Rafa Nadal’s hopes of winning the Barcelona Open for a 13th time were dashed by Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur in the second round. Nadal was playing his first tournament since January and was defeated 7-5, 6-1 by De Minaur.
Barcelona midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said his side had no-one to blame but themselves after squandering a two-goal advantage and losing 4-1 to Paris St Germain in the Champions League.
Paris St Germain and Borussia Dortmund won the first two Champions League quarter-finals, defeating Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. They will now face each other in the semi-finals at the end of the month.
Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer scored four goals, including a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes, as his side hammered Everton 6-0.
Stefanos Tsitsipas won his third Monte Carlo Masters title by defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets. Tsitsipas dominated the match, winning the first set in just 36 minutes and becoming the first player in the professional era to win three Monte Carlo finals in straight sets. This victory marked Tsitsipas’s first title of 2024.
Stefanos Tsitsipas won his third Monte Carlo Masters title in four years, defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets.
Human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against the German government’s approval of exporting 3,000 anti-tank weapons to Israel, citing concerns about potential violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The lawsuit was supported by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and Palestinian human rights organizations. The lawyers called for a suspension of the export licenses as a provisional legal protection measure. Germany has defended its arms export policy, considering factors such as human rights and humanitarian law. In the past, German lawyers have filed complaints against officials for aiding genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has denied accusations of genocide or violations of humanitarian law, stating that they are fighting against Hamas.
Fact: Archimandrite Nektarios broke his silence on the investigation at the Osiou Avakoum monastery, denying allegations of sexual relations with another monk and stating that they were illegally kicked out from the monastery.
Sri Lanka Lions had a mixed weekend of cricket, beating Amdocs in the BAOFinancial 40 Over Cup before losing to MSN Punjab Lions in a T20 match.
The paediatric clinic of Makarios hospital handles between 30 and 40 new benign and malignant haematological and oncological cases every year.