Emma Raducanu said she felt "mentally and emotionally exhausted" after losing in the first round at the Madrid Open.

The 21-year-old was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle.

Raducanu helped Britain beat France in the Billie Jean King Cup before reaching her first WTA quarter-final in 19 months at the Stuttgart Open last week as she continues her comeback from an injury-hit 2023 season.

"I would say the last few weeks have been a lot," Raducanu said.

I think from the performance today it was very clear that mentally and emotionally I was exhausted.

"I was trying to push through and I was just unable to push through today. I guess the sport is just pretty brutal.

Raducanu, who dropped to 303rd in the world following wrist and ankle operations last year, was set to play Karolina Pliskova in her opening match - but the former world number one pulled out of the tournament because of a wrist injury.

Currently ranked 221st, Raducanu was unable to recover after falling a double break of serve behind in both sets against her 82nd-ranked opponent.

Harriet Dart was also beaten in straight sets in Madrid.

The 27-year-old, who won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, held a 4-0 lead in her second set against Spain's Cristina Bucsa but went on to lose 6-4 6-4.

In the men's draw, Britain's Jack Draper progressed with a hard-fought three-set win over Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis.

After Kokkinakis took a tight contest to a decider, the 22-year-old Draper avoided a final-set tie-break by breaking serve in the 12th game to clinch a 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory.

The world number 43 will play Poland's eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz next.

Elsewhere at the Madrid Open, four-time major champion Naomi Osaka progressed with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 win against Belgium's Greet Minnen.

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O'Shea has died in Australia at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness.

Capped five times from 1967-1968, O'Shea made his international debut for his country against Scotland at Murrayfield in February 1967.

O'Shea was selected for the 1968 Lions tour to South Africa, where he became the first Lion to be sent off for foul play in a game after punching an Eastern Transvaal player.

He always claimed he had been retaliating after the opponent had targeted Lions scrum-half Roger Young, while there was an infamous melee as he walked off the pitch after a spectator then struck the departing prop.

During that tour, on which O'Shea played eight games including the first Test, he also became the first Lions prop to score two tries in a game when he crossed twice against Rhodesia.

O'Shea played his club rugby for Cardiff between 1963-1970, making 213 appearances and scoring 19 tries. He was the club captain in the 1969-1970 season.

The club paid tribute to their former player, saying: "A great character, John was a very popular and respected member of the club where he made many life-long friends, and he will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by all who knew him."

Bath have signed former St Helens rugby league wing Regan Grace on a deal until the end of the 2024-25 season.

The 27-year-old joined Bath in February as he recovered from a long-term injury and played in two friendlies for the club in March against Gloucester and Leinster.

Grace ruptured his Achilles while playing for St Helens in August 2022 before switching to rugby union and joining Racing 92.

But he did not make an appearance for the French Top 14 side after a relapse of the injury in February 2023.

Grace's deal with Bath includes the option of him staying for the 2025-26 campaign.

"Regan has impressed both on and off the pitch over the last few months," said Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan.

"He has a clear point of difference in his play and that will be very valuable for our team. Its great to have Regan on board.

The Welsh-born back spent six seasons with St Helens during which he won three Super League Grand Finals and the Challenge Cup, and scored 88 tries in 141 games.

Leicester Tigers centre Solomone Kata has been suspended for three matches for his dangerous tackle on Northampton's Fraser Dingwall.

The Tonga international was shown a red card for the incident when Tigers were just a point down against Saints in Saturday's East Midlands derby.

Northampton took full advantage of his sending-off, as they went on to run in three unanswered tries to win 40-17.

Kata's ban means he could miss the remainder of Leicester's regular season games but if he applies to undertake a World Rugby coaching intervention course, his suspension will be reduced to two matches.

The heavy derby defeat saw Tigers end the weekend eighth in the table and six points adrift of a play-off spot with three matches remaining.

William Nylander will be a game-time decision for Game 3 of the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Boston on Wednesday.

The Leafs' winger missed Game 1 and Game 2 with an undisclosed injury. The series is tied 1-1.

"There's a chance," said Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe of Nylander stepping back in. Keefe confirmed the decision will hinge on how Nylander feels throughout the day.

Nylander was a full participant in Toronto's morning skate Wednesday, appearing on a line with Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg. It was the first time Nylander had skated in a regular position since the injury, although he had been on the ice at least twice before Wednesday's workout.

Nylander, 27, then stayed out late following the skate and did extra drills with the Leafs' projected scratches, leaving some question about whether he'd be ready to return.

Toronto projects to get an offensive boost if he does play. He is coming off a 40-goal season with a career-best 98 points. He has also been a consistent playoff performer, registering 17 goals and 40 points in 50 postseason outings.

While Nylander did participate in Toronto's skate, forward Auston Matthews was absent from the otherwise fully attended activity. Keefe confirmed Matthews will be available for Game 3 and skipped the morning skate for additional rest. Matthews was the Leafs' workhorse in a 3-2 Game 2 victory, scoring the game-winning goal with two assists.

Keefe had rookie Nick Robertson place-holding for Matthews on the Leafs' top line at the skate. Robertson did not stay out for extra work though, indicating he was an option to play Wednesday if Nylander were to be sidelined again.

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce suffered a 'significant' lower body injury that will keep him out some time, sources told ESPN.

The noncontact injury was sustained during the Hurricanes' Game 2 comeback win over the Islanders on Monday. Carolina leads the first-round series 2-0 as the games shift to New York on Thursday.

A source told ESPN that Pesce could possibly play through the injury in these playoffs, though he will likely miss at least the next few games.

Pesce, 29, is one of the Hurricanes' top defensemen, playing 19:49 in the Game 1 victory. He left Game 2 after playing just 8:47. It is unclear when the injury occurred. He played in 70 games in 2023-24, missing a month after undergoing surgery for a lower-body injury in late October.

Veteran Tony DeAngelo will likely slide into Pesce's lineup spot on right defense.

The Canes' depth defensemen include Dylan Coghlan, who played in just one game for Carolina this season. The Canes also have highly touted prospect Scott Morrow, who signed with the team in April. Morrow, 21, joined Carolina following his junior season at the University of Massachusetts.

The San Jose Sharks have fired David Quinn after a season that saw San Jose finish with the second-fewest points in the salary cap era.

Quinn's firing after two seasons Wednesday came less than a week after the Sharks (19-54-9) lost three straight games and five of their last six and ended the regular season with the worst record in the NHL.

"After going through our end of the season process of internal meetings and evaluating where our team is at and where we want our group to go, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at the head coach position," Sharks general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. "David is a good coach and an even better person. I would personally like to thank him for his hard work over these past two seasons. He and his staff did an admirable job under some difficult circumstances, and I sincerely appreciate how they handled the situation."

Quinn oversaw the New York Rangers for three seasons but was fired after the 2020-21 season, having missed the playoffs after the team had reached the postseason in his second campaign.

The Sharks hired Quinn before the 2022-23 season to oversee a team in transition. The Sharks had missed the playoffs only twice between the 2003-04 and 2018-19 seasons but had missed the postseason in three straight years before Quinn's arrival.

Two weeks before Quinn was hired, the Sharks traded venerable defenseman Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes. During Quinn's first season, the team also traded away star forward Timo Meier at that year's deadline and would ultimately trade away star defenseman Erik Karlsson, who won the Norris Trophy, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the offseason.

The Sharks finished the 2022-23 season at 22-44-16, the fourth-fewest points in the NHL, and received the No. 4 pick in the NHL draft, which saw them select United States national team development forward Will Smith, now at Boston College, as part of their rebuild.

Quinn's second season was expected to be even more challenging.

The Sharks opened 0-10-1 and were 3-15-2 through their first 20 games. From Dec. 15 through Jan. 9, they lost 15 straight games. In late February, they had a nine-game losing streak that was broken with a March 9 win over the Ottawa Senators before another streak of nine consecutive defeats.

San Jose had the fewest goals scored per 60, the most goals allowed per 60, the most scoring chances allowed per 60 and the second-lowest team save percentage, all contributing factors in the Sharks finishing with the NHL's worst record.

Those numbers also played a role in the Sharks finishing with a minus-150 goal differential, which is also the lowest differential in the salary cap era.

Finding a new coach will come in an offseason that could also see the Sharks take a major step in their rebuild by winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history. Winning this year's lottery would allow the Sharks a chance to take the consensus No. 1 pick in Boston University freshman center Macklin Celebrini, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the top men's collegiate player in the nation.

Celebrini was born in North Vancouver, and his family moved to the Bay Area after his father, Rick, accepted a job with the Golden State Warriors. Celebrini played a year with the San Jose Jr. Sharks years before he went to BU, where he scored 32 goals and 64 points during his freshman year.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas said the Spanish league is hopeful of playing competitive games in the United States as soon as the 2025-26 season.

Tebas originally planned to stage a league match involving Barcelona and Girona at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium in 2018 but was met with opposition from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and FIFA, among others.

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However, a recent lawsuit involving Relevent Sports Group, the company involved in moving LaLiga matches to the U.S., has reopened the possibility of it happening in the future.

"I don't know when, but this time LaLiga will play official games abroad," Tebas told Expansión. "I think it could be from the 2025-26 season.

"An official game in the United States would strengthen our position in the North American market, which is the second [biggest] for LaLiga after Spain.

"Other really competitive leagues are coming, so we can't always do the same thing. They would jump ahead of us."

Sources at LaLiga told ESPN that while the prospect of taking a game abroad is closer than in the past, Tebas' comments do not constitute an official announcement.

Tebas' renewed optimism comes on the back of a potentially landmark case involving Relevent, FIFA and the U.S courts.

The Supreme Court recently allowed Relevent's antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body's policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries.

The high court order leaves in place a federal appeals court ruling in favour of Relevent, controlled by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.

Relevent sued in 2019 after FIFA disrupted its plan to host Barcelona and Girona at Miami Gardens, Florida, and the USSF refused permission to sanction a league match between two teams from Ecuador.

A district court dismissed the lawsuit, but a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reinstated it. The Biden administration weighed in on Relevent's side at the Supreme Court.

Relevent and FIFA reached an agreement this month to drop FIFA from the suit, a deal that the USSF wants to review and that has not yet been approved by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.

Relevent organises and promotes soccer events in the U.S. Its portfolio includes a 50-50 joint venture with Spain's LaLiga in North America that covers the league's media rights, sponsorship assets, fan events and grassroots efforts.

It has organised preseason friendlies and tournaments in the U.S. at the same time as seeking to stage matches from FIFA-affiliated teams in LaLiga and similarly situated leagues.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes came to his side's rescue with two goals in a 4-2 home victory over the Premier League's bottom club Sheffield United on Wednesday just when more trouble loomed for beleaguered manager Erik ten Hag.

Twice United trailed with Jayden Bogle and Ben Brereton Diaz both on target for the visitors but Fernandes helped avert another damaging result.

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He levelled from the penalty spot in the 61st minute after a foul on Harry Maguire, scorer of United's first equaliser.

Fernandes then smacked home a sizzling left-footed shot to edge his side in front before setting up Rasmus Højlund to finally subdue their battling opponents.

It was another far-from-convincing display from Ten Hag's side although victory moved United into sixth place to keep them in the hunt for a European qualifying spot.

Time is nearly up for Sheffield United who have only 16 points from 34 games and could be relegated at the weekend.

United's FA Cup semifinal win on penalties was dubbed embarrassing in some quarters after squandering a 3-0 lead against second-tier Coventry City and being spared defeat only by a controversially disallowed goal in extra time.

Ten Hag came out fighting this week, branding the criticism disgraceful but the Dutchman appeared to be staring into the abyss as his side again conjured trouble of their own making.

They could and should have been well ahead as chances went begging and Sheffield United keeper Wes Foderingham pulled off several great saves, one from Diogo Dalot in the opening minute and another from teenager Kobbie Mainoo.

But United keeper André Onana then gifted the visitors the lead in the 35th minute with a dreadful pass out that was intercepted by Bogle who ran through to score.

United were level before half-time as Alejandro Garnacho, one of the shining lights in a poor season, whipped in a low cross that Maguire delicately glanced in with his head.

The second half was only five minutes old when United's defence was breached all too easily with Ben Osborn cutting back a pass for Brereton Diaz to stab high into the net.

United looked stunned but were handed a lifeline when Maguire went down in the box and Fernandes stepped up to send his kick into the corner.

Fernandes then showed his class with a superb finish and United could finally breathe easy as Højlund, who scored the winning penalty on Sunday, steered in Fernandes' pass.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice to make more history with Paris Saint-Germain and put the club on the verge of a record-extending 12th Ligue 1 title, with a 4-1 away victory against second-from-bottom Lorient on Wednesday.

Luis Enrique's side will now seal the Ligue 1 crown if they beat Le Havre at home on Saturday after nearest-challengers Monaco delayed their title celebrations by defeating Lille later on Wednesday.

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Mbappé's brace took his tally for PSG to 254 goals in all competitions, breaking a tie with Roger Courtois for the most top flight goals with a single club in the history of French football. Courtois scored 253 in all competitions for Sochaux, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Ousmane Dembélé also scored twice for PSG to put them on 69 points with four games left, with Monaco trailing by 11 points.

PSG were without the in-form Bradley Barcola, Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery who were rested a week before the team's Champions League semifinal first leg against Borussia Dortmund.

The capital side went ahead on 19 minutes as Dembele beat two defenders before slotting the ball past Yvon Mvogo from just inside the box.

Three minutes later, Mbappé connected with a Nuno Mendes cross to double the advantage.

Dembélé then put the result beyond doubt on the hour mark when he tapped in from Mbappé's cross.

Mohamed Bamba reduced the arrears in the 73rd minute, but it was too little, too late for a team with 26 points from 30 games.

Mbappé added another one in the last minute with a right-footed effort to take his season tally in the top flight to 26.

Information from Reuters contributed to this report.