Factbox – Serena Williams vs. Julia Goerges: match stats
Key statistics from American Serena Williams’s 6-2 6-4 win over Germany’s Julia Goerges in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Pedrosa to retire at end of MotoGP season
Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa is to retire from MotoGP at the end of the season in November, bringing down the curtain on an 18-year career in grand prix motorcycling.
Belgium and England reluctantly meet again
Belgium and England have already met during the World Cup in a match both teams seemed reluctant to win and on Saturday they will face each other again in a game they both seem reluctant to play.
Factbox: Belgium vs. England
Belgium play England in the World Cup third-place playoff in St Petersburg on Saturday.
Nigeria’s amputee football team prepares for World Cup debut
Sixteen years after Emmanuel Ibeawuchi lost a leg in a road accident, his dream of playing soccer in a World Cup is about to become a reality.
Russia’s foreign ministry condemns Croatian player’s ‘Glory to Ukraine!’ comment
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday a video by Croatia defender Domagoj Vida, where the player says “Glory to Ukraine!”, was “not clever” and that soccer and politics should not mix.
Kerber reaches final as Ostapenko self-destructs
Germany’s Angelique Kerber proved too steady for error-strewn Latvian Jelena Ostapenko as she reached her second Wimbledon final with a comfortable 6-3 6-3 victory on Thursday.
Highlights of Wimbledon day 10
Serena Williams will face Germany’s Angelique Kerber for an eighth Wimbledon title after the American powered past Julia Goerges 6-2 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Wide variety of tactical styles bring the World Cup to life
The wide variety of playing styles employed by the 32 teams at the World Cup, plus the so-called Guardiola effect, has helped make the tournament in Russia a memorable one, according to FIFA’s technical study group.
Walker proud to have answered England doubters despite painful defeat
England defender Kyle Walker could not hide the pain of the crushing 2-1 defeat by Croatia after extra time denied them a place in the World Cup final but he could take solace from restoring pride in the national team and proving critics wrong.
