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Qualifier Raducanu roars past Rogers to reach US Open quarter-finals

  • Tennis

Qualifier Emma Raducanu produced a dominant display to advance to her first Grand Slam quarter-final by beating home favourite Shelby Rogers at the US Open in New York.

the runner-up last year, will face South Africa's Lloyd Harris in the quarter-finals.Harris overcame United

States’ Reilly Opelka 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.


Britain replaces South Korea as hosts of ice hockey qualifier for Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

Britain has replaced South Korea as hosts of next month’s women’s pre-qualification second round group for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

qualifier.The tournaments will take place from November 11 to 14, with three spots on offer at Beijing 2022.United

States, Canada, Finland, the Russian Olympic Committee, Switzerland and Japan are assured of competing


Sörling set to become ITTF President after being confirmed as sole nominee

  • Table Tennis

Sweden’s Petra Sörling is poised to become International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President after being confirmed as the sole candidate for the position at the organisation’s Annual General Assembly (AGM) in November.

Behnam Habibzadehmomen, Saint Lucia’s Teddy Matthews, Nigeria’s Wahid Oshodi, New Zealand’s Paul Kyle, United

Arab Emirates’ Dawoud Alhajri and United States’ Virginia Sung complete the list of candidates.Sung


World Rugby Sevens Series continues to be hit by impact of COVID-19

  • Rugby Sevens

The impact of COVID-19 is set to make a further impact upon the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and continue into 2022 with the cancellation of four events.

women’s fast four competitions, including new Olympic silver medallists France, alongside Britain, the United

States and hosts Canada as World Rugby continues its commitment to increase elite competition opportunities



Serbia beat Italy to clinch FINA Water Polo Under-19 World Championship title

  • Water Polo

Serbia have won the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo Under-19 World Championship after edging a close final 10-8 against Italy in the Czech capital Prague.

fifth, while Greece had to settle for eighth at this year’s championship after losing 12-11 to the United

States.


Michael Houston: Tokyo 2020 Paralympics shows the extraordinary is rather ordinary

  • Inside the Blogs

I write this as I watch the men’s wheelchair basketball final at the Ariake Arena between the United

States and Japan and this match perfectly summarises what the Paralympics is like to watch live.

largely past.In the Main Press Centre, we became well-acquainted with various journalists from the United

controversies and in the case of David Weir, their criticism over a lack of technology.Japan and the United

States faced each other in the men's wheelchair basketball final ©Getty ImagesThe sheer emotion from


Fraser-Pryce returns to action with 10.81sec meeting record in Chorzow

  • Athletics

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, suitably rested after running the women’s 100 metres in 10.60sec, the third fastest time ever, returned to action in phenomenal fashion today at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Chorzow, Poland, winning in a meeting record of 10.81.

fouls - in a run that dates back to May, Olympic champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser of the United

States opened with 21.61 metres.But it was business as usual with his second throw as he recorded a

States, who clocked 13.37.United States pole vaulter Chris Nilsen, the Tokyo 2020 silver medallist,

compatriot KC Lightfoot.Poland’s Piotr Lisek was fifth and double world champion Sam Kendricks of the United

States finished sixth, both on 5.70m.Michael Cherry of the United States, fourth in the Olympic men’


Lecomte wins overall women's cross-country UCI Mountain Bike World Cup title in Lenzerheide

  • Cycling

France’s Loana Lecomte secured the 2021 women’s elite cross-country International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup title as Britain’s newly crowned world champion Evie Richards won her first World Cup race in Lenzerheide in Switzerland, while France’s Victor Koretzky secured victory in the men’s elite cross-country Olympic event.

final UCI Mountain Bike World Cup of the season is scheduled for September 18 and 19 in Snowshoe in the United

States.


Vodišek leads strong field at 2021 IKA Formula Kite European Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The continent's finest kiteboarders are gearing up for the biggest event of the season so far as the 2021 International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) Formula Kite European Championships begins in Montpellier in southern France.

squad.View this post on InstagramA post shared by DANIELA MOROZ (@thelifeofdanielaa)Among the women, the United

States' Daniela Moroz is likely to remain untouchable in the open category.The battle for the title,


Mike Rowbottom: Solheim Cup controversy points up the old truth - golf don’t have no mercy

  • Inside the Blogs

To paraphrase the old Reverend Gary Davis song - golf don’t have no mercy. But the same doesn’t have to hold true for players.

Inverness Golf Club in Ohio, the defending champions Europe ended the day with a 5½-2½ lead over the United

States women.

final match of the very bitterly contested 1969 Ryder Cup golf match at Royal Birkdale between the United

States and what was then just the Great Britain team.Faced with a three-foot putt to draw the match,




Uzbekistan NOC honours Olympic medal-winning athletes on 30-year independence anniversary

  • OCA

The Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee (NOC) has honoured its Tokyo 2020 medal-winning athletes with commemorative medals to celebrate the country's 30 years of independence.

medals - four golds, two silvers and seven bronzes.Bakhodir Jalolov dominated Richard Torrez of the United

States in the men's super-heavyweight final, Ulugbek Rashitov was champion of the men's 68-kilogram