Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic can take a step closer to a Wimbledon title showdown on Friday as Andy Murray resumes his big-hitting duel with Stefanos Tsitsipas on a star-studded Centre Court schedule.

Grant Hill started working on the USA Basketball roster for this summer's World Cup many months ago, long before the first invitations were extended.

The result, he hopes, will make it worth all that effort.

Former Germany winger Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares blame for the national team's decline, telling British radio station Talksport that Germany lost its values because of the Spanish coach.

"When Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich, when he came to the country, everyone believed we have to play this kind of football, like short passes and everything. We were kind of losing our values," Schweinsteiger told Talksport on Thursday.

The developments at Wimbledon on Wednesday included Novak Djokovic joining Roger Federer and Serena Williams as the only players in tennis history to win 350 Grand Slam matches; a runner-up two years ago, Karolina Pliskova, exiting in the first round against a qualifier; a player seeded No. 8, Maria Sakkari, taking the opening set 6-0 but managing to lose.

Ho-hum. Those turned out to be among the least unusual happenings around the All England Club on Day 3 of this year's tournament. That's because so much of the buzz around the place concerned protests and, yes, rain.

The high-stakes game between Kylian Mbappé and Paris Saint-Germain about the superstar France forward's future was ramped up Wednesday.

PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi insisted the club cannot let Mbappé leave as a free agent next year and get no transfer fee in return.

Brazilian football confederation chairman Ednaldo Rodrigues said Wednesday that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will be in charge of the national team at next year's Copa America.

Ancelotti has still not publicly confirmed any deal with the five-time World Cup champions. Brazil has never had a full-time foreign coach in charge of its national team. But the internal pressure to do so increased after Tite, hailed by many as the best Brazilian coach in the last decade, failed to deliver in the last two editions of the World Cup.

Grigor Dimitrov was about to serve at Wimbledon when two environmental activists jumped out of the stands at Court 18 and disrupted his match by scattering orange confetti and puzzle pieces on the grass. His initial instinct Wednesday? Get involved and try to stop them.

"But then I also realized," the three-time Grand Slam semifinalist said, "that's not my place to do that."

Thanks to rain, there are still plenty of first-round matches to complete — and some that even have yet to begin — as Wimbledon heads to Day 3.

Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, is among 10 players who originally were on Monday's schedule but have not played a point so far at the year's third Grand Slam tournament and now are scheduled to get started on Wednesday.

Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Christophe Galtier after a disappointing season, with former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique expected to be announced as his successor on Wednesday.

PSG in a statement thanked Galtier, who had one year left to run on his contract, "for his professionalism and commitment."

Roberto Firmino signed for Al-Ahli on Tuesday to become the latest star to head to Saudi Arabia's lucrative Pro League.

The Brazil striker left Liverpool at the end of last season after a trophy-filled eight-year spell, which saw him lift every major club title.