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Wimbledon: Djokovic, Berrettini, Khachanov & Shapovalov enter quarters
The Serb world No. 1, who is eyeing his 20th Grand Slam title to level with Federer and Rafael Nadal, who both have 20 Grand Slam titles, has been in immaculate form dropping only one set in the tournament. Djokovic fired nine aces against two from Garin and committed only one double fault as against five by the Chilean. He converted five of the 12 break-points and won 92 per cent first service points.
Mary Kom, Manpreet picked flag bearers for Tokyo Olympics
At Tokyo, Mary Kom, 38, will be participating in her second Olympics -- women's boxing was introduced at the London Olympics in 2012 -- after failing to qualify for the Rio Games in 2016. She is the most accomplished Indian sportsperson, having bagged the World Championship a record six times and has won a gold (2014) and silver (2020) medal at the Asian Games.
Spain, Italy set for Euro 2020 semifinal
The need to protect the playing surface at Wembley Stadium meant the Spanish, who enjoyed a day off on Sunday, held their final training session ahead of the game at the familiar headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in Madrid. The current Italian side is very different from the ultra-defensive teams of the past, with Roberto Mancini building a team based on pace in attack and drive in midfield.
Ombudsman reinstates Mohammed Azharuddin as Hyderabad cricket president
The ruling of the HCA Ombudsman, retired justice Deepak Verma, came on a complaint filed by former India captain Azharuddin, challenging the June 15 show cause notice issued to him by five HCA office-bearers -- vice-president John Manoj, secretary R. Vijayanand, joint secretary Naresh Sharma, treasurer Surender Agarwal, and councillor P. Anuradha.
Rahul Dravid's coaching experience just amazing: Prithvi Shaw
Dravid is the head coach of the Indian team that is currently touring Sri Lanka for a six-match white-ball series beginning with an ODI at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on July 13. After the three-match ODI series, the Shikhar Dhawan-led side will play a T20I series, beginning July 21.
Max Verstappen in dominant F1 Austrian GP win
In F1's second successive Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, Verstappen lived up to his pre-race billing as the hot favourite, leading all the way from pole position and collecting the fastest lap on way to his third victory in succession on Sunday. "Incredible, to be honest. The car was on rails," said Verstappen, who now has a championship lead of 32 points over Hamilton.
Wimbledon 2021: Focus on teenagers Emma, Coco in women's fourth round
Though all three of them have done exceedingly well in their maiden campaign at the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, local teenager Emma, 18, will be the cynosure of all eyes and will have the British fans egging her on to go further in her home Grand Slam. Making her Grand Slam main draw debut at the All England Club, Emma, a school student, has not dropped a set in three rounds so far.
Wimbledon 2021: Focus on Djokovic, Federer as play resumes after rest day
Termed 'Manic Monday' by traditionalists, the day after the rest day sees all big guns step onto the court for fourth-round action with Djokovic starting the proceedings at the Centre court against 17th seed Cristian Garin of Chile. Djokovic, the 2019champion, is gunning for his sixth title at the All England Club while Federer is hoping to win his first title here, after 2017.
Olympics: Swimmer Sajan Prakash sets sights on reaching semis
To achieve that, Prakash, an inspector with Kerala Police, will have to slash 0.5 seconds from his timing of 1:56:38 in 200m butterfly that he achieved at the Sette Colli Swim Meet in Rome, Italy. The postponement of the Olympics by a year came as a blessing for Prakash as he could complete his rehabilitation and training in Bangkok. Prakash will continue to train in Dubai for the next couple of weeks and will leave for Tokyo from there.
Don't need validation from people: Mithali on slow scoring
Mithali, who became the top run-getter in international cricket across all formats on Saturday, surpassing former England batter Charlotte Edwards in the third ODI, said during the post-match press conference that, "I do read that the criticism is about my strike rate, but as I have said earlier also, I don't seek validation from people. I've played for a long time and I know that I have a certain responsibility in the team."
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