Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka was shocked by a home qualifier while Garbine Muguruza won a hotly anticipated battle between two former Grand Slam champions during a stellar night session of first round action at the Italian Open in Rome.

tournament today progressed to round two.Estonia's Annett Kontaveit, the 14th seed, beat Caroline Garcia of France

Britain’s newly established 800 metres champion Daniel Rowden set a personal best of 1min 44.09sec to win a hugely competitive race at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, where local heroine Sandra Perkovic delivered another home discus victory with 64.67 metres.

lists, to win the women’s long jump from Romania’s Alina Rotaru, who reached 6.47m.Wilhelm Belocian of France

German Bora-Hansgrohe rider Lennard Kämna outwitted a breakaway pack on stage 16 of the Tour de France

#TDFunited pic.twitter.com/inc2K9bunZ— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 15, 2020Left at the front

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Roglič kept his yellow jersey as the general classification group stuck together ©Getty ImagesTour de France

returned in public after quarantining due to the COVID-19 virus ©Getty ImagesEgan Bernal's Tour de France

Papa Massata Diack claimed himself and father Lamine Diack are the victims of an "Anglo-Saxon conspiracy" as he criticised the French authorities prior to the verdict in their corruption trial.

crimes took place in Russia, Qatar, Senegal, Japan and Turkey.He claimed he opted not to travel to France

Kim Andersen is set to face three challengers when he stands for re-election as President of World Sailing next month.  

chair of World Sailing's Athletes' Commission, has also put himself forward.Rocherieux represented France

Rio 2016 shot put champion Ryan Crouser maintained his superb winning run tonight in the opening event of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb as he beat world champion Joe Kovacs with a meeting record of 22.74 metres, the best seen in Europe since 1988.

Valarie Allman of the United States, who reached 70.15m on August 1.She faces Melina Robert-Michon of France

meeting named in honour of Croatia's inter-war hurdles favourite Boris Hanzekovic.Wilhem Belocian of France

The German Boxing Federation (DBV) have said a "large part" of their Olympic team has tested positive for coronavirus during a training camp in Austria.

delegation made the trip to the training camp at Längenfeld in Tirol.DBV director Michael Müller told Agence France-Presse

France claimed the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF) Mixed Offshore European Championships title

whether the application has been successful.Teams representing Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, France

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Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar claimed victory on stage 15 of the Tour de France ahead of race leader Primož

classification battle.The Grand Colombier climb ended Bernal’s hopes of securing back-to-back Tour de France

Roglič finishing second on the same time.Australia’s Richie Porte continued his impressive Tour de France

Naomi Osaka earned her second US Open title last night, withstanding a scintillating opening set from opponent Victória Azárenka to triumph 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Italy, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England will play in October and December to ensure the winner

A joint seminar held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the Oceania Weightlifting Federation attracted participants from 29 countries.

United Kingdom, United States, China and South Korea.Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Botswana, Germany, France

The trial of Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke over the alleged illegal awarding of media rights for World Cup tournaments is scheduled to begin in Switzerland tomorrow.

of this case does not relate to our client in any way," lawyers representing Al-Khelaifi told Agence France-Presse.A

was among those dropped ©Getty ImagesThe stage took place among growing concern over coronavirus in France