Napoli could well begin Sunday's match nine points behind Inter who will look to shake off their sobering 3-1 defeat against Premier League leaders Arsenal with the simpler task of taking on Pisa.

But it was far from a vintage performance, with a bumper 41 unforced errors and the match ending with angry words at the net.

Nature-lover Novak Djokovic strolled into the Australian Open third round on Thursday as an erratic Madison Keys did enough to keep her title defence on track and Iga Swiatek also triumphed.

Eight stadiums across Australia were on Thursday locked in as host venues for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with all matches in Melbourne to be played under a closed roof.

Japan's Olympic snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano is facing a race to be fit to defend his halfpipe title at next month's Milan-Cortina Games after suffering fractures and bruises in a crash.