd was not happy with American player Taylor Fritz after he beat one of their own — indeed, their last man in the bracket...

Emma Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open champion, announces split from coach

Emma Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open champion, announces split from coach

Jun 1, 2023 / 1:26 pm

LONDON (AP) — Emma Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, will no longer work with Sebastian Sachs, who had been her fifth coach in the past two years....

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