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Osijek: Olympic-bound Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar ended sixth in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event of the ISSF World Cup here on Sunday. The 20-year-old had won a gold medal in the New Delhi World Cup earlier this year in the same event. Tomar qualified seventh for the final with a score of 1176. He scored 395 in kneeling, 396 in prone and 385 in the standing position for that total. Compatriot Sanjeev Rajput, however, could not make the final after ending 17th in the qualification round. He totalled 1173 (391 kneeling, 395 prone and 387 standing). In the final, Tomar was fifth after the kneeling and prone stages with a total of 306.8. During the standing (elimination) stage, Tomar was sixth at the end of the first 10 shots when the last two of the eight-strong group were eliminated. He fired a 10.2 after that but it could not save him from elimination at the sixth spot with a total score of 416.4. The gold medal in this event went Ukraine's Serhiy Ku...

Argentine prosecutors will on Monday question Diego Maradona's personal physician, accused along with six other medical professionals of having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days. The appearance of Leopoldo Luque, 39, will close a two-week process of interrogating the seven, who appeared one by one to defend themselves against the accusations. Luque, who has described Maradona as a friend, was in charge of his medical team, which a board of experts found had provided inadequate care and abandoned the idolized player to his fate for a "prolonged, agonizing period" before he was found dead in bed. A judge will next decide whether to order a trial, in a process that could take years. The suspects risk between eight and 25 years in jail if found guilty. The sporting legend died of a heart attack last November at the age of 60, weeks after undergoing brain surgery for a blood clot. An investigation was opened following a complaint filed by two of Maradon...

World Cup holders France are in Euro 2020 action on Monday as they face Switzerland in Bucharest looking to secure a place in the quarter-finals, while Luka Modric leads Croatia into battle against Spain. The pre-tournament favourites, France have so far struggled to find their best form in this competition after following a narrow opening win over Germany with draws against Hungary and Portugal. Kylian Mbappe has not yet found the net and coach Didier Deschamps has been hit by injuries to a number of fringe members of his team, but Les Bleus are still expected to have too much for their Swiss neighbours in the Romanian capital. "We have turned the page now on the group phase, which required a lot of effort from us, and now we are moving on to a new competition," France captain Hugo Lloris said on Sunday. "The approach now needs to be completely different and we know we have no margin for error." Switzerland, who qualified for the last 16 as one of the best thi...

Mûr-de-Bretagne, France: Former champion Geraint Thomas lost around 30 seconds to his two key rivals for the overall Tour de France title after slipping behind in Sunday's thrilling finale to the second stage. As Tour rookie Mathieu van der Poel scored a memorable triumph in blistering gung-ho style, Thomas was unable to keep up over the final kilometre. Thomas is one a pre-Tour designated quartet of Ineos leaders. Two others, Richie Porte and Tao Geoghegan Hart, lost time after falls on the first stage. The 35-year-old Thomas stayed upright on Saturday, one of the few riders to do so. But after Sunday, the highest placed rider on the Ineos roster is Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. The 2019 Giro d'Italia champion kept up with the elite group that followed Van der Poel over the finish line. Carapaz is 18th, 31sec down on the leader and 18 seconds down on the 2020 champion Tadej Pogacar. "It's a bit of a shame that G lost a few seconds but we remain in the fight and t...

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A rocket from Thorgan Hazard knocked reigning champions Portugal out of Euro 2020 on Sunday and earned Belgium a blockbuster quarter-final with Italy. Hazard's swerving shot before half-time sealed a 1-0 win for Belgium and settled a scrappy contest in Seville that never really lived up to its billing as the stand-out tie of the last 16. But it could prove a statement victory for Belgium, whose chief concern now will be the fitness of Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, who both hobbled off injured and will undergo scans on Monday. De Bruyne suffered an ankle injury while coach Roberto Martinez said Hazard's problem was "more of a muscle feeling". Cristiano Ronaldo tested Thibaut Courtois with a dipping free-kick in the first half but the 36-year-old neither broke the international goals record nor added to his five for the tournament. Raphael Guerreiro went closest to a late equaliser when his shot came back off the post, one of 29 shots Portugal had, six of them o...

Bristol:  India captain Mithali Raj on Sunday said the time has come for India women's team to think beyond long-serving and over-worked Jhulan Goswami by grooming young pace bowlers for future. Raj blamed both the batting as well as the bowling units for India's below-par show in the first ODI against England on Sunday, which the visitors lost by eight wickets to go down 0-1 in the three-match series. Sent in to bat, India played 181 dot balls to post a modest 201 for eight, which England chased down with 91 balls to spare. "Yes, we need to look into that aspect and keep on rotating strike," Raj said about the dot balls during the post-match virtual press conference. "We need our top-5 batters to get runs. We also need to understand that England seamers are very experienced. They know how to bowl in their conditions." She said her side's seam bowlers were not up to the mark. "It puts pressure (on the opposition) if we can get early wickets. ...

South Africa's spinners starred as they rebounded from a hammering in the first encounter of the five-match T20 International series to defeat the West Indies by 16 runs in the second fixture at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Sunday. Defending what appeared to be another modest total of 166 for seven, George Linde and Tabraiz Shamsi combined for three vital wickets in eight economical overs to limit the home side to 150 for nine in reply. It leaves the series locked at 1-1 going into the third match at the same venue on Tuesday. Opening batsman Andre Fletcher top-scored for the home side with 35 but it was a late assault by Fabian Allen, who smashed five sixes in 34 off just 19 balls, which caused the only anxiety for Temba Bavuma's team. With 36 required off the final over from Lungi Ngidi, Allen crashed sixes off the first two balls. However, the pacer held his nerve and dismissed the danger man to put smiles back on South African faces after they saw the We...

Click here to follow all the live action from the Round of 16 match between Belgium and Portugal. Team Report:  Eden Hazard was picked to start for Belgium in their Euro 2020 last-16 clash with holders Portugal on Sunday. Hazard played 90 minutes against Finland on Monday and has said the plan is to hit peak fitness for the tournament's knock-out stages. Thomas Vermaelen continues in Belgium's back three while Axel Witsel also starts again after recovering from his Achilles tendon injury. Portugal coach Fernando Santos makes two changes as Diogo Dalot comes in for Nelson Semedo at right back and Joao Palhinha replaces Danilo Pereira in midfield. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the line up front, with the 36-year-old one goal away from breaking the record of 109 international goals scored by Iran's Ali Daei. Starting line-ups: Belgium (3-4-3) Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen; Thomas Meunier, Youri Tielemans, Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard; ...

Toggle between the tabs above to switch between quick scorecard, full scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary Toss report : West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss for the second match in a row and again put South Africa in to bat in the second T20 International at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Sunday. Both teams are unchanged from the opening fixture a day earlier in which the home side romped to an eight-wicket victory with five overs to spare after the Proteas totalled 160 for six batting first. Teams: West Indies – Kieron Pollard (captain), Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Kevin Sinclair, Obed McCoy. South Africa – Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Rassie van der Dussen, Henrich Klaasen, David Miller, George Linde, Reeza Hendricks, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi. Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WIS), Nigel Duguid (WIS...

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Click here to follow all the live action from the Round of 16 match between Belgium and Portugal. Team Report:  Eden Hazard was picked to start for Belgium in their Euro 2020 last-16 clash with holders Portugal on Sunday. Hazard played 90 minutes against Finland on Monday and has said the plan is to hit peak fitness for the tournament's knock-out stages. Thomas Vermaelen continues in Belgium's back three while Axel Witsel also starts again after recovering from his Achilles tendon injury. Portugal coach Fernando Santos makes two changes as Diogo Dalot comes in for Nelson Semedo at right back and Joao Palhinha replaces Danilo Pereira in midfield. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the line up front, with the 36-year-old one goal away from breaking the record of 109 international goals scored by Iran's Ali Daei. Starting line-ups: Belgium (3-4-3) Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen; Thomas Meunier, Youri Tielemans, Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard; ...

Budapest:  The Czech Republic reached the Euro 2020 quarter-finals Sunday after shocking 10-man Netherlands 2-0 in their last-16 tie in Budapest thanks to second-half strikes by Tomas Holes and Patrik Schick. A header by Holes and a clinical finish by Schick came after Matthijs de Ligt was sent off in the 55th minute, securing the efficient Czechs a deserved berth in the last eight against Denmark in Baku on 3 July. Having emerged as Group C winners with a 100 percent record after playing all three of their games in Amsterdam, Frank de Boer's fancied Netherlands were on the road for the first time in the tournament. Roared on by boisterous ranks of orange-clad fans in a packed Puskas Arena, the only Euro 2020 venue not to limit stadium capacity as an anti-coronavirus precaution, it was the livelier Dutch who dominated the opening exchanges. On eight minutes a floated cross by Danny Blind evaded Tomas Vaclik in the Czech goal but De Ligt's header across the goalmouth was sli...

Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj on Sunday breached the 'A' standard time for the Tokyo Games by clocking 53.77s in the men's 100m backstroke at the Sette Colli Trophy but his participation in the Olympics will be confirmed only if FINA approves the timing. Nataraj had come agonisingly close to breaching the 'A' standard in the same event a couple of days back but missed it by 0.05 second after an effort of 53.90 seconds. Nataraj's Sunday's effort, which came in a time trial, has created a new national record, which was enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds. In time trials, swimmers do not compete against other rivals but they get a chance to better their timing. The Bengaluru swimmer was allowed a time trial by the organisers on the last day for Olympic qualification. "Srihari Nataraj swam a 53.77 seconds in the time trial for 100m backstroke achieving the A qualification time for Tokyo 2020. His time ac...

Toggle between the tabs above to switch between quick scorecard, full scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary Toss report : West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss for the second match in a row and again put South Africa in to bat in the second T20 International at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Sunday. Both teams are unchanged from the opening fixture a day earlier in which the home side romped to an eight-wicket victory with five overs to spare after the Proteas totalled 160 for six batting first. Teams: West Indies – Kieron Pollard (captain), Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Kevin Sinclair, Obed McCoy. South Africa – Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Rassie van der Dussen, Henrich Klaasen, David Miller, George Linde, Reeza Hendricks, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi. Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WIS), Nigel Duguid (WIS...