Mbappé doesn’t expect to play in Paris

Kylian Mbappé thinks he won’t be able to play for France at the Olympic soccer tournament in Paris following his transfer to Real Madrid. Mbappé is captaining France at the European Championship, and playing the Olympics too could take up almost all of his offseason before an eagerly expected debut at Madrid. France’s opening game against the United States at the Olympic men’s tournament is on July 24, 10 days after the European Championship final. The Olympic gold-medal game is Aug. 9. “For the Olympics, my club has a position that is very clear,” Mbappé said Sunday ahead of France’s European Championship opening game against Austria on Monday. “I think that I will not take part in the Games.” Unlike most international tournaments like the World Cup, European Championship and Copa America, clubs are not required to let their players compete at men’s Olympic tournaments. French Olympic team coach Thierry Henry left Mbappé out of his provisional squad early June but indicated he hoped that situation could change before the deadline to name his final squad.

Dodgers place Yamamoto on the IL

Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was placed on the 15-day injured list before Sunday’s game against the Royals with tightness in the triceps of his pitching arm. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yamamoto would undergo testing Sunday to determine the severity of the injury and a recovery timeline. The 25-year-old Yamamoto, playing his first year in the majors after departing his native Japan and signing a record $325 million, 12-year contract, is 6-2 with a 2.92 ERA. “He’s a guy that we’re still trying to learn a lot about, and appreciate the fact that the most important time of the season is yet to come,” Roberts said. “His health is paramount. So for us to be proactive and put him on the IL seems like the smartest thing.” Yamamoto left Saturday night’s loss to the Royals after two innings. He said through an interpreter after the game that his scheduled start the previous Thursday against the Rangers had been pushed back because of the tightness. He also said the tightness was gone for most of Saturday, but he started feeling it again when he was warming up before the game.

Eriksen scores 3 years after collapse

For Christian Eriksen, Denmark’s opening game at the European Championship was a much happier occasion this time. The Manchester United midfielder scored the opening goal in a 1-1 draw with Slovenia on Sunday. It was his first match at the Euros since suffering a cardiac arrest in Denmark’s opener in the previous edition of the tournament in 2021. Eriksen neatly slotted a finish into the corner in the 17th minute of the Group C game in Stuttgart. Erik Janza equalized for Slovenia in the 77th with a shot that took a big deflection and span beyond Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. It was exactly 1,100 days ago that Eriksen collapsed on the field at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen while playing for Denmark against Finland. In scary scenes, medics worked frenetically to give him chest compressions before he was carried away on a stretcher. He returned to the sport in 2022, fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, and — now aged 32 — is still an integral part of a Denmark looking to continue its impressive record at European Championship finals. —AP