The Indian Awaaz

AMN/ WEB DESK In the FIFA World Cup, France booked their place in the quarter-finals with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Paraguay in the Round of 16 at Philadelphia. Captain Kylian Mbapp scored the only goal of the match from the penalty spot in the 70th minute after VAR awarded France a spot-kick. France will []

AMN/ WEB DESK In the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Belgiums Elise Mertens produced a stunning upset by knocking out second seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7-6, 6-1 in the third round to book her place in the womens singles Round of 16 yesterday. In another major upset, the Philippines Alexandra Eala defeated third seed Iga witek []

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa produced a stunning finish to the rapid section of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour. He won all three of his matches yesterday to tie for the lead with Frances Alireza Firouzja. Praggnanandhaa defeated Ivan Saric, Bogdan- Daniel Deac and Anish Giri to climb to the top of the standings ahead of []

AMN/ WEB DESK In the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, American Jessica Pegula and Naomi Osaka of Japan have reached the Round of 16 in Womens Singles. Osaka defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-3 in just 65 minutes in Round of 32 match. Jessica also dominated Spains Bouzas Maneiro in a 6-1, 6-3 victory. Meanwhile, in Mens singles []

AMN/ WEB DESK In the ICC Womens T20 World Cup, hosts England defeated South Africa by 40 runs in the second semi-final at the Kennington Oval in London to set up a title clash with Australia. Put in to bat first, England posted 169 for five in their 20 overs, riding on Nat Sciver-Brunts 75 []

AMN/ WEB DESK In Badminton, Indias campaign ended at the Canada Open Super 300 tournament after Tanya Hemnaths defeat in the Womens Singles second round in Markham. Tanya lost to Japans Riko Gunji 21-11, 21-11 in the second round. Earlier, Hemnath beat American Disha Gupta 21-16, 21-18 in the opening round. Similarly, Commonwealth Games medallist []

AMN/ WEB DESK Nagalands Paralympian Hokato Hotozhe Sema has added another feather to his cap by climbing to the World No. 1 in the mens Shot Put F57 category. According to the latest World Para Athletics Rankings, Subedar Hokato Hotozhe Sema of the 9 Assam Rifles secured the top position. Sema recently became the first []