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Mixed fortunes for co-hosts on opening day of 2021 Women's EuroVolley

  • Volleyball

Competition opened a the 2021 European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Women's EuroVolley, with Bulgaria and Turkey starting their tournaments with a win.

The event is being hosted by Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.The Kolodruma in Plovdiv is the venue

Finland before The Netherlands take on Ukraine.Action is also set to start in pool A tomorrow, with hosts Serbia



Halep earns first win since May as rain delays Barty’s Cincinnati Masters opener

  • Tennis

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep registered her first win since May on a rain-affected day at the Cincinnati Masters, as world number one Ashleigh Barty’s second-round match was postponed due to wet weather.

beat Russia’s Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-3 and France’s Gael Monfils proved too strong for Dušan Lajović of Serbia



Osaka left in tears at first press conference since French Open withdrawal

  • Tennis

Naomi Osaka, who lit the Olympic Cauldron at Tokyo 2020 but has only played in one tournament since withdrawing from the French Open amid controversy over her stance of not fulfilling all media obligations to guard her mental well-being, was left in tears at a pre-Cincinnati Masters press conference.

Alex de Minaur, the 14th seed, rebounded after a dreadful first set to overpower Filip Krajinović of Serbia







United States claim seventh successive Olympic women's basketball gold

  • Basketball

The United States captured their seventh straight Olympic women’s basketball title and ninth overall with a commanding 90-75 win over Japan at Tokyo 2020 here.

they had to settle for silver.France claimed the bronze medal following  a 91-76 victory over Serbia



World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title

  • Karate

World champion Ryo Kiyuna beat Spain’s Damian Quintero in the final of the men’s kata to give Japan their first gold in the new Olympic sport of karate.

to the American Ariel Torres Gutierrez and Ali Sofuoglu of Turkey.World champion Yovana Prekovic of Serbia


Warholm wins 400m hurdles gold and smashes world record by nearly a second

  • Athletics

Norway’s Karsten Warholm won one of the great Olympic finals here today to claim men’s 400 metres hurdles gold, taking almost a second off his own world record as he finished ahead of his United States rival Rai Benjamin in 45.94sec.

second round effort of 6.95m - but there was more to come.Rio 2106 bronze medallist Ivana Španović of Serbia