Spain's dream team met its match as Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of an Olympic doubles gold medal were ended by American duo Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.
The defending champions had to win their last five games to make it to the semi-finals and against all expectations, they made it to the last four. It was a virtual quarter-final against Delhi Daredevils in Delhi on Sunday and it was Deccan, who thrived under pressure to register an important 11-run victory.
Young striker Dharamvir Singh scored a double as India defeated a lowly Scotland 4-0 in a Pool A match to stay in hunt for a semi-final spot in the men's hockey event, at the Commonwealth Games.
Royal Challengers Bangalore top-order fired in unison as they humbled the Lions by six wickets to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
With the Indians scheduled to play the last game of the league stage, against Namibia, they might get an opportunity to improve their net run rate, provided other results favour them.
The 22nd match of the Edelweiss 20s Challenge was played at the sparkling new venue at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon, and featured Chandigarh Lions against the Kolkata Tigers in what was a virtual quarter final.
Dayana Yastremska upset of twice former champion and 18th seed Victoria Azarenka.
From China's world number one Shi Yuqi's surprising loss to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn, to Malaysia's women's doubles team's brave bid for a medal, badminton at the Paris Olympics was characterised by upsets, plucky underdogs and, ultimately, reminders that some top seeds are there for a reason.
Nadal was much more than a claycourt bully, though. He spent more than 900 successive weeks from 2005 in the ATP's top 10, 209 of them at number one and at the age of 24 became the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam.
'Our consistency under pressure will be tested to the maximum at Paris.'
Images from the Champions League Round of 16 matches.
Former skipper Graeme Smith on Friday dropped in at South Africa's training session, continuing an interesting trend of ex-captains visiting their teams with bagful of wisdom ahead of matches against India.
The 22-year-old said adjusting to shuttle movement in a place near to the sea is different and he expects similar conditions in Paris, where he will travel on July 22.
India, who suffered a 10-wicket thrashing to Pakistan in their opening match, face a virtual quarter final game against New Zealand, on Sunday, October 31.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
Luck has been a major factor in teams progressing to the semi-finals. With rain gods intervening, the equations in both groups changed a bit. There was a lot of permutations and combinations that saw England, India, New Zealand and Pakistan progress:
India's batting mainstay Virat Kohi claimed that the hosts would be looking to draw inspiration from their series triumph in Australia when the two teams clash in a do-or-die match in Mohali on Sunday, to qualify for the semi-finals of the World T20.
Australia captain Steven Smith said his team was in a winning position before an unbelievable innings from Virat Kohli took the game away from them in their must-win ICC World T20 match, in Mohali on Sunday.
IMAGES from UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday
Factbox on Carlos Alcaraz, who beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic
Grigor Dimitrov dispatched American 10th seed Frances Tiafoe in straight sets with a convincing 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory on Sunday.
Virat Kohli's return to form and a rather dramatic entry into the IPL play-offs will make Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confident unit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 Eliminator match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore go into the virtual quarter-final, having lost four and three games on the trot respectively
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin may be back in the mix after being dropped in the first two games and South Africa batting coach Neil McKenzie feels that the tweaker would be a preferred choice against his team.
Opener Beth Mooney's brisk half-century helped hosts Australia beat New Zealand by four runs on Monday to seal the last semi-final spot in the Women's Twenty20 World Cup and keep their title defence intact. India, South Africa and England had already advanced to the knockout stage with Monday's last Group A clash between the trans-Tasman rivals deciding the final contender for the trophy.
'I never look at my individual score when I'm batting. I only look at the team total.'
South Africa have been traditionally weak against spinners.
The Indians failed to shoot even a single 10 in the first set as the top seed Korean duo of An San and Kim Je Deok took the first set 35-32 in a low-scoring affair.
Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell's dream run to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals
'It's going to be a great game, probably the game of the tournament.'
While he only made one late substitution in the 2-1 victory over England, Deschamps used the bench more against Morocco.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked that even winning the Champions League can't make up for Julia Roberts not visiting Manchester City in 2016.
Former pacer Ajit Agarkar says someone like Ravichandran Ashwin not making it to the India's playing eleven in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy, speaks volumes about the strength of the bowling attack of the defending champions.
Japan's high-pressing style which undid Germany had briefly unsettled Spain on a few occasions in the first half.
Founded in 1864, and the third oldest club in the world, Welsh soccer club Wrexham has been under the ownership of its fans since 2011 and the BBC reported that a successful takeover could lead to around two million pounds ($2.63 million) being invested in the club. Wrexham have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals on three occasions.
Para-archer Ankit hospitalised after testing positive for COVID: SAI
A much-changed Sweden side reached the Women's World Cup last 16 with a perfect record
The extended lockdown of tennis will help Andy Murray's return from injury but it will be "a big ask" for him to add to his three Grand Slam titles, according to former British number one Greg Rusedski. Murray underwent hip re-surfacing surgery at the start of 2019 and resumed playing doubles in June before returning to singles action in August.
AB de Villiers insisted that he wants to stay on as captain and take the Proteas to the World Cup triumph in 2019.
