Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their Champions League title on Wednesday night with a 4-0 annihilation of Atalanta at the Parc des Princes.

Three days after brandishing her first title on the main WTA tour in Brazil, French teenager Sarah Rakotomanga came back down to earth on Wednesday in Portugal with a straight sets defeat in the second round at the Caldas da Rainha Open.

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique played down his squad’s injury crisis and talked up his team’s confidence as he prepared his players to start the defence of their Champions League crown on Wednesday night.

Despite enjoying a 20-minute numerical advantage, Olympique de Marseille lost 2-1 away to Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappé scored twice from the penalty spot.

Jess Fishlock scored in the 90th minute and the Seattle Reign beat Racing Louisville 1-0 to finish a match that was suspended Sunday because of a medical emergency on the field.

Defending champions Paris Saint-Gemain were facing an injury crisis as they prepared to lead fellow Ligue 1 clubs Marseille and Monaco into this season’s Champions League.

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis became world pole vault champion on Monday by setting a new world record at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The Huskies stars made the cut down to 14 women and will compete in the finals Wednesday morning.

Political fall-out continued in Spain on Monday after more than 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Madrid, forcing organisers to crop Sunday’s final stage of La Vuelta. It was just the latest in a series of interruptions to one of world’s …