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Mo Farah fails to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
The 38-year-old Farah, who won a grand double clinching the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, had on June 5 failed to clock the qualification time at the European Athletics 10,000m Cup in Birmingham, timing 27:50:54, which was his slowest since 2014 and good enough for eighth place.
Dutee Chand's Olympic hopes hang by a thread
"It was a bad day for me on Saturday morning as I strained my left quadriceps muscles during the women's 100m heats. I've taken medicine as well as treatment from physio. My leg injury should be fine. I should be able to run a fast time in the final in the evening," the 25-year-old 2018 Jakarta Asian Games silver-medallist in 100m/200m told IANS.
Tough to beat India with this fragile England batting: Vaughan
Ahead of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand, England had lost the two-Test series at home 1-0 to the Black Caps. Before that they had lost a four-match Test series to India 3-1 in the sub-continent.
Support Olympic-bound athletes like our cricketers: Rijiju
"I want the Olympics movement and the importance of Olympics to be understood by everyone, spread across the length and breadth of India. Sports is the biggest soft power of a nation," said Rijiju. Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand spoke about how the athletes were more confident in their abilities than their compatriots in the past and underlined the role of the government in making this change possible.
Eastbourne: Jelena sets up title clash with Anett
Anett advanced after Camila Giorgi of Italy retired due to a left thigh injury trailing 5-4. Jelena struck 38 winners to 30 unforced errors, and finished the match without a single double fault for the first time since winning the 2019 Luxembourg final. The result puts the Latvian world No 43 into her ninth career final, fifth at WTA 500 level or higher, and biggest since Miami 2018.
Bad Homburg Open: Kerber seals final berth with win over Kvitova
Kerber, the winner of three Grand Slam titles, including the Wimbledon in 2018, will take on Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the final on Saturday. World number 76 Siniakova edged number eight seed Laura Siegemund of Germany, 7-5, 6-4 in the morning quarterfinals on Friday, before coming back hours later to dispatch number seven seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, 6-2, 6-4, and reach her maiden singles final of the year.
Medvedev one win away from maiden grass-court title
The world No. 2 Russian has lifted all 10 of his ATP Tour trophies on hard courts. He will get the chance to add a grass-court title when he takes on Sam Querrey of the United States in the final. The 33-year-old Querrey fired 18 aces past Adrian Mannarino of France en route to a 6-4, 6-3 victory. He saved the only break point he faced and won 97 per cent of points behind his first serve to seal the victory in an hour and 10 minutes.
38 years to this day, Kapil Dev stirred India to World Cup glory
The current Indian captain Virat Kohli, who has failed to inspire his team to cross the final hurdles in the last three International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments -- losing the 2017 Champions Trophy final, the 2019 World Cup final and the WTC final -- would do well to seek inspiration from Kapil Dev, who led a team of underdogs to upset one of the greatest teams to have stepped on earth, the Clive Lloyd-led West Indies.
UAE to host T20 World Cup from Oct 17 to Nov 14: Report
While the remainder of the suspended 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) ends on October 15, the T20 World Cup will begin two days later with eight teams Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea fighting for four spots in Super 12s, according to a report in espncricinfo.com. The Round 1 elimination matches will be held at a venue in the UAE as well as Oman.
Tough path for Serena, Ashleigh at Wimbledon
The women's draw was released on Friday even as defending champion Simona Halep announced her withdrawal due to a calf injury. Ashleigh, who is a one-time Grand Slam winner at 2019 French Open and has never proceeded beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon, is drawn to face current French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova.
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