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To the main draw at the us open after former champion stan wawrinka withdrew. murray pulled out of the singles at the tokyo 0lympics with a thigh strain and reached the quarter—finals of the doubles, alongsidejoe salisbury. the us open starts injust under three weeks time. that man is never beaten committee? no. see you later with your excellent guests. documents obtained by the bbc�*s panorama programme suggest that david cameron earned around £7 million from a controversial finance compan...

Meanwhile, germanys andrea petkovic hoisted a wta singles championship trophy for the first time in over six years after victory at the inaugural winners open in romania. she thrashed the egyptian mayar sherif in straight sets. the number 2 seed coming through 6—1, 6—1 to end sherif�*s hopes of claiming a first singles title on the wta tour. after 16 days, 339 gold medals and 33 sports the closing ceremony of the tokyo olympics brought the curtains down on the global extravaganza. firework...

Welsh fire collapsed from 75—1to127—9, including losing their last six wickets for 23 runs in a 21—ball spell. chasing 128 to win, verma smashed an unbeaten 76 off 42 balls, after bringing her up her 50 withjust 22 balls, the 17—year—old hitting nine fours and two sixes. and andy murray has been added to the main draw for the us open after former champion stan wawrinka withdrew. murray pulled out of the mens singles at the tokyo olympics last month with a thigh strain, but was able to ...

I think hes still running about edgbaston! in the womens fixture, it was another brilliant performance from indias teenage superstar shafali verma, who scored 76 as birmingham phoenix stormed to a 10—wicket win over welsh fire in the womens hundred. welsh fire collapsed from 75—1to127—9, including losing their last six wickets for 23 runs in a 21—ball spell. chasing 128 to win, verma smashed an unbeaten 76 off 42 balls, after bringing her up her 50 withjust 22 balls, the 17—year—old ...

Guys there in florida, and every time it seems that it comes back down to florida being number one in rising cases. and gloria estefan even recorded a new spin on one of her most beloved singles to remind people to wear masks. actually, lets play a little bit of it. >> im proud to wear a mask. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> for -- >> please just wear the mask and get vaccinated. >> i love you. >> put on your mask -- >> that will be in my head all day. its already been in my head all morning. >> ...

On the faces of the first ever olympic skateboarders. >> one big family. getting on the podium with two of my best, favorite people is like, awesome. >> i think that were seeing the camaraderie between athletes now. theres always something good that comes from something bad and i think this is part of what the pandemic has done is created a better community of athletes that are supporting each other under very difficult conditions in tokyo, just to be supporting each other is huge. >> reporter: ...

A fan of the sport in general, thats something thats pretty amazing to happen to you. >> given there were no spectators and you were in this bubble in the middle of a pandemic, do you think that brought the athletes closer, this experience? >> definitely more of a sense of, were just really happy that this is happening, really happy to be here. >> reporter: happiness written on the faces of the first ever olympic skateboarders. >> winning is one big family. getting on the podium with two of my f...

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Can the us superstar caeleb dressel when his fourth gold dressel win his fourth gold medal of these games? he set a world record to win the mens100 metres butterfly on saturday, as he gained his third medal gold of the games. its caeleb dressel�*s second individual gold so far in tokyo. of course, he won the 100 metre freestyle, also won gold in the four by 100 metre freestyle relay. away from that, britains adam peaty hoping to win his third gold medal in tokyo. hes an action in the mens four...

Mens tournament. first japanese players to win the masters by one shot. what a story it could be if he could win that one. in tennis, the mens singles. alexander zverev takes on karen khachanov. djokovic earlier lost the bronze medal in three sets. pablo carreno busta pulled out with those shoulder trouble, but it was he did display from joss he smashed one racket. —— djokovic. he wanted that golden slam, and not to be for him. lets see what you can do at the us open, but plenty to look forw...