A total of 11 countries are boycotting the championships due to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian boxers.
The chief executive of Ukraine's cricket board says it "ticks all the boxes" to become an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and that the game would not survive if it was denied entry.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold on the last day of the ISSF World Championships.
Although famously reclusive and fitful in his creative output, Daniel Day-Lewis's decision to hang up his boots feels both untimely and unexpected.
With tiger stripes and India in its logo, Gautom Menon wants the world to drink Indian.
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