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  Novak Djokovic wins his 23rd Grand Slam title by beating Casper Ruud in the French Open final Djokovic earned his men's-record 23rd Grand Slam singles championship, breaking a tie with Nadal and moving three in front of the retired Federer, with a 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Ruud that really was not in doubt for most of its 3 hours, 13 minutes. Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, puts this one alongside the French Open titles he earned in 2016 and 2021, making him the only man with at least three from each major event. He has won 10 trophies at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon and three at the U.S. Open. Djokovic will resume that pursuit at Wimbledon, which begins on the grass of the All England Club on July 3 As Djokovic reeled off 12 of the last 13 points to end things, dropping onto his back with limbs spread wide at the finish, the shouts of his name were thunderous. lasted 1 hour, 21 minutes, chock full of extended exchanges, the sort of points about which entire ...

Arcangelo showed an abundance of command presence throughout the race that masked his extreme outlier status. Arcangelo wins the Belmont Stakes  To say that the colt is lightly raced is an understatement — he just broke his maiden in March. His May 13 performance in the Peter Pan put him on the map, and in this race, but none of that presaged today's skillful, cool, courageous performance. The narrative there is the classic one of equine athletes developing at different times in their lives — they just need the patience from their human handlers to do it. Industry leaders insist the sport is safer than ever; horse fatalities have fallen more than 37% since officials began tracking them in 2009,   reported The Associated Press . Up and down of the stakes  Bounce Baffert's Irreplaceable asset was the pacesetter in the early going, and behind him, at the quarter mile, were Hit Show and Tapit Shoes. Inauspiciously for those three, be that as it may, Arcangelo and Strong po...