In a fitting end to a jaw-dropping, five-hour marathon on Philippe Chatrier, Alcaraz took the time to share his success with a group of ball kids.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in tears as he wins a third trophy with Portugal - could the Nations League save his manager Roberto Martinez's job?

Tijjani Reijnders 'could not wait' to undergo his medical with Manchester City and expects to be in their squad for the Club World Cup.

Totti proved he still has the same magic that saw him bag over 300 goals for both club and country as he put on a show on Sunday.

Spain's footballers may have been involved in an international final on Sunday night but their players were still keeping an eye on the action at the French Open.

It was a final so engrossing it briefly paused the Spanish's men's football team's warm-up - how the sporting world reacted to Carlos Alcaraz's stunning French Open victory.

Portugal beat Spain in a dramatic penalty shootout to claim Nations League glory.

When the moment came Cristiano Ronaldo hid his face and leant on his teammates. He scored the goal that put Portugal level in this final but had been withdrawn, exhausted, late in normal time and now, as the men left on the field lined up on the halfway line, he stood on the touchline where he could not watch but could hear the roar as Rúben Neves scored …

Portugal 2-2 Spain (5-3 penalties): Cristiano Ronaldo netted a second half equaliser before Ruben Neves slotted in the decisive penalty

Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to tears as he won his first piece of silverware with Portugal in six years after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Spain in the Nations League final.

Defending champion saves match points before winningJannik Sinner: ‘I have improved as a player since last year’Carlos Alcaraz says he never stopped believing he could find a way to fight back against his great rival Jannik Sinner and win the French Open despite facing three championship points in an incredible five-hour-and-29-minute battle.“The match …

INTERVIEW BY NATHAN SALT: His peripheral involvement has left him contemplating whether the time has come to leave Anfield.

Poland's record goalscorer Robert Lewandowski says he will not play for his country while Michal Probierz is manager after being replaced as the team's captain.

Carlos Alcaraz says he will "let the people decide" if his French Open comeback over Jannik Sinner is one of the greatest matches of all-time.

Diogo Costa made a crucial save from Alvaro Morata in the shootout to seal victory

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Portugal became two-time Nations League winners with an epic victory over defending champions Spain thanks to Diogo Costa's shoot-out save from Alvaro Morata, which sealed a 5-3 success on penalties after a 2-2 draw.

World No 1’s spellbinding effort dismantled by Alcaraz in the fifth set to conjure theatre in Paris and a rivalry for the agesBy the end, it felt cruel to want more. Look at the state of these men: bedraggled and dishevelled, dragged into a place of wildness and madness, of mental atrophy and physical dismay. You, on the other hand, have spent the last …