After suffering a thigh issue, Paris Saint-Germain announced on Friday that club captain Marquinhos has become one of the growing number of big-name absentees.
PSG announced on their website that the 31-year-old Brazilian defender would be receiving treatment for a left thigh injury over the next few weeks.
Joao Neves and Desire Doue, as well as recent Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele, are both injured, and Luis Enrique’s side has suffered the most recent injury.
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Marquinhos played the entirety of PSG’s last game, which ended with a 1-0 defeat to archrivals Marseille on Monday, in which case he added an own goal, but PSG did not specify when the center-half picked up the injury.
PSG did not respond right away when contacted by AFP.
Bradley Barcola, who had missed the team’s game against Marseille because of muscle fatigue in his thigh, was present at Friday’s training session ahead of PSG’s league game against Auxerre this weekend.
PSG travels to Lille for Ligue 1 action on October 5 before facing Barcelona at home on Wednesday for the Champions League.
Coco Gauff’s 6-4, 6-0 victory over Kamilla Rakhimova, who is currently chasing a repeat China Open title, secured her place in the final 32.
Leylah Fernandez, the third-ranked American, will next face her in Beijing, where she defeated Maria Sakkari from Greece 6-2, 6-0.
After the game, Gauff said, “I think the mindset is a little bit different because playing well at a place gives you a lot of confidence.”
You experience the familiarity of the circumstances from the days before those difficult times,” she said.
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Coco Gauff’s women’s single match with Kamilla Rakhimova from the US on September 26, 2025, returns to Kamilla Rakhimova from Russia. (WANG Zhao/AFP photo)
The defending Beijing champion won a drawn-out second game to take home four break points and level for 1-1 with a cross-court winner in her first appearance since the US Open.
Gauff broke first, winning 4-3 with a perfect touchdown.
The reigning French Open champion won the following match, and despite Rakhimova holding her for another, Gauff once more won.
In the opening game of the second set, an energized Gauff broke early without conceding a single point and countered a struggling Rakhimova for a 2-0 lead.
The 21-year-old American fought hard to defeat the dejected but unrepentant 89th-ranked Russian to win a third straight game.
Russian Kamilla Rakhimova and Coco Gauff play one more women’s single matches at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on September 26, 2025. (WANG Zhao/AFP photo)
Rakhimova, 24, had no chance of a comeback, so Gauff quickly made work of the rest and won the game.
Gauff told reporters, “I anticipated it to be close.”
She excels as a player and has competed in the past few tournaments with top players.
I just found my rhythm and began to flow.
No one wants to lose in the first round, so I believe it was because I was a little too tight, but I believe the result showed up in the score.
Iga Swiatek, who recently won the title in Seoul, is Gauff’s biggest rival in Beijing, having already lost to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
After failing a doping test in China this year, former NBA star Montrezl Harrell’s contract was terminated by the Adelaide 36ers on Thursday.
The Australian club said they had “no choice” but to part ways with the power forward, who was signed by the Houston Rockets and became known as the Los Angeles Clippers.
While playing for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in China’s professional basketball league, Harrell was tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA), a precursor to the psychoactive compound marijuana.
Only two months after he had resigned with Adelaide, did the positive test become public.
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Harrell, who also played for the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers, is currently serving a pro-bono ban and is awaiting a final ruling from the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency.
Harrell is currently not permitted to play or train, according to a statement from the 36ers.
The club has no choice but to terminate Harrell’s contract in order to allow it to move to the finalizing of the playing roster because there is no timetable for when the process will be finished or any assurance regarding any sanctions.
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After recovering from an ankle injury in a 6-4, 6-2 win over Sebastian Baez from Argentina on Thursday, world number one Carlos Alcaraz is sweating on his fitness at the Japan Open.
In the fifth game of the opening set in Tokyo, US Open champion Alcaraz sat on the court grimacing for a while while chasing a shot.
Before gingerly returning, the Spaniard had his left ankle severely strapped during a medical timeout.
He soon took a 5-4 lead and quickly jumped up and overto the top of the world, breaking world number 41 Baez.
The stadium’s roof was closed for a further 30 minutes as organisers closed the venue while it was being rained.
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Alcaraz, a six-time Grand Slam champion, came out strong and won the first set before squeezing past Baez in the third.
Sebastian Baez of Argentina and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain square off in a round-of-32 match at the Tokyo ATP Japan Open tennis tournament on September 25, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP)
Afterward, the Spaniard was unsure about the extent of the injury, stating that if it could have an impact on the tournament’s duration.
He declared, “I have a significant day and a half ahead of me before the next game.”
“We’ll see what happens,” the leader said. I’ll do everything possible to get ready for the following round and in good shape.
Alcaraz is debuting at the Japan Open, and as he emerged in a burgundy sleeveless outfit, the crowd cheered him on.
Their applause quickly turned into concern when he lost balance halfway through the opening set, suggesting that he might not be able to continue.
My ankle didn’t feel good at all during the first few minutes of play, Alcaraz said.
“But then, all of a sudden, I started to feel a little better. What was a relief for me to be able to walk to the bench.
In the following round, on Saturday, Alcaraz will face Belgian Zizou Bergs, who is 45.
The US’s Taylor Fritz, the number two seed, defeated Gabriel Diallo, the country’s No. 3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7 / 3), to win the match.
Last week at the Laver Cup in San Francisco, Fritz, the fifth-ranked player, defeated Alcaraz.
The two Laver Cup matches, in general, “give me a lot of confidence,” Fritz said.
“I’m playing good tennis, but it’s not easy to fly that far, experience jet lag, practice later in the day, switch between different court conditions, different balls,” I said.
Casper Ruud, the top seed in Norway, defeated Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, to advance.
The Selecao’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti has been asked by Brazilian legend Ronaldo to get Neymar back in the squad for the World Cup in North America in the upcoming year.
Neymar, Brazil’s top goalscorer with 79 goals in 128 games, hasn’t worn the yellow jersey since October 2023 when he suffered a serious knee injury.
After a failed spell with Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, the 33-year-old has returned to his first club in January and has since played regularly for Sao Paulo Santos.
Even so, Ancelotti has not yet called up Neymar in his four matches in charge.
He plays a decisive role for the Brazilian Selecao. Neymar is the only player that has ever won the World Cup, Ronaldo, who has twice won it with Brazil, said at a press conference in Sao Paulo along with his fellow countryman.
Ronaldo, 49, who scored 62 goals in 99 Brazil games, added, “The people hope 100 percent that he will attend the World Cup because if he is there, we will undoubtedly have better results than if he is not there.”
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Neymar has missed Brazil’s Copa America victory on home soil in 2019 because of injuries suffered in recent years.
He left Paris Saint-Germain for Al Hilal in August 2023, but he injured his cruciate knee ligament while playing for Uruguay on international duty. He had only five goals and five goals.
Before moving to Santos, he would only play two games for the Saudi side after a year of suspension.
Ancelotti said Neymar needed to “get in better shape to help the national team and to give the best of himself at the World Cup” after Neymar was dropped from his squad for World Cup qualifiers in September.
Snoop Dogg, an American rapper, expressed his “love” for Australian Rules football on Thursday ahead of his grand final performance.
Up to 100, 000 fans will be crowded on Saturday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the 53-year-old faces off against Brisbane.
At a function where no questions were asked, he told Australian media that he had been coming to this country for years and that he understood what this game meant.
It’s a way of life, not just a sport, as I am aware. He continued, “I just fell in love with the sport.”
“I’ve always watched it, but I never really understood it.”
It made me think of American football, rugby, and a few other things, but now that I understand it, I like it and want to know more before the grand finale.
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The most well-known spectator sport in Australia is the AFL, which is similar to Ireland’s Gaelic football. It dates back to 1858.
Given that some of Snoop Dogg’s songs have used misogynistic and offensive lyrics, the choice for the grand final entertainment has been contentious in Australia.
The AFL was accused of hypocrisy because he hired him in August while also outlawing Adelaide star Izak Rankine for four games because of a homophobic slur.
The American’s hiring, known as Calvin Broadus, was defended by AFL chief Andrew Dillon.
He said, “I’ve had a lot of confidence in Snoop’s choice.”
He has appeared at the Olympics and a Super Bowl, and he will fit our stage.
Katy Perry and Robbie Williams were other grand-finalists in the past.
