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Tunisian Olympic sailor, Eya Guezguez has died at the age of 17. Reports say Guezguez died after a training accident in waters off the capital Tunis. She was the youngest Tunisian at last year's Tokyo Olympics and competed in the women's FX category with her twin sister Sarra. The Tunisian Olympic Committee has described her death as a tragedy in the sports scene.

Three-time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka lost the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Kazakhstan's world number 36 Alexander Bublik beat Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 6-5. The Swiss suffered a foot injury in early 2021 and had two operations.

Chelsea Manager Thomas Tuchel has said Romelu Lukaku will not feature when the club will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final. Lukaku has not recovered from the Achilles injury that kept him out of Saturday's 6-0 Premier League win at Southampton. Captain Cesar Azpilicueta has travelled to Spain after missing the Southampton game following a positive Covid test.

Switzerland's Olympic champion Belinda Bencic won the WTA Charleston title with a battling three-set win over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur. Bencic, won 6-1 5-7 6-4 in a match that lasted for two hours and 35 minutes. This is her sixth career WTA title and she is the first Swiss woman to win the event since Martina Hingis in 1999.

Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Lionel Messi has told the club to announce Luka Romero from Lazio. The Serie A club, signed Romero from Real Mallorca last year, but is yet to introduce him in the first team. His reputation has grown a lot since that and PSG are keen to get the youngster this summer. The player’s current contract expires in 2023 and he cannot sign a five-year deal until he […]

Simona Halep will work with Patrick Mouratoglou, on a full-time basis. American great Serena Williams has been coached by Mouratoglou since 2012 but has not played since injuring her leg at Wimbledon in June. Halep beat Williams to win Wimbledon in 2019. The coach said he initially turned down Halep's request for him to coach her before he spoke to Williams.

The Argentina shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his infamous 'Hand of God' goal in the 1986 World Cup is up for auction. The iconic blue away shirt, currently owned by former England midfielder Steve Hodge, is expected to fetch more than £4m. Hodge has been in possession of the shirt since swapping it with Maradona in the tunnel after the 1986 quarter-final which Argentina won 2-1. Hodge […]

Former world number five Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has announced that he would retire from tennis after this year's French Open. Tsonga has won 18 ATP singles titles and reached the 2008 Australian Open final, losing to Novak Djokovic. He turned professional in 2004 and reached his only Grand Slam final four years later. The Frenchman made it to the semi-finals twice at both the French Open and Wimbledon and finished runner-up […]

Napoli has raised the price tag of Nigeria international Victor Osimhen to 120m euro after a host of interest from several European clubs. Osimhen has been Napoli’s best player this season, scoring 15 goals in 25 appearances in all competitions and providing four assists, despite spells on the sidelines due to injuries and COVID-19. The energetic striker’s performance in Serie A has earned him two Player of The Month awards […]