Sports News Highlights: Real Madrid Sign Kylian Mbappe From PSG

Sports News Highlights June 3, 2024: Big news for day is former PSG star Kylian Mbappe has signed for Real Madrid. Elsewhere, in F1, Esteban Ocon announced his departure from Alpine F1 team post the conclusion of 2024 season. French Open Round of 16 is going on. Jannik Sinner has booked date with Grigor Dimitrov in the quarters. In the T20 World Cup, Oman lost in a Super Over to Namibia while Sri Lanka lost by six wickets in a closely fought affair against South Africa. Track all the latest sports updates and highlights here

Oman all out for 109 in first innings.

Target for Namibia: 110

Iga Swiatek swept into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in just 40 minutes after a crushing 6-0, 6-0 win against Anastasia Potapova.

U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff took only 60 minutes to rout unseeded Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2. (AP)

Namibia and Oman match enters Super Over after match tied.

Namibia beat Oman in Super Over!

There used to be a time when Simone Biles would find “beauty in the blindness” ahead of the Olympics, reveling in not knowing what she didn't know.

That was eight years ago. Back when she was still just a teenager. Still kind of “ditzy.”

Those days are long gone. The evidence isn't just on Biles drivers' license or her marriage certificate but in how the now 27-year-old is able to see beyond herself. The tunnel vision that most great athletes have in pursuit of greatness has fallen away.

And maybe that's the biggest difference between the national title the gymnastics star won on Sunday night — her ninth, this one with an all-around total of 119.750 — and her first over a decade ago. (AP)

In the first match of T20 World Cup 2024 involving two cricketing heavyweights, Sri Lanka will face South Africa at 8pm IST in New York. Stay with us for all the live updates regarding the match.

The second-ranked men's doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden is set to face the Indo-Mexican combine of N Balaji and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in the French Open third round.

Kevin Sinfield paid tribute to his former Leeds Rhinos teammate, Rob Burrow, describing him as a "beacon of hope and inspiration." Rugby league legend Burrow passed away on Sunday after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease (MND).

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre clinched his first PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open, overcoming a tough field. With his father Dougie, the head greenkeeper at Glencruitten Golf Club, as his caddie, MacIntyre recovered from a shaky start to win by one stroke, finishing 16 under par at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

Crystal Palace duo Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta have both been picked in France’s provisional Olympic squad. Mateta would be one of three overage players in Thierry Henry’s squad.

Michael Carrick, Middlesbrough manager signed a new three-year deal with the Championship club. The club finished eighth in the second division and they reached the semi-finals of the League Cup in this past season.

F1 driver Esteban Ocon will leave Alpine Formula One team. Here's more about that development, right here -

ICC have announced a record-breaking prize fund of $11.25 million USD for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, with the winners set to receive at least $2.45 million.

Kylian Mbappé will not play for France at the Paris Olympics after he was left out of Thierry Henry's provisional squad for the Games on Monday. The World Cup winner, who is widely expected to join Real Madrid after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent, had stated his desire to play at the Games in his home nation.

France squad:

Goalkeepers: Lucas Chevalier (Lille), Obed Nkambadio (Paris FC), Guillaume Restes (Toulouse), Robin Risser (Dijon)

Defenders: Bafode Diakite (Lille), Maxime Esteve (Burnley), Bradley Locko (Brest), Castello Lukeba (Leipzig), Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg), Adrien Truffert (Rennes), Leny Yoro (Lille)

Midfielders: Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco), Joris Chotard (Montpellier), Desire Doue (Rennes), Manu Kone (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Enzo Millot (Stuttgart), Khephren Thuram (Nice), Lesley Ugochukwu (Chelsea), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)

Forwards: Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich). (AP)

The National Anti-Doping Agency's Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) on Monday revoked the provisional suspension imposed on Bajrang Punia till NADA issues a Notice of Charge to the wrestler, who had refused to provide his sample for dope test after the selection trials in March. NADA had suspended Tokyo Games bronze medallist Bajrang on April 23 and subsequently the world governing body UWW also took similar action. (PTI)

No 5 seed, Daniil Medvedev is out of the French Open 2024 after his fourth round exit at the hands of Aussie, Alex De Minaur.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden erased a one-set deficit to edge past the fighting pair of N Sriram Balaji and MA Reyes-Varela Martinez in the Super Tie-breaker, moving to the French Open quarterfinals, on Monday. The second-seeded Indo-Australian pair kept its cool in crunch moments to come out 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6 (10-8) winners in the men's doubles third round. (PTI)

Prasar Bharati on Monday announced that it will telecast the ongoing T20 World Cup, the Paris Olympics and Wimbledon on its DD Sports channel. The announcement was made by Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi during an interaction with the media.

Doordarshan announced that live, deferred live and highlights of the Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11 and the Paris Paralympics from August 28 to September 8 will be telecast on the channel. (PTI)

Star striker Kylian Mbappé's widely expected move to Real Madrid looked set to be announced later Monday. The France captain was asked about his future by France President Emmanuel Macron at the national team’s Clairefontaine training camp on Monday.

After shaking Mbappé’s hand, Macron then eagerly asked “Is it being announced today?”

Mbappé nodded his head and replied “Yes, yes, this evening.”

Today's international friendly sees Gibraltar welcome the Scots in an eventful game.

And with that, we call it a night! Adios from all us out here at Outlook Sports.