CORRECTION / France's Christo Popov hits a return to Denmark's Anders Antonsen during their men's singles final match of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Cristina Quicler has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [final match] instead of [semifinal match]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

CORRECTION / France's Christo Popov hits a return to Denmark's Anders Antonsen during their men's singles final match of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Cristina Quicler has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [final match] instead of [semifinal match]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

France's Christo Popov holds his trophy after winning Denmark's Anders Antonsen in their men's singles final match of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images)

CORRECTION / France's Christo Popov hits a return to Denmark's Anders Antonsen during their men's singles final match of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Cristina Quicler has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [final match] instead of [semifinal match]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

CORRECTION / Denmark's Anders Antonsen reacts during his men's singles final match against France's Christo Popov of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Cristina Quicler has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [final match] instead of [semifinal match]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

CORRECTION / France's Christo Popov hits a return to Denmark's Anders Antonsen during their men's singles final match of the Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Cristina Quicler has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [final match] instead of [semifinal match]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

Spanish Olympics badminton champion Carolina Marin salutes before the 2026 Badminton European Championships' finale at the Carolina Marin Sports Palace in Huelva on April 12, 2026. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP via Getty Images)

Sylvie Godard (R) and Francis Godard (L), mother and stepfather of jailed French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, hold a scarf calling of the release of their son ahead of the friendly football match between RC Lens and FC Rouen in solidarity with Christophe Gleizes at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, northern France, on April 11, 2026. Gleizes was arrested in May 2024 and sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria while travelling to northeastern Algeria's Kabylia region to write about the country's most decorated football club, Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty Images)