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Atalanta Fan Stabbed to Death in Clashes with Inter Supporters

FILE PHOTO: Atalanta fans unfurl banner for 26-year old Atalanta BC fan, Riccardo Claris who was stabbed to death during clashes with Inter Milan supporters, in Italian reading: "Claris is everywhere with us", during the match against AC Monza, in Monza, Italy, May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo /File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Atalanta fans unfurl banner for 26-year old Atalanta BC fan, Riccardo Claris who was stabbed to death during clashes with Inter Milan supporters, in Italian reading: "Claris is everywhere with us", during the match against AC Monza, in Monza, Italy, May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo /File Photo
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Atalanta Fan Stabbed to Death in Clashes with Inter Supporters

FILE PHOTO: Atalanta fans unfurl banner for 26-year old Atalanta BC fan, Riccardo Claris who was stabbed to death during clashes with Inter Milan supporters, in Italian reading: "Claris is everywhere with us", during the match against AC Monza, in Monza, Italy, May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo /File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Atalanta fans unfurl banner for 26-year old Atalanta BC fan, Riccardo Claris who was stabbed to death during clashes with Inter Milan supporters, in Italian reading: "Claris is everywhere with us", during the match against AC Monza, in Monza, Italy, May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo /File Photo

A 26-year-old fan of Italian Serie A team Atalanta was stabbed to death during clashes between Atalanta and Inter Milan supporters in the northern city of Bergamo, Italy's Carabinieri police said on Sunday.
It marked a troubling continuation of fan violence in Italy, where last month 13 police officers were injured during clashes between AS Roma and Lazio supporters ahead of the Rome derby.
The Atalanta and Inter fans got into an argument in a pub in Bergamo on Saturday night after one of the Inter supporters chanted provocatively, the head of Carabinieri office in Bergamo Carmelo Beringheli told Reuters.
The confrontation then continued in a street near the Atalanta stadium and escalated into violence when an Inter supporter stabbed the Atalanta fan, he said, adding that emergency services arrived swiftly but were unable to save his life.
A boy in his late teens had been arrested and said he acted to protect his brother, Reuters quoted Beringheli as saying.
Atalanta fans unfurled a banner at the start of their 4-0 Serie A win at Monza on Sunday in memory of the murdered fan.
"What happened to our fan must never happen again", Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini said in a press conference after the match.
There was no official comment from the club on the incident.
In 2023, a Paris St Germain supporter was seriously injured in Italy after being stabbed during clashes between fans ahead of a Champions League match against AC Milan.
Also that year, a 58-year-old Newcastle United fan was hospitalized after being stabbed in Milan by hooded attackers on the eve of another Champions League game.

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French Open Odds against Djokovic as Time Running out for Record 25th Slam

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 26, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his round of 64 match against Italy's Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 26, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his round of 64 match against Italy's Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
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French Open Odds against Djokovic as Time Running out for Record 25th Slam

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 26, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his round of 64 match against Italy's Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 26, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during his round of 64 match against Italy's Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

If there is one tennis player who knows how to beat the odds when they are stacked against him, it is 24-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.

The 38-year-old Serbian's bid for a fourth French Open crown looks more unlikely than in many years, with Djokovic struggling for form since his run to the Australian Open semi-finals back in January before retiring injured.

Since then Djokovic, who has 99 tour titles to his name and is in the twilight of a glorious career, has reached only one final and has not lifted a trophy this year.

After two early losses in Monte Carlo and Madrid, it was clear that Djokovic's attempt to claim a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam could be his hardest yet, according to Reuters.

"(It is) kind of a new reality for me, I have to say, trying to win a match or two, not really thinking about getting far in the tournament," Djokovic said after his early Madrid exit.

He was expected to jumpstart his clay campaign in Rome before returning to Paris, where he won Olympic gold last year, but he skipped the Italian Open without giving a reason.

Instead he picked up a surprise wild card for the Geneva Open this week, in what looks like a last-ditch attempt to get some more matches on clay under his belt before Paris.

News of the wild card came as Djokovic split with his coach Andy Murray after only a few months working together.

Djokovic appointed fellow former world number one Murray ahead of this year's Australian Open and the Serb said at the Qatar Open in February that he would continue working with the Scot for an indefinite period.

That time, however, ended abruptly last week with the Djokovic-Murray partnership yielding no titles and one losing final in Miami.

Their partnership is now officially over as Djokovic heads towards the French Open in a cloud of uncertainty over his form and future.

The world number six has struggled to assert his dominance after winning three out of the four Grand Slams in 2023.

There is even more uncertainty over his chances of reaching the last major goal in his illustrious career: adding that elusive 25th record Grand Slam to his collection to move past Margaret Court on the all-time winners' list.