PARIS — Top seed Novak Djokovic passed his first real test at this year’s French Open with flying colours as he battled past Russia’s Karen Khachanov (6-4 6-3 6-3) on Monday to reach the quarter-finals for the 14th time.

PARIS — Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the second Grand Slam semi-final of his career on Wednesday, raising his game after a slow start to defeat Russian Andrey Rublev (7-5 6-2 6-3) at the French Open.

TAMPA Bay ace Blake Snell will oppose fellow left-hander Framber Valdez when the Rays face the Houston Astros on Sunday in the opener of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) at San Diego.

RUSSELL Wilson threw for one touchdown and rushed for another as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Los Angeles Rams 20-9 on Sunday afternoon to clinch their first National Football Conference (NFC) West title since 2016.

BARCELONA — Lionel Messi celebrated his record-equalling 767th appearance for Barcelona by scoring two goals in a 4-1 La Liga victory over Huesca which helped the Catalans to move within four points of the top of the table on Monday.

LEBRON James recorded a second consecutive triple-double to reach 99 for his career Tuesday night, delivering the Los Angeles Lakers to a 137-121 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves.

C.J. BEATHARD threw two touchdown passes to Kyle Juszczyk, Jeff Wilson Jr. rushed for a career-best 183 yards and Ahkello Witherspoon thwarted a late Arizona Cardinals threat with an end-zone interception Saturday afternoon, lifting the visiting San Francisco 49ers to a 20-12 victory in Glendale, Arizona.

Denizens in the City of Brotherly Love were, no doubt, sending lots of it to Joel Embiid following his sidelining last Friday. The initial prognosis wasn’t good; he crumpled to the floor in pain after landing awkwardly off a ferocious dunk midway through the third quarter of the Sixers’ match against the Wizards. Replays were cringe-inducing, to say the least; the evident hyper-extension of his left knee conjured thoughts of a serious injury, never mind that he was able to walk to the locker room of his own volition. And, based on magnetic resonance imaging scans that show no damage apart from a bone bruise, the fans’ prayers were heard and answered.

THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS rallied from an early deficit and used eight pitchers Thursday to post a 6-4 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox in the decisive Game 3 of their American League wild-card series.

TRAVIS d’Arnaud broke a seventh-inning tie with a home run as the Atlanta Braves erupted for six runs in the frame en route to a 9-5 victory Tuesday over the Miami Marlins in Game 1 of their National League Division Series in Houston.

MIKE ZUNINO plated the go-ahead run with a first-pitch single in the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays’ bullpen produced another exceptional effort in a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros Sunday in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) at Petco Park in San Diego.

MIKE BROSSEAU belted a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to propel the Tampa Bay Rays to the American League Championship Series with a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday in San Diego.