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A decade ago, Real Madrid made two signings in the space of five days on the back of the 2014 World Cup finals. His exit has to be good for the player and principally for the club.” Rodriguez and Kroos signed for Real Madrid in 2014 Casares was speaking about James Rodriguez, the poster boy of the 2014 World Cup …

Russian 11th seed Karen Khachanov reached the French Open quarter-finals for the second time on Sunday with a four-set win over Lorenzo Sonego of Italy, setting up a potential clash with Novak Djokovic. It was just like the last match and I won that anyway.” Two-time champion and 22-time Grand Slam title winner Djokovic was facing Juan Pablo Varillas of …

Davis Cup: Sonego puts Italy ahead of Canada in semifinals

World number one Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals, while Lorenzo Musetti dumped out third seed Casper Ruud. The Spanish teenager, hoping to win a third Masters title of the year after previous successes in Miami and Madrid, saw off former world number three Dimitrov 6-1, 6-3 in 72 …

Italian Lorenzo Musetti put on a show for the home crowd Wednesday, defeating Hugo Gaston 4-3,, 4-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-2 at the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Italy. 7 seed Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune of Denmark defeated Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo 4-1, 4-2, 1-4, 4-1. Stockholm Open Wild card Andy Murray of Great Britain continued his run …

Nations League finals: Roberto Mancini retains faith in majority of Euro 2020-winning Italy squad

Twenty-two of the 26 European champions were selected, along with Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Roma captain who missed out on the Euro due to an injury ahead of the semi-final clash against Spain Rome: Italy coach Roberto Mancini placed his faith Thursday in the majority of the squad that triumphed at Euro 2020 for the finals of the Nations League. Twenty-two …

Euro 2020: Italy Book Semi-finals Berth with 2-1 Win over Belgium

Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal each Friday to give Italy a 2-1 win over Belgium and a spot in the European Championship semifinals. Romelu Lukaku pulled one back from the penalty spot right before halftime but the Belgians missed further chances to equalize in the second half. Barella put Italy in the lead in the 31st minute …

Third seed Nadal downed 19-year-old Sinner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 and goes on to face 10th-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina who he defeated in the semi-finals last year. Paris: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open quarter-finals for the 15th time on Monday with a straight-sets win over Italy’s Jannik Sinner to stay on course for a 14th Roland Garros title and …

French Open 2021 Day 9 Highlights: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open quarter-finals for the 15th time on Monday with a straight sets win over Italy’s Jannik Sinner. Barbora Krejcikova reached the quarterfinals of a major tournament for the first time by routing 2018 French Open runner-up Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-0. French Open Day 9 results in brief: Men Novak …

Italian teenagers Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti will lead the next generation’s charge at the French Open on Monday when they get a crack at serial winners Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic respectively, in the round of 16. Sinner, Next Gen champion in 2019, made his Grand Slam breakthrough with a run to last year’s quarter-finals at Roland Garros and …

The 90th-ranked Musetti won through 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 after two hours ten minutes on court in Sardinia against Evans, ranked 32. Milan: Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti saved four match points to oust top seed Daniel Evans of Britain to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Cagliari on Thursday. The 30-year-old Englishman had the edge in the third …

Italy Reach Nations League Finals by Beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0

Italy advanced to the Nations League Final Four by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 on Wednesday. Andrea Belotti and Domenico Berardi scored in a game that Italy dominated to ensure it finished top of Group 1 and earned the right to host the Nations League finals in October. Manuel Locatelli sent Lorenzo Insigne down the left flank and he crossed …

Andrey Rublev won his fifth ATP title of the season Sunday, beating unheralded Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 at the Erste Bank Open. The eight-ranked Russian has won three of his last four tournaments, improving to 7-2 in career finals, and Sunday's win earned him a berth for the season-ending ATP Finals in London. Rublev became the first player in this …

Vienna Open: Novak Djokovic Upset by world No.42 Lorenzo Sonego in Quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic lost for only the third time this year after a listless effort in the Erste Bank Open quarterfinals and walked away happy on Friday. In the second, Djokovic missed all six break points before conceding his service game for a fifth time when Sonego closed out the win with a passing shot. Sonego lost in the final qualifying …