Sports

Alexi Pappas Veers Far From Her Lane By SAM MCMANIS Pappas, who will run the 10 kilometers at the Rio Olympics, is also a filmmaker and a writer - and, with her free-spirited persona, something of a cult figure. Sold-Out Mixed Martial Arts Event Invades Muay Thai Turf By JOE COCHRANE Thailand will stage its first major mixed martial arts event after years of unofficially banning the sport to protect the traditional style of Muay Thai kickboxing. ON TENNIS Films, Three Decades Apart, Show What a Sport Has Lost as It Grows By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY In a 1982 French Open documentary, players and coaches speak candidly, in training rooms and the players' lounge. A new film lacks that access.