According to the Italian newspaper, ticket requests were so high that it could have filled the San Siro stadium 26 times over. For comparison, the city of Milan has a population of about 1.3 million.
* Eintracht Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner, who led them to Europa League glory last season, will leave the club at the end of the current campaign, a year before his contract was due to expire, the Bundesliga side said on Tuesday. Frankfurt are ninth in the table and will play RB Leipzig in the German Cup final next month.
* Sofia Kenin was made to work hard by Cristina Bucsa at the Italian Open on Tuesday, before the former Australian Open champion prevailed 6-3 6-7(8) 7-5 to set up a second round meeting with world number two Aryna Sabalenka.
* Former Mexico goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal, the first footballer to play in five World Cups, has died at the age of 93, local media announced on Tuesday. 'Tota', as Carbajal was known, appeared in goal for Mexico at the World Cups in Brazil 1950, Switzerland 1954, Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and England 1966, in which he made 11 caps for his country.
* A day after announcing his resignation as president of Cambodia's football federation, Sao Sokha said that he would stay on in the role following appeals from the country's prime minister and fans.
* Lionel Messi has not "signed or agreed" a deal to play in Saudi Arabia next season, the Argentine's father said after reports on Tuesday linked the Paris St Germain forward with a move to the Middle East.
* Brazilian private equity firm Treecorp Partners on Tuesday reached a deal to acquire soccer club Coritiba in a deal valued at about 1.3 billion reais (US$260 million), the latest in a wave of recent investments in Brazil's most popular sport. Under the deal, Treecorp will own 90% of the 113-year old club that plays out of Curitiba in Brazil's southern state of Parana.
* AG2R Citroen rider Aurelien Paret-Peintre dug deep and launched a late attack to win stage four of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, while Andreas Leknessund seized the leader's maglia rosa jersey from Remco Evenepoel.
