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British wildcard Broady stuns world number four Ruud as Rybakina advances on day four at Wimbledon

  • Tennis

British wildcard Liam Broady produced the biggest upset of the Wimbledon Championships so far as he stunned world number four Casper Ruud in five sets.

set two but after extensive medical treatment continued the match.Fourth seed Jessica Pegula of the United

States cruised through her second-round match today, beating Spain’s Cristina Bucsa.Fifth seed Caroline

Rublev defeated fellow neutral athlete Aslan Karatsev 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.Ninth seed Taylor Fritz of the United

States was another top-ten casualty, squandering a two-set lead as she was beaten by Sweden’s Mikael


Solomon Islands athletes depart for Pacific Games training in China

  • Solomon Islands 2023

A group of 80 athletes set to compete for the Solomon Islands at their home Pacific Games later this year have left for China to undergo an intensive 90-day training programme.

construction of the main stadium, and concerns over its rising influence in the region prompted the United

States to re-open an Embassy in Honiara for the first time since 1993 earlier this year.As part of China's




Dramatic matches, surprise wins and protests as Wimbledon plays catch-up on day three

  • Tennis

A dramatic victory for Stefanos Tsitsipas, a surprise win for Marta Kostyuk and two bizarre protests were the talking points on the third day of tennis’s Wimbledon Championships, as the tournament attempted to catch-up on a backlog of singles matches.

British wildcard in George Loffhagen 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in round one, while ninth seed Taylor Fritz of the United

States survived a scare in a first-round match concluded today, beating Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann 6


Fifty years since the first World Aquatics Championships

  • The Big Read

This week, the next generation of swimmers have been in action at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade but 50 years ago, the same city was the setting for the inaugural World Championships in aquatic sports.

butterfly and set a world record 57.54 to win the 100m freestyle ahead of Shirley Babashoff of the United

States set a world record to win the 400m freestyle.He was the first man to swim under four minutes

The next pic.twitter.com/JF6mBtNfqX— SportStory (@sportstorytv) August 7, 2020Jim Montgomery of the United

States completed the 100m and 200m freestyle double, a feat not emulated until Romanian David Popovici

States beat Dibiasi in springboard and repeated the feat at the 1975 World Championships before claiming


Japan to meet Mexico in opening match of WBSC Under-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan

  • Baseball and Softball

The schedule for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup, to be hosted in Tainan, will see Japan, the world number one team, meeting world number three Mexico on the opening day of July 28.

on August 6 at Asia Pacific Main Stadium.The defending champions and current world number two team United

States will take on world number 16 Czech Republic in Group B in the second games to be played on the

Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, New Zealand, Panama and defending champions the United

States, who have won the biennial event - which has always been hosted either in Taipei or Tainan -



Robin Aisher, British Olympic sailing medallist and Admiral’s Cup winner, dies aged 89

  • Sailing

Robin Aisher, Britain’s Olympic sailing medallist and multiple Admiral’s Cup winner, has died aged 89, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced.

championship of offshore racing.Starting in 1957, it was initially contested by Great Britain and the United

States, although other nations later became involved, with the format involving three boats for each





Defending women’s champion Rybakina and men’s top seed Alcaraz win on rain-hit day two at Wimbledon

  • Tennis

Defending women’s singles champion Elena Rybakina and men’s top seed Carlos Alcaraz were among the winners on a rain-hit second day of the Wimbledon Championships.

Kazakhstan opened Centre Court play as the defending women’s champion, battling past Shelby Rogers of the United

States in three sets.After a nervy start, which included a double fault on the first point, Rybakina


Spanish Olympic Committee takes part in meeting over country’s joint bid to host 2030 FIFA World Cup

  • World Cup

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has taken part in a meeting to discuss sustainability aspects of the country’s joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Portugal, Morocco and Ukraine.

World Cup.The next men’s FIFA World Cup is due to take place in 2026, and is set to be co-hosted by the United

States, Canada and Mexico.It is due to be the first edition of the tournament to feature 48 teams, with


USOPC chief executive Hirshland paid over $1 million in 2022

  • PASO

Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), was paid

International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreements with the longstanding Olympic broadcaster for the United

States, NBC, and corporate members of The Olympic Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship programme.Sarah

fourth-highest medals tally at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, collecting 20 medals in total, six of them gold.The United

States finished fourth on the medals table at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing with eight gold

medals ©USOPCHirshland, formerly chief commercial officer for the United States Golf Association, has