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Euro 2020: Italy march into semifinals with 2-1 win over Belgium
Belgium were the more attacking side in the opening stages, but Italy came close to scoring with their first chance, but Leonardo Bonucci's goal was ruled offside by VAR with 13 minutes gone. At the other end, Donnarumma had to be on guard to deny Kevin De Bruyne's promising strike on goal nine minutes later.
Tour de France: Metaj Mohoric stamps his class in Stage 7
The 26-year-old completed the 249.1 km uphill stage in 5 hours, 28 minutes and 20 seconds, over a minute ahead of Belgian Jasper Stuyven and Dane Magnus Cort. Mathieu van der Poel, who leads overall and has the yellow jersey, finished fourth. "I knew it was a good stage for me and I saw there was only one more stage after this that suits me so I focused on this," said Mohoric after winning the stage.
Tokyo Olympics: IOC to allow limited protests but the threat of disqualification stays
The IOC on Friday relaxed some provisions of the controversial Rule 50.2 of Olympic Charter and approved guidelines for participants to express themselves during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, allowing sportspersons to give their views including on the field of play prior to start of the competition, through interviews, protests or gestures.
Wimbledon 2021: Novak Djokovic cruises, Andrey Rublev leads Russian charge into 4th Rd
Djokovic defeated the Ukraine-born American Kudla 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7) in two hours 17 minutes to secure his place in the fourth round of the championships. Djokovic, gunning for his sixth Wimbledon title, was too strong for the 114th ranked Kudla and though the American did put up a fight in the third set, the 34-year-old Serb was relentless and sealed victory in third set tiebreaker.
Wimbledon 2021: Sania-Bopanna enter second round of mixed doubles
Experienced duo Sania and Rohan, who have reunited on the circuit for mixed doubles in view of the Tokyo Olympic Games, beat Ankita and Ramanathan 6-2, 7-6(5) in just over an hour on Court 8. Sania, 34, and Bopanna, 41, were always in control in the first set but faced some resistance in the second. They won 74% points on first serve as compared to 68% by their opponents, who also committed a double fault.
The making of world's youngest chess Game Master Abhimanyu Mishra
With his win, Abhimanyu who had earlier became the youngest International Master in 2019, erased the 19-year-old record held by Russian GM Sergey Karjakin as the youngest chess GM. The making of the GM Abhimanyu is the result of his dedication and the hard work since the age of five, his father Hemant Mishra's dedication and belief in his son and also the work of his coaches.
BWF expresses confidence for top-quality badminton at Olympics
Various bodies responsible for the preparations including the world governing body of badminton were working very hard to make the Games a success, BWF secretary general Thomas Lund said. He was also upbeat that no major declines of invitations had been registered with a full turn out of top shuttlers expected to show up for the event despite the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 situation.
Wimbledon 2021: Mixed day for India as Sania advances, Bopanna-Sharan lose
Sania and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands started their latest campaign at Wimbledon by stunning the sixth-seeded pair, Alexa Guarachi of Chile and Desirae Krawczyk of the USA. They advanced to the second round with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Court 8. However, there was no such luck for Bopanna and Sharan, who missed the cut for the Tokyo Olympics as they could not improve their combined ranking of 113.
Wimbledon 2021: Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev advance; Nishikori, Dimitrov ousted
Sixth seed Federer, who along with Rafael Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in Open Era, was in great form as he defeated his French opponent, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4, spending nine minutes less than two hours at the Centre Court. The Swiss maestro sent down 10 aces, had no double fault, and won 84% points on his-first serve. He also slammed 50 winners as compared to 20 by Gasquet.
After sealing Olympic berth, swimmer Nataraj's big test starts
With just over 22 days to go for the start of the Olympic Games, the dream came true for 20-year-old Nataraj, who had achieved the 'B' qualification mark in the FINA World Junior Championship in 2019, as his qualification time, set in a separate time trial at Rome, was approved by FINA, the sport's world governing body on Wednesday.
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