Italy striker Lorenzo Insigne doubled the lead, making his way from the left flank and dispatching a superb curling strike from 25 yards out into the top corner leaving Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois watching helplessly.
Images from the US Open men's singles semi-finals at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Australian dominator Kaylee McKeown crushed Regan Smith to extend her reign over the 100 metres backstroke before Irish trailblazer Daniel Wiffen became his nation's first man to win an Olympic swimming medal with 800m freestyle gold on Tuesday.
Iga Swiatek cemented her position as the undisputed queen of clay
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Monday, September 2.
Hometown favourites Felix and Alexis Lebrun, at 17 and 20, also made it to the round of 32 in singles with clean 4-0 victories, against the backdrop of a packed stadium of French fans cheering for them and shouting their names.
Italy set up a Euro 2020 semi-final with Spain after first half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne led the Azzurri to a 2-1 victory over Belgium on Friday in an entertaining encounter in which both sides created a number of chances.
'I'm happy to be part of this Italian movement. People, they start to play tennis now more and more, which is great to see. I think that's the most important.'
The winners will play either Belgium or Portugal in the quarter-finals next Friday in Munich.
Italian TV channel RAI Sport, where Rossi had been working as a pundit, said on Thursday "Pablito" had died of an "incurable disease".
Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci could not get enough of the sponsors' offerings on Sunday, taking big swigs of Coca-Cola and Heineken as he spoke to media after their victory over England.
'...We should first look at and acknowledge what we have done to ourselves.' 'To not do so opens us to the accusation of rank hypocrisy and also reduces the stature of our globetrotting peaceniks,' asserts Aakar Patel.
El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and his Croatian partner Mate Pavic beat Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-5 6-3 in the final.
The 30-year-old has said he did not suffer any serious injuries and has returned to training to be available for England's opening Group C match.
Italy defeated Spain 4-2 on penalties after the teams were locked 1-1 at the end of extra-time to enter the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Tuesday.
A preview of the Euro 2024 Final between England and Spain
Doping: India records highest number of adverse findings among countries with 2000 or more tests
Prime Minister Modi's plane Boeing 777, 300ER, K7066 entered the Pakistani airspace from Bahawalpur, passed through Turbat and Panjgur and via Iran and Turkey reached Italy, The Express Tribune reported.
From India's neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood, presidents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Iran, Seychelles and prime ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mauritius have sent congratulatory greetings to Modi.
Former world number one Andy Murray celebrated his 1,000th tour-level singles match by beating Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round at the Queen's Club Championships on Tuesday.
Ranbir-Raha's adorable pic... John goes retro...Priyanka's day out with Malti Marie...
India and Italy inked 15 pacts and finalised an ambitious action plan to further expand their ties following a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte that primarily focused on ramping up economic engagement.
The American, a two-time Olympic bronze medallist and a four-time world champion on the balance beam, finished a disappointing fifth with 13.100.
In China, the toll stood at around 3,250 and in Italy it was 3,405.
Novak Djokovic etched his name into Olympic history, capturing the gold medal in a thrilling victory over Carlos Alcaraz.
While the tournament saw the emergence of young stars, the usual suspects, the big names flattered to deceive.
Sidharth explores Teri Galliyan...Soha reads...Salman starts shooting...
Images from Day 5 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Friday.
Italy's ability to get over the line in by far their biggest challenge of the Euros so far has made many people on the peninsula more convinced than ever of their ability to go on and win it on Sunday.
However, the 6,000-odd athletes, 3,000 performers, 300,000 spectators and dozens of world leaders had to endure heavy rain for much of the event.
The Congress president had left on August 23 to visit her ailing mother, who was in her 90s.
Italy is one of 12 host nations across Europe, and plans for the month-long tournament to go ahead as originally planned have been questioned as COVID-19 continues to spread.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland faces Irina-Camella Begu of Romania in the opening round of the women's draw with second-seeded American Coco Gauff taking on Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women's gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of the greatest athletes just three years after withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo Games.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Friday, September 6.
France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned for four years for a doping offence earlier this season.
IMAGES from Day 9 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday.
Ariarne Titmus got Australia's women off to a golden start by winning a race of record breakers on a rocking opening night of the Paris Olympic swimming meet at the La Defense Arena on Saturday.
'He is strong, he feels strong, he is a leader for the defence; we will need him (to stay performing) at that level.'
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