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Jake Wightman can spearhead the next generation of superstar British athletes after a sensational summer of middle-distance running saw him crowned world champion, claims Michael Johnson. Wightman, 28, shocked the field in July by storming past Norway's Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take 1500m glory in Oregon having finished a distant 10th in Tokyo last year.
Pan Pacific Open after a battling 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over Veronika Kudermetova. The 19-year-old Zheng, who knocked out top seed Paula Badosa earlier this week in Tokyo to underline her rich potential, faces Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in the final. The unseeded Zheng was ranked outside the top 150 this time last year but she has since risen to 36 and made the world sit up and take notice with a string of impressive performances.
Liudmila Samsonova maintained her stellar run in the second half of the season to reach her third final of the year on Saturday by defeating China's Zhang Shuai 7-6(4) 6-2 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Russia's giant-killing Liudmila Samsonova powered into the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Saturday with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 win over China's Zhang Shuai.
Indian men's hockey team's iconic goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Friday took to Twitter to express his disappointment at domestic carrier IndiGo for charging him extra for his baggage. “FIH allow me to play with a 41inch hockeystick, but @IndiGo6E never allow me to carry anything over 38inch,” Sreejesh tweeted. What to do? Pay extra Rs,1500 for handling the goalkeeper baggage,” he wrote. He also shared a photo of the IndiGo receipt for the extra baggage charge. He also added the hashtag “#loot”.
World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances after the body rejected calls to change its status on Friday. WADA was urged to remove cannabis from its prohibited list last year in the wake of the positive test that resulted in US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson missing the Olympics. World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe was among those who had called for marijuana's status as a banned substance to be reviewed.
Indian men's hockey team's iconic goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Friday took to Twitter to express his disappointment at domestic carrier IndiGo for charging him extra for his baggage. “FIH allow me to play with a 41inch hockeystick, but @IndiGo6E never allow me to carry anything over 38inch,” Sreejesh tweeted. What to do? Pay extra Rs,1500 for handling the goalkeeper baggage,” he wrote. He also shared a photo of the IndiGo receipt for the extra baggage charge. He also added the hashtag “#loot”.
Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday. The number three seed lost 6-4, 6-2 to Russia's Liudmila Samsonova to continue a dismal run of results this year for the two-time Grand Slam champion. Muguruza has not managed to string together more than two wins at a tournament and fell out of the world top 10 earlier this month.