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Super Bowl champion and Pittsburgh Steelers legend Jerome Bettis weighed in on the rampantJaxson Dartand Abdul Carter discourse.

Dart introduced PresidentDonald Trumpbefore his speech in Suffern, New York, on Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took issue with it. Bettis said that they don’t have to agree on their political opinions but have to find a way to work together.

"You don't have to agree. And that's the one thing. I mean, you don't agree with your teammate, but you got to find a way to work with them and I think that's what happens," Bettis told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

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Bettis said Dart and Carter need to find common ground.

"I think politics, it's always there. It's never really in the forefront in terms of sports or a locker room. So, I don't think that's ever an issue. But what you have to do is find common ground. I think that's what team sports is all about," Bettis said.

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"People coming from different walks of life are all coming together for one common goal. And in order for you to all support that goal, you have to find common ground with each other."

It appeared Carter and Dart found some common ground as they appeared tosquash any potential riftwhen Carter posted to X in a since-deleted tweet that they were "good."

"Me and JD6 are good! We spoke earlier as Men," Carter wrote. "Y'all can keep y'all narratives."

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Dart, 23, set the stage for Trump’s speech with a chant before welcoming the president onto the stage.

"Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasure to be here. I got to start this off with a ‘Go Big Blue,’" Dart said, and then led the chant for a few moments before proceeding to introduce Trump.

"What an honor, what a privilege it is to be here, and without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I'm pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump."

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Trump and Dart then shook hands on the stage before the 23-year-old departed.

Carter began the firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump on X and captioning the tweet, "Thought this s--- was AI, what we doing man." He has since deleted the tweet.

Bettis played from 1993-2005, and he said politics were not an issue during his time in the NFL. He did note that political climate has changed drastically in the last 20 years since his retirement.

"No, it never did (cause an issue). But you have to understand that the landscape of politics right now is very divisive. And so I think it was much different 20 years ago than it is now. Now everyone's picking sides and this and that and now you hate the other guy's side. And that was never the case in politics 20 years ago. Hey, you respected the guys decision and his politics was his politics and now it's a much different dynamic that politics weighs on people nowadays," Bettis said.

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Bettis will be playing in the American Century Tournament from July 10-12 at EdgewoodGolfCourse in Lake Tahoe.

The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising at the tournament to drive direct donations to Stowers each year.

Bettis has been a longtime competitor in the tournament since retiring in 2006. He said it has been "incredible" to see the event grow over the years.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer said he is still trying to round in the form for the tournament. Bettis said he is trying a new swing and is wondering how it will hold up.

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Bettis said his favorite part of the tournament is interacting with the athletes and having fun with the guys.

"I think the favorite part is really getting to chop it up with the athletes because obviously being retired, you don't get the chance to do that anymore. And so, when you do get a chance to kind of rib guys and have fun with guys like that locker room experience again, it's really fun and exhilarating," Bettis said.

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BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Thursday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a ‌U.S. airbase in response to a U.S. attack in the port city ‌of Bandar Abbas.

Brent crude futures rose $2.34, or 2.48%, to $96.63 a barrel by 0701 GMT, while the more active ​August contract gained $2.24 or 2.43%, to $94.49. The July contract is set to expire on Friday.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were up $2.26, or 2.55%, at $90.94.

Both benchmarks slipped more than 5% to touch their lowest in a month in the previous session on the possibility of a U.S.-Iran ‌deal to end their war ⁠and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. airbase after what it described ⁠as an early morning U.S. attack near Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.

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It warned that any repeat of what they called aggression would draw a "more decisive" response.

The U.S. military launched ​new strikes ​in Iran targeting a military site that officials ​believed posed a threat to U.S. ‌forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told Reuters.

"The rise in oil prices highlights the fragility of the current 'no peace, no war' situation between the United States and Iran," said Simon-Peter Massabni, head of business development at XS.com.

"While the market holds onto hopes that the conflict is nearing an end, the increasing ‌frequency of skirmishes between the two sides, coupled ​with Donald Trump's evident frustration, suggests that this conflict ​may continue. As a result, the ​Strait of Hormuz is likely to remain closed," he added.

In the ‌U.S., crude oil stockpiles fell by 2.8 ​million barrels last week, ​the sixth straight week of declines, according to American Petroleum Institute data. [API/S]

Official inventory data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration are due on Thursday, a day ​later than usual due to ‌the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. [EIA/S][ENERGYUSA][ENERGYAPI]

(Reporting by Nicole Jao in New York, ​Sam Li in Beijing and Florence Tan in Singapore; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman; ​Shri Navaratnam, Stephen Coates and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

Another Grand Slam, another iconic outfit delivered by Naomi Osaka.

The Japanese player continued her tradition of jaw-dropping looks at the majors with an outfit that sparkled like "the Eiffel Tower at night" at the French Open.

Osaka arrived on Court Suzanne Lenglen with a black corset and cascading pleated skirt that swept dramatically over the red clay.

Underneath the moody ensemble, Osaka wore a glittering gold tennis dress, with the sequins reflecting the scorching Paris sun.

The four-time Grand Slam champion also shone on court as she beat Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3 7-6 (7-3) to reach the second round.

Asked about her inspiration for the outfit, the 28-year-old said: "Funny enough, you know the Eiffel Tower at night when its sparkly? I think I look like that a little bit."

Watching Osaka's entrance live on TNT Sports, top seed Aryna Sabalenka said: "This is sparkling. I love it. I love that she is expressing herself and feels confident.

"That's the beauty of the fashion world, there's space for anything and I love that she's bringing it on court."

Osaka joked afterwards that she had worried she would not be allowed to play in the dress.

"When I first saw it, I felt like I look like the Eiffel Tower at night time when it's bright," she said.

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"Then I actually got a little worried because when the sun hits the dress, it reflects a lot, so I was a little scared the umpire was going to kick me off the court.

"I got two back-up, normal dresses - thankfully I didn't have to wear them."

The outer black pieces were designed by Kevin Germanier, who is known for his sustainable approach to fashion, while the gold dress was custom made by Nike.

"Sometimes people say athletes are in show business or entertainers or whatever," Osaka said.

"For me, Grand Slam walk-ons are the only time that I possibly feel like I'm an entertainer."

At the Australian Open in January, Osaka made a statement entrance in ajellyfish-inspired outfitwhich she dedicated to her two-year-old daughter Shai.

Former British number one Annabel Croft said a lot of players "would not be able to live up to the expectation" of walking out in custom made outfits like Osaka's.

"If you out there in an extraordinary outfit, you've got to live up to that and have the confidence to play in it and give the crowd the tennis as well as the outfit," she said on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.

"Naomi can handle it. She really loves it and she's not fazed by it."

Since the birth of her daughter in 2023, Osaka has re-established herself in the world's top 20 and she reached the semi-finals at the US Open in September.

The former world number one will face Croatia's Donna Vekic in the next round.

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Jason Kelce has voiced concern that the NFL is moving away from its traditional Sunday identity.

The schedule for theupcoming seasonlooks markedly different from previous years, with only Tuesday left free of fixtures as games are now spread across the other six days of the week. The expanded slate of standalone matchups has drawn significant attention from fans and observers alike. Among those raising concerns is the former Philadelphia Eagles center who has criticized the change as part of a broader shift he believes is moving the league away from its traditional structure.

On a recent episode of theNew Heightspodcast, Kelce said he feels the NFL is drifting away from making Sunday the central day of the football calendar. "Sunday is the day of football," Kelce said. "Outside of going to church in the morning, if you're still religious and do that, Sunday is where so many games happen and and that's what you grow up and you gear your entire week around watching football on Sunday." Meanwhile,Taylor Swift brutally snubbed live on ESPN after a public outing with Travis Kelce.

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Continuing his discussion about football Sundays, Kelce added: "It's an institution at this point, the NFL playing games on Sunday. With every day that we keep adding in there, we're getting away from that just a little bit. And I worry that I think the game got big.

"One of the reasons it got so popular and big was because all of the games, it was an event. Sunday is the NFL and everybody set their week apart to tune in to their games that were happening on Sunday and you're watching kind of all of them."

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Kelce added that he is concerned the league is moving away from that tradition as it continues to expand the schedule beyond the sport’s traditional game days.

The NFL is set to open the 2026 season on Wednesday, Sept. 9, departing from its traditional Thursday kickoff, with the usual opener instead shifting to Australia as theLos Angeles Ramsface theSan Francisco 49ersin an NFC West matchup. Kelce also pointed to a broader trend, noting that the league has scheduled games on the night before Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day itself, Christmas Eve and Christmas, further expanding the footprint of regular-season fixtures.

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However, Kelce’s concerns were not universally shared. His brotherTravis Kelce, offered a contrasting viewpoint during the discussion. "I think it's awesome," Travis said. "I honestly do. As somebody who's played on Christmas, who's played on Christmas Eve, who's played on Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving, who's played in a lot of like awkward short week moments, I think it's fun.

"And I don't think it's, you know, as taxing as it may seem because it's the NFL. You're living out your dream. If there's a chance to play on a f------ primetime game, which all these one-off games are that aren't on Sunday, I'm f------ getting so excited for those opportunities because those are the opportunities you really get to show yourself."

It comes afterTravis Kelce gave a 10-word reason for refusing to sign the autograph of a young Chiefs fan.

HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) - China is willing to work with the Czech Republic to improve ties and revive a traditional ‌friendship, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Czech counterpart Petr Macinka, state ‌broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday.

Like most nations, the Czech Republic formally recognises only Beijing and ​not Taiwan, which is claimed by China, but it has grown closer to the semiconductor powerhouse in recent years, and has seen growing investment from it.

Both sides should "strengthen dialogue and cooperation, enhance political mutual trust and gradually ‌expand practical cooperation in areas ⁠such as economy, trade and tourism," Wang said, according to CCTV, to take ties in the correct direction.

Taiwan is ⁠an internal issue for China, Wang added, saying he hoped the Czech government would "practice the One-China principle ... and promote China-Czech relations back on a healthy development ​track."

China ​has been critical of ties between Prague ​and Taipei. It sees the ‌democratically-governed island as having no right to state-to-state relations, a view the government in Taipei strongly rejects.

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung visited Prague last week and spoke at a forum there.

Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil is leading a business delegation on a visit next week to Taiwan, where he ‌is set to meet President Lai Ching-te.

Relations ​were also strained last year after Czech ​President Petr Pavel met the ​Dalai Lama in India in July. A group from ‌the Czech parliament also travelled to ​Dharamshala in December and ​met the Tibetan spiritual leader.

In March, China said it strongly opposed the Czech Senate passing a draft resolution on the Dalai Lama's ​succession, saying it "grossly interfered" ‌with internal affairs.

(Reporting by the Beijing newsroom, Additional reporting by ​Ben Blanchard in Taipei and Jan Lopatka in Prague; Writing by ​Farah Master; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

Chelsea defender Sandy Baltimore has signed a new contract with Chelsea that will keep her at the club until 2030.

The France international joined Chelsea from Paris Saint-Germain before the 2024-25 season and quickly became a key player.

Baltimore played an important role as Chelsea secured an unbeaten domestic treble in her debut season, making 29 appearances in all competitions while scoring nine goals and six assists.

Speaking after the signing, Baltimore said:

"Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs. We have a top quality team, and I want to compete with the best players in the world every day, that's why I chose to stay here.

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"I want to keep improving and try to win every trophy possible."

The 26-year-old reached 50 appearances for Chelsea during the 2025-26 season, coming off the bench in a win against Tottenham Hotspur in February.

Baltimore is known for her pace, technical ability and attacking contributions from the left side.

At international level, Baltimore progressed through the France youth system and helped her country win the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, scoring in the final against Germany.

She has 55 caps for France women's national team and has scored 11 goals.

CLEVELAND — There would be no late-game heroics on Monday night. No pivoting, feinting and head-and-shoulder-shimmying his way into a fraction of a sliver of space — just enough to unfurl a feathery off-balance floater.

No hunting his preferred quarry in the pick-and-roll without compunction or remorse, again and again, to carry his team out of a fourth-quarter deficit. No pulled-from-your-wildest-childhood-dreams fadeaway jumpers over two outstretched hands with the clock draining down to zero.

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Jalen Brunson wasn’t on the court to deliver in crunch time on Monday night — he watched the entire fourth quarter from the bench, actually — because there was no crunch time for him to dominate in Game 4 in Cleveland,which the Knicks won by 37. Just like there wasn’t in Game 4 in Philadelphia,which the Knicks won by 30. Or in Game 6 in Atlanta,which the Knicks won by 51.

There was no crunch time for him to dominate because when the 2025-26 New York Knicks see an opening to exploit, they don’t hesitate to hammer it, and when they have the opportunity to go for the throat, they seize it. They behave that way because attitude reflects leadership, and because Jalen Brunson — measured and unassuming with the media, king of the anodyne quote — is a stone-cold killer between those four lines.

This team follows his lead. He has now led the Knicksfarther than anybody has in this millennium: to the NBA Finals. And he’s not done yet.

As soon as she heard the news thatBridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, was providingguidance on single-sex spacesin line with the Supreme Court ruling, a friend texted me jubilantly to say that perhaps a portal into sanity was finally opening. “Being allowed to say no to men in women’s toilets is the first step to being allowed to say no more broadly to insane, bad things,” she said.

One wants to believe that if people see the light about A, they’ll see the light about B, the whole woke edifice will simply crumble; some semblance of cultural rationality and decency will return and the West will survive.

But on receiving his text, I shook my head ruefully. For unfortunately I think that glimmers of sense pushing against the incursions of the trans activist agenda are rather more contained than one would hope.

We’ve already had endless would-be Eureka moments – theHilary Cass reportinto the scandal of puberty blockers liberally dispensed by NHS trusts to children, the slow progress on banning men from women’s sport, the Supreme Court ruling itself that sex should be defined as biological and so, praise be, women’s loos really do mean women’s loos.

These were all important strikes against madness, but never really seemed to go beyond themselves. The reason the Government is now belatedly issuing guidance is that the activists running our public institutions largely ignored the Supreme Court. For instance there is a new sign up at theLadies Pond on Hampstead Heath, where I frequently swim, saying that trans women are welcome.

Conspiracies spread like wildfire, but good ideas, sadly, don’t.The killing of George Floydwas a starting gun for an era in which progressive Western societies lost their heads. Longer-running wokisms, like extreme affirmative action, were amplified, and new fires of madness, like teaching pre-schoolers about “white supremacy”, were ignited.

In the years since George Floyd and the atom bomb explosion of identitarianism, we have – as creatures of hope – heard many times about how the madness might finally have been defeated. But it most certainly hasn’t, and those celebrating are, I fear, clutching at straws.

That’s not to say some things haven’t shifted. Greenism has had a battering, though in the typicallyirresponsible style favoured by Trump(rather than the way it ought to be battered: by encouraging enterprise to solve the real problem of global warming). At any rate, Trump has opened the door to a culture in which pursuing the bottom line, environmental virtue-signalling be damned, has become more acceptable.

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In the UK, there is a bit more honest conversation about what a luxuriously silly campaign net zero is. But… meh. It’s barely a dent in the sprawling edifice of loonyism in which we all must live.

False hope is everywhere. Ever heard of “grandpersoning” an idea into reality, or a person to success, rather than “grandfathering”? The Aussies have, thanks to Greens senator Nick McKim deploying it to describe some aspect of the opposing Labor Party’s housing policy. It was met with jeers and consternation. Well, you might say, at least we get to laugh at such things now. Sanity has surely returned!

Let us not forget the poor eco-zealous restaurateurs who were awarded newfangled green stars from Michelin, in recognition of their commitment to the environment, only to have them wrenched away because everyone confused them with the gastronomic red ones.

Do spare a thought for Hylton Espey, owner ofCulture restaurant in Falmouth, who serves mushrooms from a nearby “no-dig” garden, and Cecily Fearnley, ofHomestead Kitchen Garden in North Yorkshire, who have now lost their green stars and are very unhappy about it. To be fair, their food sounds great so maybe they will soon get some real red ones.

And they can take comfort that Michelin Guide’s zeal for saving the planet, one plate offoie grasat a time, is not dwindling in the slightest, thanks to its Mindful Voices initiative, a “global editorial platform” about sustainable restaurants.

It’s not impossible that a small thing could unravel the whole. And so I am always on the lookout for signs that chinks in the armour of the woke beast are connecting to, and diminishing, the horror and falsehood that defines treatment of Israel. And the answer to that question is repeatedly and disappointingly no.

Take the existence of prominent persons in the Western feminist movement who have staked their morality ondenying that Hamas raped and sexually tortured Israeli womenon and after October 7. Some of these women are “gender-critical” feminists, i.e. they are opposed to the trans movement. Sadly, this does not offer the assurance you’d think it would.

I have repeatedly encountered fellow travellers who are crestfallen and confused when they find out that this or that “gender-critical”, i.e. sane-seeming, feminist, still seems keener to bolster a jihadi Islamist group 2,000 miles away than the Jewish women they butchered (and the Muslim women they continue to butcher).

EM Forster introduced the evocative injunction “only connect” inHoward’s Endin 1910. But in a world of fracture, boredom, anxiety, intellectual thinning and incoherence, it is becoming increasingly hard to do so. If one bit of madness is punctured, a million more remain intact.

Lawrence Shankland is flying back to Glasgow from holiday to have a medical and complete a transfer to Rangers, who have offered the 30-year-old striker a two-year contract - with an option of a third - and will join the Ibrox club for free because of a clause in his Hearts contract.(Daily Record)

Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland will sign for Rangers after agreeing personal terms with the club he supported as a boy.(Scottish Sun)

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Lawrence Shankland could overtake centre-half Emmanuel Fernandez and midfielder Nicolas Raskin as Rangers' new captain should the Scotland striker complete his transfer from Hearts.(Football Insider)

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Four-time championIga Swiatekbegins herFrench Opencampaign on Monday as first-round action continues on another busy day in Paris.

The Polish third seed takes on Australian wildcard Emerson Jones first on Court Philippe-Chatrier, with second seed Elena Rybakina following against Slovenia’s Veronika Erjavec.

Fan favouriteGael Monfilsis slated to start his last Roland-Garros before retirement in the night session on Chatrier, where he has been drawn against compatriot Hugo Gaston, while former champion Stan Wawrinka also begins his final Roland-Garros against Dutch lucky loser Jesper de Jong.

Elsewhere, 2024 finalistJasmine Paoliniopens against Dayana Yastremska, Italian Open championElina Svitolinabegins her campaign against Anna Bondar. There’s British interest too as qualifier Toby Samuel has a tough first-round tie against eighth seed Alex de Minaur, while British No 2 Katie Boulter takes on American wildcard Akasha Urhobo.

Is the French Open on TV?

The tournament will be shown live onTNT Sportsin the UK as well as online on HBO Max.

In the US, it will be shown live on TNT Sports, Max, truTV and CNN.

French Open day two order of play

all times BST

Court Philippe-Chatrier - 11am

• Emerson Jones v Iga Swiatek (3)

• Veronika Erjavec v Elena Rybakina (2)

• Ugo Humbert(32) v Adrian Mannarino

Court Philippe-Chatrier - from 7.15pm

• Hugo Gaston v Gael Monfils

Court Suzanne-Lenglen - 10am

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• Arthur Rinderknech (22) v Jurij Rodionov

• Elina Svitolina (7) v Anna Bondar

• Sarah Rakotomanga v Amanda Anisimova (6)

• Daniel Merida Aguilar v Ben Shelton (5)

Court Simonne-Mathieu - 10am

• Jasmine Paolini (13) v Dayana Yastremska

• Stan Wawrinka v Jesper de Jong

• Casper Ruud (15) v Roman Safiullin

• Anastasia Zakharova v Karolina Muchova (10)

Court 14 - 10am

• Alex de Minaur (8) v Toby Samuel

• Tatjana Maria v Elise Mertens (23)

• Kaitlin Quevedo v Leolia Jeanjean

• Flavio Cobolli (10) v Andrea Pellegrino

Court 4 - 10am

• Liudmila Samsonova (20) v Jil Teichmann

• Julia Grabher v Rebecca Sramkova

• Mariano Navone v Jenson Brooksby

• Francisco Cerundolo (25) v Botic Van De Zandschulp

Court 5 - 10am

• Susan Bandecchi v Cristina Bucsa (31)

• Petra Marcinko v Eva Lys

• Emilio Nava v Camilo Ugo Carabelli

• Yibing Wu v Marcos Giron

Court 6 - 10am

• Pablo Carreno Busta v Jiri Lehecka(12)

• Thanasi Kokkinakis v Terence Atmane

• Jelena Ostapenko (29) v Ella Seidal

• Diana Shnaider (25) v Renata Zarazua

Court 7 - 10am

• Maja Chwalinska v Qinwen Zheng

• Eliot Spizzirri v Frances Tiafoe (19)

• Ignacio Buse v Andrey Rublev (11)

• Alycia Parks v Leylah Fernandez (24)

Court 8 - 10am

• Luca Van Assche v Patrick Kypson

• Jaume Munar v Hubert Hurkacz

• Akasha Urhobo v Katie Boulter

• Camila Osorio v Ekaterina Alexandrova (14)

Court 9 - 10am

• Daria Kasatkina v Zeynep Sonmez

• Roberto Bautista Agut v Brandon Nakashima (31)

• Panna Udvardy v Viktorija Golubic

• Raphael Collignon v Aleksandar Vukic

Court 12 - 10am

• Alexander Shevchenko v Alex Michelsen

• Aleksandar Kovacevic v Rafael Jodar (27)

• Talia Gibson v Yulia Putintseva

• Kamilla Rakhimova v Jaqueline Cristian

Court 13 - 10am

• Marton Fucsovics v Matteo Berrettini

• Maya Joint v Anastasia Potapova (28)

• Rinky Hijikata v Tommy Paul (24)

• Hanyu Guo v McCartney Kessler

French Open schedule

The tournament main draw gets underway on Sunday 24 May. Finals weekend is across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June.

• 24–26 May — 1st Round

• 27–28 May — 2nd Round

• 29–30 May — 3rd Round

• 31 May – 1 June — Round of 16

• 2–3 June — Quarterfinals

• 4 June — Women’s Semifinals

• 5 June — Men’s Semifinals

• 6 June — Women’s Singles Final & Men’s Doubles Final

• 7 June — Men’s Singles Final & Women’s Doubles Final

DUBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - ‌Iran's ‌top negotiator ​in talks with ‌the ⁠United States, Mohammad ⁠Bagher ​Qalibaf, ​has ​been ‌reelected as the country's parliamentary ‌speaker, ​semi-official ​Fars ​news ‌agency reported ​on ​Monday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf visits Beirut

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(Reporting by ​Elwely ‌Elwelly;Editing by ​Alison ​Williams)

TheFrench Opengets underway on Sunday with the clay-court season coming to a climax on the red dirt of Roland-Garros.

In the men’s draw,Jannik Sinneris the overwhelming favourite to win his first French Open title and to claim the careerGrand Slamin the process, continuing a hugely successful season in which he has already made history as only the second man, and the youngest, to win all nine Masters 1000 titles.

In the absence of arch-rival and defending championCarlos Alcaraz, who is absent with a wrist injury, there appear few players who can stop the Italian - although the veteranNovak Djokovichas offered the stiffest competition in recent months and will arrive in Paris with renewed motivation to win an outright record 25th major.

The women’s draw meanwhile is full of potential winners, with defending champion Coco Gauff having had a mixed clay-court season thus far but arriving with a point to prove after a tough defeat in the Italian Open final.

The American returns to action alongside Australian Open champion and last year’s runner-up Aryna Sabalenka, four-time Roland-Garros winnerIga Swiatek, and a rejuvenatedElina Svitolina, who recently won her biggest title in eight years on the clay in Rome to put herself among the contenders.

Here’s everything you need to know:

When is the French Open draw?

The French Open draw will take place on Thursday 21 May at 2pm local time, which is 1pm UK time.

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Women’s seeds and full entry list

1. Aryna Sabalenka

2. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)

3. Iga Swiatek (POL)

4. Coco Gauff (USA)

5. Jessica Pegula (USA)

6. Amanda Anisimova (USA)

7. Elina Svitolina (UKR)

8. Mirra Andreeva

9. Victoria Mboko (CAN)

10. Karolina Muchova (CZE)

11. Belinda Bencic (SUI)

12. Linda Noskova (CZE)

13. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)

14. Ekaterina Alexandrova

15. Marta Kostyuk (UKR)

16. Naomi Osaka (JPN)

17. Iva Jovic (USA)

18. Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)

19. Madison Keys (USA)

20. Liudmila Samsonova

21. Clara Tauson (DEN)

22. Anna Kalinskaya

23. Elise Mertens (BEL)

24. Leylah Fernandez (CAN)

25. Diana Shnaider

26. Hailey Baptiste (USA)

27. Marie Bouzková (CZE)

28. Anastasia Potapova

29. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

30. Ann Li (USA)

31. Cristina Bucsa (ESP)

32. Wang Xinyu (CHN)

Remaining draw

• Jaqueline Cristian ROU

• Maya Joint AUS

• Sara Bejlek CZE

• Katerina Siniakova CZE

• Emma Raducanu GBR

• Alexandra Eala PHI

• Emma Navarro USA

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto ITA

• Janice Tjen INA

• Barbora Krejcikova CZE

• Tereza Valentova CZE

• Dayana Yastremska UKR

• Laura Siegemund GER

• Mccartney Kessler USA

• Maria Sakkari GRE

• Magdalena Frech POL

• Lois Boisson FRA

• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro ESP

• Tatjana Maria GER

• Qinwen Zheng CHN

• Yuliia Starodubtseva UKR

• Talia Gibson AUS

• Caty McNally USA

• Magda Linette POL

• Anna Bondar HUN

• Zeynep Sonmez TUR

• Antonia Ruzic CRO

• Daria Kasatkina AUS

• Elsa Jacquemot FRA

• Solana Sierra ARG

• Nikola Bartunkova CZE

• Oleksandra Oliynykova UKR

• Panna Udvardy HUN

• Katie Boulter GBR

• Donna Vekic CRO

• Elena-Gabriela Ruse ROU

• Renata Zarazua MEX

• Taylor Townsend USA

• Shuai Zhang CHN

• Yulia Putintseva KAZ

• Petra Marcinko CRO

• Camila Osorio COL

• Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA

• Anastasia Zakharova —

• Alycia Parks USA

• Eva Lys GER

• Viktorija Golubic SUI

• Kimberly Birrell AUS

• Anhelina Kalinina UKR

• Veronika Erjavec SLO

• Kamilla Rakhimova UZB

• Sofia Kenin USA

• Oksana Selekhmeteva

• Ajla Tomljanovic AUS

• Lilli Tagger AUT

• Peyton Stearns USA

• Simona Waltert SUI

• Diane Parry FRA

• Daria Snigur UKR

• Tamara Korpatsch GER

• Ella Seidel GER

• Emiliana Arango COL

• Anna Blinkova —

• Hanne Vandewinkel BEL

• Francesca Jones GBR

• Katie Volynets USA

• Moyuka Uchijima JPN

• Dalma Galfi HUN

• Julia Grabher AUT

• Jil Teichmann SUI

• Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP

• Danka Kovinic MNE

Women’s wildcards

• Clara Burel (FRA / Age 25)

• Ksenia Efremova (FRA / Age 17 / No.623)

• Fiona Ferro (FRA / Age 29 / No.197)

• Léolia Jeanjean (FRA / Age 30 / No.127)

• Emerson Jones (AUS / Age 17 / No.129)

• Sarah Rakotomanga (FRA / Age 20 / No.159)

• Alice Tubello (FRA / Age 25 / No.256)

• Akasha Urhobo (USA / Age 19 / No.183)

Major absentees

The women’s draw features a stacked field, with all the top 32 in the WTA rankings set to compete in Paris. Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova,who has been charged with refusing a doping control testand revealed she had experienced an acute stress reaction during the incident, is not playing. Britain’s Sonay Kartal is out of the remainder of the clay season due to a back injury.

Men’s seeds and full entry list

1. Jannik Sinner2. Alexander Zverev3. Novak Djokovic4. Felix Auger-Aliassime5. Ben Shelton6. Daniil Medvedev7. Taylor Fritz8. Alex de Minaur9. Alexander Bublik10. Flavio Cobolli11. Andrey Rublev12. Jiri Lehecka13. Karen Khachanov14. Luciano Darderi15. Casper Ruud16. Valentin Vacherot17. Arthur Fils18. Learner Tien19. Frances Tiafoe20. Cameron Norrie21. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina22. Arthur Rinderknech23. Tomas Martin Etcheverry24. Tommy Paul25. Francisco Cerundolo26. Jakub Mensik27. Rafael Jodar28. Joao Fonseca29. Tallon Griekspoor30. Corentin Moutet31. Brandon Nakashima32. Ugo Humbert

Remaining draw

• Gabriel Diallo CAN

• Jaume Munar ESP

• Denis Shapovalov CAN

• Zizou Bergs BEL

• Terence Atmane FRA

• Fabian Marozsan HUN

• Sebastian Korda USA

• Mariano Navone ARG

• Alejandro Tabilo CHI

• Adrian Mannarino FRA

• Tomas Machac CZE

• Marin Cilic CRO

• Botic van de Zandschulp NED

• Ethan Quinn USA

• Yannick Hanfmann GER

• Nuno Borges POR

• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard FRA

• Marton Fucsovics HUN

• Rafael Jodar ESP

• Daniel Altmaier GER

• Sebastian Baez ARG

• Miomir Kecmanovic SRB

• Alexei Popyrin AUS

• Ignacio Buse PER

• Zhizhen Zhang CHN

• Roman Andres Burruchaga ARG

• Jenson Brooksby USA

• Hubert Hurkacz POL

• Camilo Ugo Carabelli ARG

• Raphael Collignon BEL

• Lorenzo Sonego ITA

• Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE

• Reilly Opelka USA

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo ARG

• James Duckworth AUS

• Alexander Blockx BEL

• Kamil Majchrzak POL

• Thiago Agustin Tirante ARG

• Alexander Shevchenko KAZ

• Marcos Giron USA

• Valentin Royer FRA

• Vit Kopriva CZE

• Mattia Bellucci ITA

• Marco Trungelliti ARG

• Jan-Lennard Struff GER

• Damir Dzumhur BIH

• Cristian Garin CHI

• Zachary Svajda USA

• Thanasi Kokkinakis AUS

• Eliot Spizzirri USA

• Sebastian Ofner AUT

• Dino Prizmic CRO

• Hamad Medjedovic SRB

• Aleksandar Vukic AUS

• Quentin Halys FRA

• Matteo Berrettini ITA

• Francisco Comesana ARG

• Roberto Bautista Agut ESP

• Pablo Carreno Busta ESP

• Alexandre Muller FRA

• Patrick Kypson USA

• Adolfo Daniel Vallejo PAR

• Jacob Fearnley GBR

• Aleksandar Kovacevic USA

• Luca Van Assche FRA

• Martin Landaluce ESP

• Wu Yibing CHN

• Rinky Hijikata AUS

• Stan Wawrinka SUI

• Jesper de Jong NED

Men’s wildcards

• Nishesh Basavareddy (USA / Age 21 / No.623)

• Titouan Droguet (FRA / Age 24 / No.109)

• Hugo Gaston (FRA / Age 25 / No.118)

• Arthur Gea (FRA / Age 21 / No.143)

• Moïse Kouame (FRA / Age 17 / No.313)

• Gaël Monfils (FRA / Age 39 / No.222)

• Clément Tabur (FRA / Age 26 / No.168)

• Adam Walton (AUS / Age 27 / No.103)

Major absentees

The big name missing is reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz, who has missed out on the second half of the clay season - pulling out of Barcelona and Madrid - and will also skip the grass season.

Lorenzo Musetti has withdrawn, with former champion Stan Wawrinka receiving his place in the main draw rather than a wildcard, as he had previously been allocated. Fellow young stars Holger Rune and Jack Draper are also absent as they continue to recover from injuries, while 17th seed Arthur Fils withdrew with a hip injury.

In one sense, Manchester United's trip to Brighton is of little consequence.

United will finish third no matter what the result, Michael Carrick has been confirmed as the permanent boss and clearance for Casemiro to leave early shows the campaign is at an end.

Yet, it is not quite as simple as that.

Firstly, there is definitely something on the game for Brighton, who could qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history, Europe for only the second time, or miss out completely. Carrick has already mentioned the "respect" he must pay to the situation.

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Secondly, Brighton have been a thorn in United's side for a number of years. They have beaten United in seven out of their last 10 meetings and earlier this season, knocked them out of the FA Cup. If there is any team they are due a victory against, it is them.

Beyond that, it is a chance for fringe players and younger players to show they are worth a place in United's future plans.

Recruitment is going to be of huge significance at Old Trafford this summer. This is a chance for players like Shea Lacey to confirm their value in a squad that will try to compete on four fronts. Is this a final opportunity for Manuel Ugarte to show he is worth persevering with?

There is never really a meaningless game for Manchester United. A last day trip to the Amex is certainly not that.

WARSAW, May 24 (Reuters) - Poland is facing a series of false alarms about fires or other ‌threats, including one on Saturday at a flat in ‌Gdansk belonging to a member of President Karol Nawrocki's family, Prime ​Minister Donald Tusk said.

Tusk held a sitting of the Government Security Center on Sunday morning after the incident, which he said was part of a recent series of such ‌false calls.

The interior ⁠ministry said overnight that an emergency notification centre received a report of a fire at ⁠an apartment. Services were sent to the location and firefighters decided to forcefully enter the flat belonging to a ​member of ​Nawrocki's family.

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"The apartment was inspected ​and found no fire ‌hazard or injured persons, as the premises were empty. Due to the situation, the police are conducting an investigation to identify the perpetrators," an interior ministry spokesperson said.

Tusk called the incident "another telephone provocation" and said that while ‌firefighters had responded correctly, procedures for ​identifying such false alarms need ​to be reviewed and ​perpetrators have to be identified as soon ‌as possible.

"The provocateurs' actions are ​aimed at national ​security. At all of us. We will use all available methods to identify and apprehend the saboteurs, ​regardless of where ‌they come from or who directs them," he ​wrote on social media platform X.

(Reporting by Anna ​Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)