Thibaut Courtois opens up on his love of basketball

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At 6ft 6in and with a safe pair of hands, Thibaut Courtois had all the tools to make a career out of basketball. In another life, the former Chelsea goalkeeper could have raised the NBA trophy instead of the Premier League one.

Before returning to ­training at Real Madrid two weeks ago, on his 28th ­birthday, the Belgium international kept lockdown boredom at bay by indulging in his passion for hoops.

Each Sunday he has ­battled another big name from the world of sport as part of a series of challenges at ­computer game NBA2K20.

Strikers Romelu ­Lukaku and Sergio Aguero have taken him on – and tonight it’s the turn of F1 driver Pierre Gasly. Courtois’ love of ­basketball started as a child in Belgium and developed to the point where he