They're the oldest swingers in town, with dodgy shoulders, hips, legs and wrists, but men like Tommy Haas and Tommy Robredo are turning back time at the French Open.

Haas is the first 35-year-old in six years to make the last-16 of what is widely regarded as the most grueling of the four majors.

The eight stage Criterium de Dauphine which begins on Sunday in the Swiss city of Champery will give a clear indication of what kind of form Tour de France contenders Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are in ahead of the 100th running of the Grand Boucle, which begins on June 29.

The 65th running of the Dauphine is the ideal tune-up for cycling's biggest race and a challenging route that begins for the first time in Switzerland features an individual time-trial on stage 3, with three tough days of climbing sandwiched around a flat stage before a final mountainous test on the way to Risoul on June 9.

The "caxirola", Brazil's percussion answer to South Africa's plastic vuvuzela horn, will be banned from stadiums during the Confederations Cup and the World Cup for safety reasons, authorities said Friday.

"The secretariat of major events decided that from a public safety standpoint, it would not be appropriate to allow it inside stadiums," Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said in a brief statement to the press.

Bordeaux won their first French Cup in 26 years, beating minnows Evian 3-2 in the final at the Stade de France on Friday.

That result ensured Bordeaux will qualify for the Europa League next season.

Two years ago, Novak Djokovic entered the French Open on a 39-match winning streak dating to the previous December.

Last year, he came to Paris having won 21 consecutive matches at Grand Slam tournaments.

A brilliant third quarter by LeBron James and the Miami Heat turned the game around and lifted the hosts to a 90-79 win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, taking a 3-2 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

James scored 16 of his 30 points in the third, helping to turn a six-point deficit into a 14-point lead and put the Heat within one win of a third-straight trip to the NBA Finals.

Paris Saint-Germain's sporting director Leonardo was suspended for nine months by the French league on Thursday for barging a referee just outside the tunnel following a home match — a punishment the club will appeal.

Leonardo was already provisionally suspended by the LFP for appearing to deliberately shoulder-barge Alexandre Castro after the French champions' 1-1 home draw against Valenciennes on May 5.

The player who used his phone to snap a photo of a ball mark during a French Open match has been fined $2,000 (about 1,500 euros).

Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine was cited for unsportsmanlike conduct for setting aside his racket and taking a picture of the spot in the red clay where a shot landed near a line in his 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 loss to seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet at Roland Garros.

Real Madrid on Thursday announced a five-year shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates airlines that could earn the club 30 million euros ($39.1m) per year.

Madrid president Florentino Perez made the announcement at the club's Santiago Bernabeu stadium alongside Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Less than four months before the IOC vote, the three cities vying for the 2020 Olympics took their campaign to a key international audience on Thursday — with each claiming to be the safest and most financially secure choice at a time of global uncertainty.

Officials from Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo made presentations to the SportAccord conference in St. Petersburg, their first chance to pitch their bids in public to sports and Olympic officials.