Marc's teammate Francesco Bagnaia could not capitalise on his first pole position of the season, losing the lead to Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi after a slip towards the end of the first lap, before settling for fourth.
Barbora Krejcikova broke Jasmine Paolini's serve to clinch a 6-4 victory in the deciding set of the Wimbledon women's singles final at Centre Court.
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Dani Pedrosa ended Honda team mate Marc Marquez's hopes of winning 11 consecutive MotoGP races this season with victory at the Czech Republic Grand Prix on Sunday.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose passion for bikes is well known, has floated his own racing team which is now competing in FIM Supersport World Championship.
Aditya Prakash, Trupti Murgunde, Gayatri Vartaki and Sayali Gokahle on Friday entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Czech International badminton tournament in Brno, Czech Republic after notching up contrasting wins in their respective opening round matches.
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said he was moving to Italian team Ducati because his work with Yamaha was finished and they no longer needed him.
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Doctors operated on all five fingers of her left hand and she will not be able to exert pressure on the injured hand for three months to let repairs to tendons heal, Karel Tejkal, spokesman for the Czech Fed Cup team, said.
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