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For Moore, it was the biggest step so far in a long journey to soccer's elite after starting in the non-league system in southwest England.

Krejcikova won just her fifth major tournament as a singles player by beating 31st-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the final at Roland Garros.

Holding, who is a passionate advocate for equality in cricket and the wider community, feels the gesture is akin to saying "all lives matter" rather than supporting Black Lives Matter movement.

Roberto Mancini's team has begun its first major international tournament in five years with a convincing 3-0 win over Turkey.

The 36-year-old Chhetri has brushed aside any comparison with Messi whom he has overtaken to be the second highest international goal-scorer among active players.

The Indian lifter is ranked second in the women's 49kg category with 4133,6172 points in her kitty.

Nadal, who went into the match with 105-2 (win-loss) record and with a 7-1 record against the Serb, was the outright favourite to win the match and set up a final clash with Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. For, he had lost only one set in this year's tournament

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Assistant secretary Vinod Tomar defended the decision.

In February this year, the Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu moved out of the SAI-Gopichand Academy and started training at the indoor stadium.

Dravid will be the head coach of a Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian team that will tour Sri Lanka for a white-ball series next month.

Earlier, England were bowled out for 303 in their first innings on the second day.

Czech takes on Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the summit clash

Chopra won gold with a throw of 83.18 metres in his sixth and last attempt at the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa.

Shakib's anger got the better of him during his team Mohammedan Sporting's game against Abahani Limited.

Hyderabad: Former Olympian JJ Shobha, who represented India in 2004 –Athens and 2008- Beijing Olympics, called on IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao here on Friday. The athlete along with her husband met the Minister seeking his assistance with the allocation of a construction site which was promised to her by the government. […]

It will start with support for athletes who are a part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) development group expected to participate in Olympics 2024 and beyond.

As per the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athletes' contingent.

The 26-year-old Vinesh can now win her third gold in as many tournaments this season, having won titles in Matteo Pellicone (March) and Asian Championship (April).

India will play three ODIs and as many T20s in Colombo starting July 13.

The build-up to Spain's tournament has not been great as captain Sergio Busquets has already been ruled out of the first game against Sweden due to a positive Covid-19 result and some of the other players are also isolating.

Social media has been flooded with condolence messages since Dingko Singh died on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Fans, politicians, and celebrities from the sports and the Hindi film

Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: The countdown is down to 1 week now! Get behind #TeamIndia as they are all set to take on New Zealand in the #WTC21 Final."

The World Test Championship final is scheduled to be held from Jun 18 to 22.

Defeats Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek in straight sets