Damien Comolli is the new general manager of Juventus: the Juventus club has made it official.

“I am happy and honored to join a unique club, in terms of history, identity and prospects – the statements of the Frenchman born in 1972 to the club&#8211s official channels; I will put my experience at Juventus&#8217s disposal from day one with the goal of being successful as Juventus must be and as our fans deserve“.

In his resume, experiences at clubs such as Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Fenerbahce and finally Toulouse, which he guided to promotion to Ligue 1 and victory in the Coupe de France.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, world No. 2, beat Ben Shelton of the United States, No. 13, by a score of 7-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the round of 16 of the men’s singles event at Roland Garros. In the quarters, Alcaraz, who is the tournament’s defending champion, will meet the other U.S. Tommy Paul.

Only one break point in the entire first set and Alcaraz saves it at 3-3. It goes to the tie-break in which Shelton goes to 4-1, on 6-4 has two set points and then another on 7-6, the Murcian cancels them all, then has one in turn on 8-7, misses it, but the one on 9-8 is the good one.

In the very long first game of the second set, 20 points, Alcaraz saves himself by nullifying no less than six break points, then he is the one who first breaks his opponent’s serve on 4-3 and then closes the partial by holding serve to zero.

Shelton makes his first break in the fourth game of the third set going 3-1 but returns it immediately, saves a break point at 4-4 and in the next game has two set points of which the second is the one that allows him to shorten the distance.

Only one break in the fourth set and of course it is in Alcaraz’s favor at 1-1, on 5-3 he has a first match point on Sheltom’s serve, misses it, na the second in the next game he turns it after three hours and 19 minutes of play.

It’s a historic day for Visma Lease a Bike, which concludes the Giro d’Italia 2025 in triumph with a double success: Simon Yates conquers the final Maglia Rosa and Olav Kooij wins the final sprint in the heart of Rome, in front of the Colosseum. After the partial victories in Siena with Van Aert and in Viadana with the same Kooij, the Dutch team also imposes itself in the Eternal City, closing an unforgettable edition.

Yates’ overall triumph was already mathematical after Saturday’s queen stage on the Colle delle Finestre. The Brit dominated the Giro with intelligence and regularity, leaving behind Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates), second at 3’56”, and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), third at 4’43”. A result that crowns an edition of the pink race full of excitement and twists and turns.

The final stage, on a city circuit in Rome, saw a six-man breakaway attempt the feat, with Cerny (Soudal Quick Step) last to hold on before rejoining with 5.8 km to go. From there the battle for the sprint began: Groves’ Alpecin Deceuninck tried to get ahead, but Visma Lease a Bike built a perfect train. Affini and van Aert launched an impregnable Kooij, who set Kaden Groves and Matteo Moschetti in a sprint, with Mads Pedersen just off the podium.

The passage of the riders through the Vatican before the official start was also evocative, with a special greeting from Pope Leo XIV, in a stage symbolically dedicated to Pope Francis.

The Giro d’Italia 2025 thus closes in the sign of Simon Yates and his team, the absolute protagonists of a race that, between mountains, sprints and heart, offered spectacle until the last meter.