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Argentina defender Leonardo Balerdi will miss the World Cup after ​suffering a calf injury on his right leg, the team announced on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

Balerdi was named in Argentina's 26-man ​squad last week after consistent ​performances with Olympique de Marseille, with ⁠whom he made 36 appearances across ​all competitions.

Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven ​hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said, Reuters reported. 

Hussein was finally allowed in, but the team's photographer was barred from entering the United States, said the ​official who works for the Iraqi Olympic Committee, but has ​close contacts with the team.

Mirra Andreeva announcedherself as the latest member of women’s tennis’s eliteon Saturday when she beat surprise finalist Maja Chwalinska 6-3 6-2 to become the youngest French ​Open champion in more than three decades, Reuters reported. 

The 19-year-old Russian, long regarded as one of the sport's brightest prospects, delivered on her promise on the biggest stage of all, claiming a maiden Grand Slam title and joining the select group of active major champions led by players such as Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.

Babita Rajthala, a resident of Lubhu, Lalitpur, has successfully cleared the high-level fifth Dan black belt examination conducted by the Nepal International Taekwondo Federation (ITF). The grading examination, which took place on May 17 at the Tribhuvan Army Club hall in Lalitpur, saw Rajthala pass all mandatory stages of the rigorous test just five months after giving birth via cesarean section. The grading session was conducted by Grandmaster Rajendra Balan.

The fifth and sixth Dan grading evaluations had originally been scheduled to take place earlier but were postponed by the Nepal International Taekwondo Federation following the passing of Chang Ung, the former president of the International Taekwondo Federation. Rajthala stated that the delay provided her with extended time to prepare, adding that her long-term training prior to the event assisted her in successfully completing the physical stages of the examination despite her recent surgical recovery.

Rajthala has a sports career spanning nearly two decades in Nepali Taekwondo, having competed and placed in multiple national and international tournaments. At the First South Asian Taekwondo Championship held in Nepal in 2014, she secured three medals: a gold in the group category, a silver in sparring, and a bronze in patterns. She went on to win a silver medal in sparring at the Second South Asian Taekwondo Championship. On the domestic circuit, she won gold medals at the 5th National Games and the Federation’s 13th National Tournament, where she represented the departmental departmental team, APF Club.