Parker: 'Basketball helps with divorce'

Tony Parker has revealed that he finds comfort in playing basketball since splitting from Eva Longoria late last year.

In an interview with France's Le Parisien, the San Antonio Spurs player said that the sport helps him to put things in perspective and to "make sense of things".

"The most important thing is to stay strong mentally, even if these are very difficult times," he explained.

"I've taken refuge in basketball because that's what I've done best since my youth."

Parker added: "You have to know how to keep things in perspective. I am, first of all, a basketball player.

"I've done this for so very long… For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court."