Meanwhile,

A North Korean women's soccer team has arrived in South Korea to compete in a
regional tournament.

They are the first visit by North Korean athletes to have traveled to the
South in eight years amid political tensions between the two sides.

A total of 39 players and staff with North Korea's Nae-go-hyang Women's F-C
team arrived at Incheon International Airport aboard a plane from China.

The North Korean team will face South Korea's Su-won FC Women on Wednesday in
the semifinals of the Asian Football Confederation Women's Champions League
in Suwon City - which is just south of Seoul.

North Korea last sent its athletes to South Korea in December 2018 for a
table tennis event.

Melbourne City F-C and Tokyo Verdy Bel-eza are to face off in the other
semifinal on Wednesday.

The final is set for Saturday at a stadium in Suwon.

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In tennis news,

Jannik Sinner has become the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since
Adriano Pan-atta 50 years ago.

The top-ranked Sinner's 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in the final on the
red clay of the Foro Italico on Sunday also made him only the second man
after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events.

With his only real rival Carlos Alcaraz currently sidelined due to a right
wrist injury seemingly nobody can beat Sinner.

Sinner extended his winning streak to 29 matches.

With many of Sinner's fans dressed in orange. the capacity crowd of 10,500 on
Campo Centrale created a soccer-style atmosphere with chanting and loud
cheers for the player who has become far and away Italy's most popular
athlete.

Sinner is now 17-0 on clay this year entering the French Open.

Roland Garros begins next Sunday.

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In Major League news,

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and scored twice as the Toronto Blue Jays beat
the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1.

Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz homered as the Tampa Bay Rays earned their
18th win in their past 22 games with a 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins.

Zack Wheeler pitched seven sparkling innings, and Bryce Harper hit a home run
to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates
and a sweep of the three-game series.

And Kyle Man-zardo homered twice as the Cleveland Guardians connected a
season-high six times in a 10-3 blowout of the Cincinnati Reds.

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England has won a record eighth consecutive Women's Six Nations title and
fifth successive Grand Slam after beating hosts France 43-28.

Unbeaten France with home advantage and backing from its largest ever home
crowd was expected to seriously threaten England's relentless domination of
the championship.

However, England, with only six survivors from its Rugby World Cup champion
team last September, ultimately cruised to the six-try victory.

The English team has now extended its world record winning streak to 38
matches which won't be challenged again until September when they host No.
2-ranked New Zealand and No. 3 Canada.

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And finally,

Former Scotland rugby center Scott Hastings has died.

He was 61.

Hastings played alongside his older brother Gavin for the national team as
well as the British & Irish Lions.

Hastings announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in 2022.

He was the most-capped center in the history of Scotland's men's team after
making 65 appearances from 1986-1997.

Hastings was a member of its Grand Slam-winning team in the Five Nations in
1990 and scored 10 tries for his country.