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Paris Olympics 2024 is just round the corner but it is a severe red flag for the tennis event as some major tennis players ranked in the top brackets, are deciding to skip the Olympics. These players are looking at participating in US-based tournaments rather than representing their nations in the coveted Paris Olympics 2024. This high-profile absence in the tennis event at Olympics has raised alarm at the International Olympic Committee, but there is little they can do at the moment.

Wimbledon 2024 has been underway for quite some time but the thrill and excitement around The All England Club was much like it has always been until the Carlos Alcaraz vs Frances Tiafoe third round match took place. Alcaraz, being the reigning champion, was predicted to claim an outright victory over Frances Tiafoe but it didn't happen so easily as was being thought. Tiafoe gave Alcaraz a run for his money by defending his ground so well that every shot by both of them was met with gasps from the audience.

Team Great Britain will be fielding some of their best sportsmen this time around to ensure they are at the top rungs in the overall medal count. Paris Olympics 2024 will be a huge challenge for Team GB as their performance is matched by the likes of USA, France, China, Japan and others, who will be looking to leave a mark in these prestigious Games.

PTI had earlier reported that Narang was in race to become the CDM of the Indian contingent.Six-time world champion Mary Kom had resigned from the position in April, saying she was left with no choice but to step down owing to compelling personal reasons.

tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden crashed out of the Wimbledon 2024 after their defeat in the second-round match on Saturday. The Indo-Aussie duo of Bopanna-Ebden conceded defeat to Hendrik Jebens and Constantin Frantzen of Germany 6-3, 7-6(7-4). The game lasted for one hour and 18 minutes. Bopanna and Ebden failed to control the match in the opening stage and gave their opponents Jebens and Frantzen a 4-1 lead without any struggle.

“I want to play forever," Andy Murray said, and it meant a lot coming from him. Few tennis champions became more familiar with the brutality of the sport—in Murray’s case, a ruthless churn of injuries and surgeries and body parts which failed him again and again. Tennis is beautiful but it can also be cruel, and Murray—the Scottish former World No.

South Africa did not choke.

Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya.A post shared by ICC (@icc)However, one moment that has caught everyone's attention is Rohit eating grass from the Barbados pitch. While Rohit hasn't spoken about the incident, the act of eating Barbados grass could be an attempt by the Indian captain to take a piece of the World Cup-winning pitch with him. The video was posted by the official ICC handle on Instagram and has received over 17 lakh likes on Instagram.Notably, the celebration mirrored that of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, who has eaten grass from the court after every Wimbeldon title win since 2014.

The Economic Consequences of Peace (1919), Woolf’s close friend, the economist John Maynard Keynes, had issued a kind of nostalgic benediction on the globalisation the world—or rather his world—had enjoyed until the outbreak of World War I in 1914: “The inhabitant of London could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea in bed, the various products of the whole earth, in such quantity as he might see fit, and reasonably expect their early delivery upon his doorstep; he could at the same moment and by the same means adventure his wealth in the natural resources and new enterprises of any quarter of the world." By the standards of Amazon today, this seems an overstatement, but Keynes was making a fair point when he says that the Industrial Revolution and this opening up of the world also made advancement possible into the middle and upper classes “for any man of capacity or character at all exceeding the average, for whom life (then) offered conveniences, comforts, and amenities beyond the compass of the richest and most powerful monarchs of other ages." It is hard to guess how K.K. Jacob’s career would have played out if he had stayed in his native Travancore, but his career as an expatriate Indian in government administration and hospitals in Sri Lanka could not occur today.

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Federer: Twelve Final Days, was less than riveting. In this rivalry, Alacaraz has thus far cornered the star power, starting with his tattoo that repeats the motto his grandfather gave him: cabeza, corazon y cajones (head, heart, balls) to his more than occasionally theatrical on-court demeanour.

Federer: Twelve Final Days, an 88-minute feature-length documentary (Amazon Prime Video), follows Federer through those final days from drafting his retirement announcement, counting down to its posting on social media, along with reactions from his family, including parents, friends, colleagues and media, up to his final farewell. The film by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia and co-director Joe Sabia features archival footage (including Federer as a ball boy), interviews and appearances by his arch rivals and friends, including Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. London-based Kapadia, known for his in-depth documentaries on personalities with dramatic life stories (Senna, Amy), spoke to Lounge about crafting this intimate swansong.

Sania Mirza and cricketer Mohammed Shami getting married. Both Sania and Shami are prominent figures in their respective sports. Sania, who has recently retired from professional tennis, is India's most successful women's tennis player. Shami, on the other hand, is a key pace bowler who played a crucial role in India's journey to the ODI World Cup 2023 final. These rumors emerged in the wake of Sania’s separation from Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik earlier this year and Shami’s ongoing separation from his wife Hasin Jahan. Despite the buzz, Sania’s father, Imran Mirza, has firmly dismissed these wedding rumors. «This is all rubbish. She has not even met him,» Imran told NDTV.

French Open coming to a close. Now, the Wimbledon is set to begin soon with the qualifying rounds beginning towards the end of June, according to The Telegraph. Wimbledon has a rich tennis history, when it comes to heritage as well as exemplary performances of tennis legends from across the globe. The grass court has seen the likes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serna Williams, Venus Williams and many others, at their prime in different categories.

Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden, he hasn't been to in 19 years. The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 38 on June 3, said Thursday he wants to just remain on clay, rather than switching over to grass for the All England Club, then needing to go back to clay for the Summer Games. «We believe that the best for my body is not to change surface,» Nadal said in a statement.

Elon Musk recently responded to widespread reports claiming that a remote Amazon tribe became addicted to pornography following the introduction of Starlink internet. The claims originated from a New York Times article by journalist Jack Nicas, which depicted how the Starlink service impacted the Marubo tribe in Brazil. The article suggested that some young members of the 2,000-strong tribe started sharing explicit content via private chat groups. Following the article's publication, multiple news outlets worldwide ran headlines suggesting that the tribe had developed a porn addiction due to their new internet access. This led to significant controversy and misinformation. Also Read: Roger Federer shares key life lessons for graduates: Tennis legend's secrets to succeed on and off court revealed

tennis players, one of whom has been seeded as No.3, while his rival is seeded No.4. Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev are these players respectively, who will be setting the clay court ablaze with their fiery performance.

Kangana Ranaut slams Bollywood's silence over ‘slap’ incident in now-deleted Insta posts: ‘Be ready for the day...’The 2011 movie was Chirag's only movie. It starred him as a tennis player and Kangana as the woman he falls for.Earlier, Chirag said he was eager to meet Kangana again.

Rafael Nadal says he might not be done. He’s left the door open to a French Open return, to the point he asked Roland Garros officials to cancel plans for an elaborate on-court farewell. One imagines a scrambled call to a Saint-Germain-des-Prés pâtissier, scuttling a 14-foot macaron pyramid: “Désolé, il ne veut pas de gâteau.