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In the world of football, three Valencia fans get sentenced to eight months in prison for racially abusing Vinicius Jr. Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open title for the first-time in his career after defeating Alexander Zverev. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen won the wet-dry Canadian Grand Prix to extend his lead in the Formula 1 Driver’s Championship.
Read below to learn details about these top stories and other happenings in the sporting world in the last 24 hours.
Football
Three Valencia fans get sentenced to eight months in prison for racially abusing Vinicius Jr
In a first conviction for racism in football in Spain after a complaint filed by La Liga, three Valencia fans got sentenced to eight months in prison for abusing Vinicius Jr. Notably, the fans were found guilty of a crime against moral integrity with racist motives, which led to them initially get a 12-month sentence, but it was reduced to a third following an agreement reached during the investigation of the case.
Real Madrid will not participate in FIFA Club World Cup, manager Carlo Ancelotti claims
Real Madrid will not participate in the expanded version of the FIFA Club World Cup next year, claimed their manager Carlo Ancelotti during a chat with the Italian newspaper Il Giornale. He was quoted as saying, “A single Real Madrid match is worth 20 million and FIFA wants to give us that amount for the whole cup. Negative. Like us, other clubs will refuse the invitation.”
Everton are in talks to sign Armando Broja from Chelsea: Reports
Everton are reportedly in talks to sign Armando Broja from Chelsea in a £30m deal in the summer transfer window, as per the report from the journalist Ben Jacobs. The 22-year-old, who is one of the rising young strikers in European football, will be playing for Albania at the UEFA Euro 2024, but before he goes to Germany, the deal between Chelsea and Everton could be done.
Arsenal told to spend £50m to sign Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa: Reports
Arsenal are reportedly told to spend £50m to sign Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa in the summer transfer window, as per the report from the Mirror. The West Midlands clubs, who have rejected bids for the 26-year-old from Brazil in the recent past, may have to offload him from their squad to fulfil the requirement of the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) of the Premier League before the June 30 deadline.
Some major results in football are as under:
International Friendlies
- Argentina 1-0 Ecuador
- Mexico 2-3 Brazil
- Italy 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
- France 0-0 Canada
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
- Congo DR 1-0 Togo
- Mauritania 0-1 Senegal
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers
- Grenada 0-3 Costa Rica
- Dominica 2-3 Jamaica
Major League Soccer 2024
- New England 1-0 New York RB
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz wins French Open title for first-time in his career
Carlos Alcaraz, the third seed Spaniard, won the French Open title after defeating the German Alexander Zverev in five sets at the Court Philippe Chatrier. The 21-year-old took home the third Grand Slam title of his career with a score line of 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 after a slump in form in the last one year after winning at the US Open in 2022 and at the Wimbledon last year.
Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova win French Open women’s doubles title
The American Coco Gauff and her partner Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic defeated the Italian pairing of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the women’s doubles final of the French Open. At the Court Philippe Chatrier, they got the better of Errani and Paolini in straight sets 7-6(7-5), 6-3, which led to Gauff winning her first women’s doubles Grand Slam, while for Siniakova, it was her eighth.
Formula 1
Max Verstappen wins Canadian GP to extend his lead in F1 World Championship
The multi-time F1 world champion, Max Verstappen, thwarted the challenge of three British drivers to win the wet-dry Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The Dutchman stayed 3.879 seconds ahead of the second place McLaren driver Lando Norris, while the Mercedes duo of Russell and Hamilton finished in third and fourth place respectively.
Golf
Scottie Scheffler wins PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament by one stroke
Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament by one stroke after pulling off a five-foot putt on the last to hold off Collin Morikawa. After the world number one claimed his fifth title on the golf circuit in the ongoing year, he said, “I didn't do a whole lot well but I did enough to get it done. I feel like I've had some close calls in this tournament. The golf course was playing so tough, firm and fast - 16, 17 and 18 were brutal. But it was a fun test of golf, I like it when it gets hard.”
