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Thiem beats defending champion Tsitsipas on opening day of ATP Finals

  • Tennis

US Open champion Dominic Thiem of Austria overcame defending Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in a rematch of last year's final of the season-ending event.

of Croatia beat German pairing Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-7 7-6 10-7, while Rajeev Ram of the United

States and Joe Salisbury of Britain beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil 7-5 3-6 10


Michael Pavitt: The moving goalposts of Tokyo 2020 qualification

  • Inside the Blogs

Sporting analogies were used this week by medical experts seeking to either calm or increase public excitement around the ongoing vaccine trials.

cancellation of next month’s Wrestling World Championships due to withdrawals of key nations such as the United

States and Japan shows that even one stand-alone event is not a sure thing.



Indonesia win big on day four of IWF Online Youth World Cup

  • Weightlifting

Indonesia's Rizki Juniansyah bagged his home nation three gold medals as he put in a dominant performance on day four of the International Weightlifting Federation Online Youth World Cup.

get in a legal mark - ending her chances of a snatch or overall medal.Poland's Maria Polka and the United

States' Diana Irizarry both finished on 73kg for silver and bronze respectively.But the clean and jerk

, both weightlifters finished on 168kg, while Polka was just behind with a final total of 167kg.The United

States and Colombia won their first gold medals on the day, while Juniansyah's three golds propelled




Introductory baseball for the blind course added to WBSC Academy

  • Baseball and Softball

An introductory course designed to acquaint national governing bodies with baseball for the blind has been added to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Academy.

 Italy, France and Germany originally contested the Mole's Cup, but Cuba, the United States and

the United Kingdom were added to the 2019 tournament and it is hoped that Pakistan, Panama and Argentina


International Swimming League moves to knockout stage with start of semi-finals

  • Swimming

The International Swimming League (ISL) moves to the knockout stage tomorrow, with eight teams doing battle over the course of two matches for the chance to secure a place in the coveted final.

world champions on their roster - Russians Evgeny Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov and Matt Grevers of the United

States - while London Roar has two of the league's top five backstrokers in their line-up - German Christian


Pitchford impresses on first day of ITTF Men’s World Cup in Weihai

  • Table Tennis

England’s Liam Pitchford caught the eye on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men’s World Cup at the Weihai Nanhai Olympic Center.

after defeating Chuang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11, 13-11 and Kanak Jha of the United

States 7-11, 11-4, 13-15, 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4.Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov, seeded seventh, is due



World 1500m gold medallist Manangoi latest Kenyan banned after missing drugs tests

  • Athletics

Kenya’s 2017 world 1500 metres champion Elijah Manangoi has been banned for two-years after missing a series of drugs tests.

international athletes to have been suspended for missing drugs tests or whereabouts failures.Last month the United

States' world 100m champion Christian Coleman was banned for two-years after missing three drugs tests.To


Levi Alpine Ski World Cup given green light thanks to snow import

  • Alpine Skiing

The Finnish leg of the women's International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup has been confirmed after it was deemed that there is enough snow on the resort in Levi.

United States' four-time world slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to action in Levi, following



First woman to take Olympic Oath passes away at 88

  • Winter Olympics

The first female Olympic Oath taker and the first Italian female Winter Olympics medallist, Giuliana Chenal Minuzzo, has died at the age of 88.

the Italian would add a second Olympic bronze - this time at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley in the United

States in the giant slalom.


Casey holds two-shot lead after weather-affected opening day of The Masters

  • Golf

England's Paul Casey holds a two-shot lead at the end of day one of The Masters, although a three-hour weather delay means that a large proportion of the field have yet to complete their first round.

Casey was able to complete his opening round at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia in the United

States and carded a seven-under-par round of 65.The 43-year-old has a good record in the major, having