French Open 2026: Keys, Cobolli and Auger-Aliassime in action on day …

• Updates from Monday’s fourth-round matches

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Kalinskaya has settled, breaking Potapova to love having hinted she was ready to take control for the previous 10 minutes. The first set is now level at 4-4 while, on Chatrier, Cobolli serves out for a 6-2 set against Svajda. moryak.biz

Cobolli gets his second break for 5-2 and, let’s be real, Svajda doesn’t have anything for him. I fear his height – he can’t be much more than 5”9 – might hinder him at the very top level, denying him the free points on serve and coverage at the net that support the games of the best, but he’s a terrific all-round talent with a forehand good enough to define points, repeatedly.

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Norway, making their fourth World Cup appearance in 28 years, will welcome Sweden, who will be making their 13th. Analysts see Norway, led by striker Erling Haaland, as the favorites and a potential dark horse for the 2026 tournament. The match serves as a final tune‑up before the World Cup group stage.

¿Rafa Jódar o Joao Fonseca? ¿Factor Alexander Zverev o no? Roland Garros debía elegir en qué orden establecer los partidos de cuartos de final de la parte baja del cuadro individual masculino. En el meollo, el principal favorito actual en orden a su palmarés y el nº 3 mundial y los dos más jóvenes de los ocho supervivientes, de 19 años, sólo uno menos que el otro implicado, Jakub Mensik.

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• Led two sides to Challenge Cup glory in long career

• ‘He was a true rugby league man through and through’

John Kear, the rugby league broadcaster and former Challenge Cup-winning coach, has died at the age of 71. The Rugby Football League announced that Kear died on Sunday on his return from covering Wigan’s Challenge Cup victory at Wembley for the BBC.

Kear led nine clubs in a coaching career lasting more than 700 matches, masterminding the shock Challenge Cup win for Sheffield Eagles in 1998 and then steering Hull FC to Challenge Cup glory in 2005.

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El FC Barcelona definirá en los próximos días su plan para la pretemporada, que incluirá un 'stage' en las instalaciones de la Federación Inglesa en St. George Park, en la localidad de Burton, al norte de Birmingham. Sin los mundialistas que avancen con sus selecciones, Hansi Flick concentrará allí al equipo azulgrana del 27 de julio al 3 o 4 de agosto y aprovechará para disputar los primeros amistosos del verano. Según ha podido saber Mundo Deportivo, el Barça jugará a puerta cerrada ante el Watford o el Stoke City, ex equipo de Bojan Krkic. Ambos acabaron el el 16º y 17º lugar de la Championship, la Segunda inglesa. Sí lo hará con público el viernes 31 de julio contra el Birmingham City en St. Andrew's Stadium con capacidad para 30.000 esperactores. El equipo que entrena Chris Davies no pudo ascender a la Premier League al quedar en la 10ª plaza de la Championship.

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