Picture GalleryDaniil Medvedev, the second seed, is into the men’s singles third round ©Getty ImagesGilles Simon, one of the French wildcards, is into the third round ©Getty ImagesQinwen Zheng progressed in the women’s singles, beating Simona Halep ©Getty ImagesA stray racquet thrown by Irina-Camelia Begu upsets a crying child in the crowd ©Getty ImagesAlize Cornet rounded off the night with another French win ©Getty ImagesStefanos Tsitsipas escaped an upset, being pushed to the limit by Zdenek Kolar ©Getty ImagesAndrey Rublev took four sets to defeat Federico Delbonis ©Getty ImagesSpain’s Paula Badosa’s win over Kaja Juvan of Slovenia ensured the third...

Ivet Goranova of Bulgaria and Ukraine’s Anzhelika Terliuga, respective Olympic gold and silver medallists in the female kumite under-55 kilograms category, will replay their Tokyo 2020 final at the European Karate Championships in the Turkish venue of Gaziantep.

Greece produced the biggest upset of the day, beating world and Olympic champion Steven Dacosta of France

World number two Daniil Medvedev and Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas have progressed from their second-round matches at the French Open, ensuring the main contenders suffered no upsets today at Roland Garros.

in straight sets 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 over Henri Laaksonen from Switzerland, and now meets Hugo Gaston of France

Czech Republic eighth seed Karolína Plíšková and 2018 French Open champion Simona Halep have fallen in the second round of the women's singles at Roland Garros to unseeded opponents, being the biggest casualties exiting today.

Plíšková was eliminated in straight sets by Leolia Jeanjean from France by a comfortable margin, with

Switzerland’s new Paralympic star Catherine Debrunner began her season in startling fashion on her home track in Nottwil as she set two world records at the third World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the year.

won in 31.87 from Britain’s Marcus Perrineau, who was timed at 32.21.In the T53, Pierre Fairbank of France

France and the Czech Republic earned the first golds at the Canoe Slalom European Championships in Slovakia

The 2022 RideLondon Classique is set to begin tomorrow in Essex, moving from a one-day race to a three-day format, as well as with a reduced prize pot.

was the best-paid women's race on the Women's WorldTour calendar, but now the Giro Donne and Tour de France

The match ball for the men's UEFA Champions League final i Paris on Saturday (May 28) features a "global message for peace", and is set to be auctioned to raise funds for people forced to flee their homes, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Petersburg had originally been awarded hosting rights for the match, but it has been moved to the Stade de France

Four champions from last year's Canoe Slalom European Championships - Corinna Kuhnle, Miren Lazkano, Vít Prindiš and Denis Gargaud-Chanut - will defend their titles at the 2002 edition which starts tomorrow at Liptovsky Mikulaš in Slovakia and concludes on Sunday (May 29).

European silver medallist, Elena Lilik of Germany and local hopeful Eliška Mintalova.Gargaud-Chanut, from France

We have endured COVID-19, inflicted on us courtesy of China, we are told, and are now in the throes of something called monkeypox which apparently emanates from Africa. But a new pandemic looms and this time it is unquestionably an English disease.

had run down 11 rows of stairs to shout abuse at him, allegedly using the words: "Fuck off back to France

England’s 21-year-old Brandon Wilkins produced the biggest upset on day one of the European Karate Championships in Gaziantep by reaching the final of the men's kumite under-75 kilograms competition at the expense of Olympic champion Luigi Busà.

semi-final.Eda Eltemur made it to her first continental gold-medal bout after upsetting Alizee Agier of France

favourite to host shooting at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, according to reports in France

and swimming have already been moved away from the department by organisers, although the Stade de France

You have to work with us and not behind our backs," he told Agence France-Presse.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Congress is due to get underway tomorrow in Tampere, but the membership status of Russia - which is currently banned - will not be on the agenda, according to the world governing body's President Luc Tardif.

Finland.Russia and Belarus were both expelled from the tournament following the invasion of Ukraine, with France

Montpellier in France is set to host the first in-person edition of the Urban Sports Summit since 2019

Slovakia delivered a crushing blow to Denmark’s ambitions on the final day of qualifying at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Finland with a 7-1 win that left the Danes, who had earned a historic win over defending champions Canada the previous day, out in the cold.

over them means they will next face Canada, who concluded their patchy qualifying with a 7-1 win over France