This setback in the Eternal City sparked renewed calls for the long-serving 52-year-old to quit or be sacked.

Highlights of the Ostrava Open final between Katie Boulter and Tamara Korpatsch.

Arsenal piled the pressure on title rivals Manchester City with a 3-0 victory over Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium, extending their lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points.

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior praises Cole Palmer's performance after scoring a hat-trick against Wolves, and insists the midfielder is happy at the club.

Head coach Gregor Townsend insists he is still the man to lead Scotland despite a hugely dispiriting defeat by Italy in their Six Nations opener.

Viktor Gyokeres completes a perfect week with impact off the bench as Gunners overcome difficult challenge

Chelsea’s skipper could be back in action next week

The Blues have their star boy back but are still far from perfect

Elsewhere Pakistan survived a score against the Netherlands and India defeated the USA

Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland: The Swede came off the bench to score twice following Martin Zubimendi’s opener as the Gunners move nine points clear

The victory means the Briton will climb back into the top 100 in the world rankings after a fourth WTA title success.

The substitute scored twice against Sunderland to take the Gunners nine points clear in the Premier League table.

The curling mixed doubles duo defeated both Canada and USA to guarantee themselves a medal match in next week’s play-offs

World No 1 claws back for eighth in difficult conditionsSweden storms to one-two finish over 20km distanceDiggins has five more events at farewell OlympicsJessie Diggins’s farewell Olympics began with a crash and a scramble on Saturday, the trailblazing star of American cross-country skiing fighting back to finish eighth in the women’s skiathlon as …

It would be easy to paint this as a Cole Palmer masterclass, the Chelsea midfielder completing his hat-trick inside the opening 38 minutes, but it is fair to say by the time he was substituted on the hour, his work was done. At that point it was 3-1 to the visitors, Wolves pulling a goal back early in the second half when Tolu Arokodare spun in the box to …

There are times when the best thing for a side is an uneventful win. Titles are won less in the big set-piece games than against mid-table teams in the easily forgotten circumstances of a Saturday afternoon. Arsenal weren’t brilliant against Sunderland, but they were good enough to win comfortably, and that increases their lead at the top of the table to …

OLIVER HOLT: Thomas Frank spent much of his post-match press conference at Old Trafford dedicating himself to the thankless and pointless task of trying to defend skipper Cristian Romero.