Sports News Roundup: Nadal claims 12th French Open title; Stanley Cup; Roland Garros eSeries and more

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

IAAF extends ban on Russian athletics federation over doping

Global athletics governing body IAAF on Sunday extended a ban against Russia's athletics federation and said Reuters findings on banned Russian coaches still working with athletes would be investigated. Russia's athletics federation was suspended in November 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of widespread doping in the sport.

Esport: Frenchman 'RvP' wins Roland Garros eSeries

Marvin 'RvP' Nonone won the Roland Garros eSeries by defeating fellow Frenchman Thibaut Karmaly in the final on Sunday. Nonone prevailed on Court One, hours before Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem on Court Philippe Chatrier to claim the French Open title.

Nadal beats Thiem to claim record-stretching 12th French Open title

Rafael Nadal claimed a record-stretching 12th French Open title by beating Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 in a repeat of last year's final on Sunday. The Spaniard, who now has 18 majors to his name, also becomes the first player to win the same Grand Slam title 12 times, going past Margaret Court's 11 Australian Open titles.

Paris bookends remarkable decade for Barty

Ashleigh Barty hated her first trip to Paris but 10 years later, after one of the more remarkable tennis journeys, she woke up in the French capital on Sunday as queen of Roland Garros. It was in Paris that a 13-year-old Barty got her first taste of life on the road when she joined a group of fellow Australian junior hopefuls competing at an international event.

Goolagong, Court lead the way as Australia lauds battling Barty

Evonne Goolagong Cawley led the way as Australia hailed their new Grand Slam tennis champion Ash Barty on Sunday after the proudly indigenous 23-year-old ended the country's 46-year wait for a French Open women's singles champion. Margaret Court and Goolagong Cawley between them won four of the first six titles at Roland Garros after the dawn of the open era and the lack of Australian success since has reflected a wider decline of the women's game Down Under.

Exclusive: French Open organizers ask employees to fill empty seats on main court

French Open organizers asked employees to fill empty corporate seats for Saturday's men's semi-final and start of the women's final, demanding they stay 'discreet' and take off their accreditation once seated, Reuters learned on Sunday. Seats and boxes set aside for officials and corporate sponsors are often empty on Roland Garros's main Philippe Chatrier court around lunchtime, as ticket holders enjoy the hospitality on offer rather than the tennis.

French Open trophy gaffe gives Australia another champion

When Ash Barty won the French Open title on Saturday she thought she was the first Australian woman to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen since Margaret Court in 1973. According to the trophy, though, there was also an Australian champion in 1976.

Soccer: Cristiane scores hat-trick as Brazil sink Jamaica for perfect start

Brazil's Cristiane scored a hat-trick as the former finalists sealed a superb 3-0 victory over women's World Cup debutants Jamaica on Sunday to kick off their campaign in style. Victory at Stade des Alpes in Grenoble meant Vadao's side maintained their perfect record in World Cup openers and also snapped a run of nine straight defeats in the lead-up to the tournament since a 2-1 win over Japan last July.

Mladenovic and Babos claim women's doubles title in Paris

Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mladenovic won the French Open women's doubles title when they thrashed China's Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai 6-2 6-3 in the final on Sunday. The second seeds claimed their second Grand Slam title together after last year's Australian Open, where they finished runners-up this year.

Blues take aim at winning first Stanley Cup

ST. LOUIS -- Gamesmanship has been one of the big storylines in the Stanley Cup Final. After Game 3, when the Boston Bruins routed the St. Louis Blues 7-2 to earn a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, St. Louis coach Craig Berube criticized the officials for calling the games too tightly. Less than a week later, Boston coach Bruce Cassidy has pulled that card from the motivational deck in an attempt to save his team's season. Down 3-2 in the series after 4-2 and 2-1 wins the past two games by the Blues, Cassidy said the series' narrative changed after Berube's comments.