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Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells. He is the first very big name to withdraw in the men's tournament, already plenty have done so in the women's one, including Barty and Osaka. I don't know if Djokovic intends to play in the ATP finals. If he does then he might play in Paris masters before, but if he doesn't then his season is probably over. As for Luisa Stefani, whose injury was mentioned here, she had knee surgery to treat it and the long and hard rehabilitation work has started.

I would like to participate for Greece or to join the national jury if @Ted also wants to take part. In that case, I can make some song suggestions to him in a personal message, if he hasn't decided yet.

Yes, it was in 2017. I think her career high ranking was in 2018 and since then every year for her is worse than the previous. She looks completely unmotivated at every match she plays except those held in France.

Caroline Garcia was defeated 6-3 6-0 by no200 Hontama in Chicago, losing nine games in a row from 3-3 in the first set. The match ended with this double fault that words can't describe.

Schedule for Nebelhorn Trophy. All times are local (UTC+2). 23 September 09:15 Men short program 14:00 Pairs short program 17:00 Women short program 24 September 10:30 Ice dance rhythm dance 14:30 Men free skating 20:00 Pairs free skating 25 September 10:10 Women free skating 16:35 Ice dance free dance Live streaming will be available here. A reminder that, for olympic qualification there are 7 spots left in men, 6 in women, 3 in pairs and 4 in ice dance. In addition to these, after Nebelhorn Trophy we will have a better picture regarding the countries that will compete in the team event.

Mary Keitany, world record holder in the marathon. Mary Keitany: Kenyan world record holder retires - BBC Sport

Because of some disagreements between the tournament organisers and WTA. What happened is not very clear but tournament director said they had decided not to continue before this year's tournament. It looks like tournament organisers didn't like that WTA rules were stricter than local rules and this didn't allow interaction between players and spectators. The tournament director said players weren't allowed to attend an anniversary event celebrating 25 years of the tournament. Or they aren't happy with the tournament moving to middle September from middle to end of October, when it usually took place. WTA Luxembourg Open Axed Over Disagreements Between Tour And Organisers

Men's european junior water polo championships concluded today in Malta. Serbia won the gold medal beating Greece (10-6) in the final. Hungary won bronze with a 13-12 win over Spain on penalty shoot-out. Montenegro ended up 5th after beating Croatia (14-12) and Netherlands finished 7th after defeating Italy (11-9).

In the Autumn Classic in Canada, 16 year old Marilena Kitromilis won gold and became the first ever figure skater from Cyprus to win a medal of any colour at a challenger series level or higher. She scored 180.72 points. She was first after short program with 61.33 and had the second best free skate with 119.39. Here is the video of her free skate. All her scores are huge personal bests, improving her previous, which were set earlier this season. Interestingly enough, Kitromilis is only substitute entry for Cyprus at Nebelhorn Trophy, as another skater is assigned there.

As for this, according to grand slam rules, when a player is bleeding it is compulsory for the umpire to immediately call the doctor. The doctor will take care of the wound and decide if a medical time out has to be called. That means Raducanu couldn't continue playing, even if she wanted to.

Very sad. It looked very nasty. She was in the form of her life in recent months and her partnership with Dabrowski already had great results, despite being together for a short time. Let's hope it isn't as serious as it looked. I was negatively surprised that the umpire let the point continue with an injured player on the ground.

Just look how many similarities Sakkari’s run in US open and Roland Garros have. She beat a Ukrainian player in the first round. Kostyuk in US open, Zavatska in RG. She defeated two grand slam singles champions in each. Kvitova and Andreescu in US open, Kenin and Swiatek in RG. She defeated a grand slam doubles champion. Mertens in RG and Siniakova in US open. She beat the defending champion. Swiatek in RG, Andreescu wasn’t exactly a defending champion in US open, but she was still defending her 2019 points. She survived a tight three setter. Against Andreescu in US open, against Mertens in RG. She defeated her quarterfinal opponent with exactly the same score, 6-4 6-4. Against Pliskova in US open, against Swiatek in RG. In the end, she was beaten in the semifinals of both tournaments.

I would say it's one of Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece and Turkey. I have a reason to mention these four countries but I can't narrow it down further because I'm not sure this reason is right.

I can't say if tv numbers were good, but with 20,565 spectators in the stadium, the match broke the record for most spectators in a women's indoor volleyball match.

[hide] Knockout Round August 28th - August 31st, 2021 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2021, h. 13:30 Finland 3 Switzerland Final Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2021, h. 17:30 Canada 1 United States [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round August 28th - August 31st, 2021 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semifinal will qualify for the Final and the Losers of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 30th 2021, h. 13:00 United States 2 Finland August 30th 2021, h. 17:00 Canada 5 Switzerland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round August 28th - August 31st, 2021 8 Nations, The Winner of each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 28th 2021, h. 10:00 ROC 1 Switzerland August 28th 2021, h. 13:30 United States 5 Japan August 28th 2021, h. 17:00 Canada 4 Germany August 28th 2021, h. 20:30 Finland 3 Czech Republic [/hide]

Elaine 10.54... wow... Fraser second, Sha' Carrie way behind.

Argentina U20 women's team launches fundraising campaign to play at World Championships According to this, Argentina's federation doesn't fund their team's participation in the world championship. The players are trying to raise the needed amount to cover the costs.

[hide] Preliminary Round August 20th - August 26th, 2021 10 Nations, All Nations from Group A and 1st, 2nd and 3rd from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 20th 2021, h. 16:00 Canada 2 Finland August 20th 2021, h. 19:30 Switzerland 7 United States August 2st 2021, h. 16:00 ROC 1 Switzerland August 22nd 2021, h. 16:00 Canada 7 ROC August 22nd 2021, h. 19:30 Finland 3 United States August 24th 2021, h. 12:00 United States 9 ROC August 24th 2021, h. 16:00 Switzerland 6 Canada August 25th 2021, h. 12:00 ROC 5 Finland August 26th 2021, h. 12:00 Finland 3 Switzerland August 26th 2021, h. 16:00 United States 1 Canada Group B Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 20th 2021, h. 12:00 Czech Republic 3 Denmark August 21st 2021, h. 12:00 Germany 2 Hungary August 21st 2021, h. 19:30 Denmark 2 Japan August 22nd 2021, h. 12:00 Hungary 3 Czech Republic August 23rd 2021, h. 12:00 Germany 2 Denmark August 23rd 2021, h. 16:00 Japan 1 Czech Republic August 24th 2021, h. 19:30 Hungary 2 Japan August 25th 2021, h. 16:00 Czech Republic 1 Germany August 25th 2021, h. 19:30 Denmark 2 Hungary August 26th 2021, h. 19:30 Japan 1 Germany Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation USA Canada Finland [/hide]

Yesterday, I forgot to mention that this gold medal marks the best reward for Huberli's amazing return after suffering from pulmonary embolism at the end of 2019. Today, Mol/Sorum are european champions for a fourth year in a row and they are the first team ever to achieve that. After their olympic gold, they defended their title at the european championships. A 2-1 set win in the final over Boermans/de Groot secured them the gold medal. The final was a tight match, the dutch team needed seven set points to take the second set, but they couldn't complete the upset in the third set. Kantor/Losiak took bronze beating Brouwer/Meeuwsen.

Betchart/Huberli are the new european champions with a 2-0 win over Stam/Schoon. The swiss team had previously saved two match points in their semifinal against Borger/Sude, to advance to the final. The german team took bronze with 2-1 win over 2019 european champions Kravcenoka/Graudina, after coming from a set down. The title remains in Switzerland, Heidrich/Verge-Depre had won last year in Jurmala, but they didn't play this year after winning their olympic bronze. In Tokyo, they were the team to stop Betchart/Huberli in the round of 16. Tomorrow, men's semifinals and medal matches will be contested. Mol/Sorum are the defending champions having won three times in a row in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Semifinals are Mol/Sorum- Brouwer/Meeuwsen and Kantor/Losiak-Boermans/de Groot. That means the Netherlands are guaranteed at least one medal. Semifinals are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, medal matches will follow in the evening.

Adriana Vilagos threw 70.10 in the javelin (500 gr) at the Balkan under 18 championships. It's the best throw ever for the under 18 category and the first ever over 70m.

Here are my best moments from these games. Artistic gymnastics ROC winning gold in both team all around competitions. Ferrari taking silver in floor exercise at her fourth olympics, after tearing her achilles in 2017. She had finished fourth three times before, in floor exercise in both 2012 and 2016 and in team all around this year. Athletics Lasitskene winning gold in high jump, after being denied the chance to compete in 2016. Seidel winning bronze in marathon. According to our commentator here, Seidel was working two jobs to fund her olympic preparation, as a barista in a coffee shop and as a babysitter. Fencing Pozdniakova becoming the first right-handed fencer to win gold in women's individual sabre and adding another gold in team sabre, following the steps of her father. Brunet taking a silver and a bronze after her Rio heartbreak. Estonian gold in women's team epee. Szilagyi winning his third consecutive gold in men's individual sabre. Judo France stopping Japan's dominance with a gold medal in the mixed team event. Rowing Italy, France, Netherlands winning the medals in the insane women's lightweight double sculls final. Shooting San Marino's historic medals. Swimming Shields taking a gold medal in the medlay relay after mental health issues and suicide attempt. Sullivan winning silver behind Ledecky, after overcoming mental health issues as well. Water polo Serbia's great team concluding their journey with another gold medal. Wrestling Sadulaev beating Snyder for gold. Naifonov winning a bronze medal. When he was 7 years old, he was held hostage in Beslan school siege and his mother died there. Maroulis winning a bronze medal, after fighting PTSD.

After a long delay, for which I apologise, I have now prepared the lists for the remaining days. I have mentioned medals won by the athletes on that day. 1 August Alejandro Abrines, basketball Chen Szu-Yu, table tennis team Tina Punzel, diving 3m springboard Duda, beach volleyball Stuart McNay, sailing 470 Sun Jiajun, swimming 4x100 medlay relay Nicolo Martinenghi, swimming 4x100 medlay relay, won bronze Elena Vesnina, tennis mixed doubles final, won silver 2 August Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakakis, water polo Skylar Diggins-Smith, basketball Tajay Gayle, athletics long jump Prithika Pavade, table tennis team Rosio Sanchez, field hockey Izabella da Silva, athletics discus throw Yuka Ono, canoeing 3 August Eduardo Aguirre, football Nick Kay, basketball Derek Gee, cycling team pursuit Mickael Mawem, sport climbing 4 August Gabriela Agundez, diving 10m platform Luke Patience, sailing 470 Adrian Ben, athletics 800m Genevieve Gregson, athletics 3000m steeplechase Stella van Gills, field hockey Spela Perse, open water swimming 5 August Anshu Malik, wrestling 57kg Tim Federowicz, baseball Franklin Gomez, wrestling 74kg Shanshan Feng, golf Nick Martinez, baseball Georgia Ellenwood, athletics heptathlon Anicka Newell, athletics pole vault 6 August Antonella Palmisano, athletics 20km walk, won gold Maja Ognjenovic, volleyball 7 August Dani Ceballos, football, won silver Andreas Graf, cycling madison Guo Qiqi, rhythmic gymnastics team Sydney McLaughlin, athletics 4x400m, won gold Laura de Witte, athletics 4x400m Karol Zalewski, athletics 4x400m 8 August Stefan Vidovic, water polo Aja Wilson, basketball, won gold