Novak Djokovic (L) of Serbia and Simona Halep of Romania win the Italian Open men's and women's singles titles respectively in Rome, Italy, September 21, 2020. /CFP

The 2020 China Rock Climbing League Contest was hosted in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region for the first time on September 24, 2020. A total of 19 teams competed in the first day in the region's Linzhi City, located at more than 2,900 meters above sea level. /CFP

Unstopped by a heavy rain, the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round match between the Croatian club HNK Rijeka and the Ukrainian side Kolos Kovalivka plays on as Joao Escoval of Rijeka celebrates after scoring a goal in Rijeka, Croatia, September 24, 2020. /CFP

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer holds the trophy as he makes the difference with two superb late saves during their 2-1 victory over the FC Sevilla in Budapest, Hungary, September 24, 2020. /CFP

Participants compete in the first day of the China's Synchronized Swimming Championships in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, September 25, 2020. The three-day event is the first national competition held in Wuhan since the COVID-19 outbreak in late January. /CFP

A group of riders arrive at the Jiayuguan Fortress, the final stage of the inaugural cycling along the Silk Road on September 25. Over 300 elite racers and another 700 amateur riders participated in the 6-day mountain bike race, which started on September 20 in Lanzhou and traversed the cities of Baiyin, Wuwei, Zhangye and Jiayuguan, across northwest China's Gansu Province. /CFP

Film and still images of Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman are seen projected on to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, September 25, 2020. The projection celebrating Freeman's historic 400m gold medal win at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was created by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive in partnership with the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage. It is the world-first project using emerging DNA data storage technology to preserve moving images for long term archival purposes. It is also the first Australian video to be encoded on DNA. /CFP

Players of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrate after their 117-107 win over the Denver Nuggets, making the NBA Finals for the first time in 10 years, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., September 26, 2020. /CFP

Mercedes' Finnish racer Valtteri Bottas driving the #77 Mercedes AMG Petronas car wins the F1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, September 27, 2020. Organizers allow 30,000 fans into the circuit to make the 10th race of the season as the biggest sporting spectator-event of the COVID-19 era. /CFP

Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of UNI-Virtuosi Racing Team takes his maiden Formula 2 victory in the Sochi sprint race, which was cut short following a huge crash involving two drivers on the eighth lap. Following rules of F2 and FIA, the results were based on the positions on the race's fifth lap and half points were awarded. Zhou therefore became the 11th different winner of the F2 season and the first Chinese champion in the series. /Zhou Guanyu's Weibo account