Unforgettable Moments in Sports: Champions, Comebacks, and Historic Feats

Recent sports highlights include Garcia-Caro's premature celebration in race walking, Porzingis' impactful return for the Celtics, Zverev's abuse case settlement, and Thompson's recovery from a seizure. Also notable are the Pirates' 100-mph fastballs, Red Sox's victory, Blue Jays' pursuit of .500, Caitlin Clark's return, Alcaraz vs. Zverev French Open final, and Bruna Alexandre's Olympic and Paralympic history-making.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Athletics-Spanish race walker Garcia-Caro celebrates too early and misses out on bronze

Spain's Laura Garcia-Caro learned the hard way to wait until the finish line to celebrate after missing out on a medal when she was overtaken by Ukraine's Lyudmila Olyanovska in the 20km race walk at the European Athletics Championships on Friday. Garcia-Caro, in third place going into the final straight in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, began to celebrate what she thought was a bronze medal as she approached the finish line.

Kristaps Porzingis' return sparks Celtics in Finals opener

BOSTON -- Kristaps Porzingis wasn't going to let a 37-day layoff slow him down during the biggest game of his NBA career. Playing in the NBA Finals for the first time, the Celtics big man returned from a 10-game absence to record 20 points off the bench and Boston snuffed a second-half rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Game 1.

Tennis-Zverev settles abuse case brought by former girlfriend

World number four Alexander Zverev has agreed a settlement after the mother of his child accused him of physical abuse and a German court closed the case on Friday, the French Open semi-finalist's lawyers said. The agreement, according to German media, includes a monetary condition of 200,000 euros ($217,820), with the player not found guilty of any wrongdoing.

Chiefs' BJ Thompson 'alert, awake' after seizure

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson was awake and "headed in the absolute right direction" Friday afternoon after the player had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest on Thursday, a team official said. The prognosis is good for the 25-year-old Thompson, who had the seizure at the Chiefs facility during a team meeting. He was taken to the hospital and kept sedated and on a ventilator overnight, said Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance.

Pirates fastballs dazzle on day of 100-mph heaters

That noise coming out of Pittsburgh following the Pirates' 10-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday is the remnants of blazing fastballs cutting through the night air along the Allegheny River. Pirates pitchers Paul Skenes and Aroldis Chapman headlined an impressive day all around baseball when 63 pitches over 100 mph were thrown all across the league. According to MLB research, it was the fourth most 100-mph fastballs thrown in a single day.

MLB roundup: Red Sox send White Sox to record 14th straight loss

Ceddanne Rafaela had four hits and drove in four runs Thursday as the visiting Boston Red Sox handed the Chicago White Sox their 14th consecutive defeat, 14-2. The 14 straight losses represent a White Sox franchise record within a single season.

Blue Jays set sights on .500 mark in visit to A's

The Toronto Blue Jays take their pursuit of the .500 mark on the road as they open a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. The Blue Jays packed a two-game winning streak when they embarked on a trip that will also see them visit the Milwaukee Brewers for three games to start of next week. At 30-32, they'd need to sweep the A's to leave the city above .500.

Caitlin Clark, Fever return to court to face winless Mystics

Rookie Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have completed a much-needed four-day break, and it remains to be seen whether the Fever are refreshed when they visit the Washington Mystics on Friday night in a Commissioner's Cup battle between the two worst teams in the WNBA. Indiana (2-9) certainly will be much more rested than Washington (0-10), which fell 79-71 at home to the Chicago Sky on Thursday night. The start is the worst in Mystics' history.

Tennis-Alcaraz and Zverev battle hard to set up tantalising French Open final

Carlos Alcaraz reached his maiden French Open final with a 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 win over Jannik Sinner before Alexander Zverev also recovered from a slow start on Friday to beat Casper Ruud 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 and set up a blockbuster clash for the trophy. Third seed Alcaraz was far from his usually brilliant self early in his contest but took full advantage of Australian Open champion Sinner's hand cramps to draw level, before sealing the see-sawing match in a decider after a little over four hours.

Brazilian to make history at both Olympics and Paralympics

Bruna Alexandre was on edge when she got a late Sunday night phone call from the Brazilian national table tennis coach.

"I thought there was a problem," recalled the decorated one-armed athlete, fresh off a Para Table Tennis gold medal at the Montenegro Open last month.