Women's four claim silver at European Rowing Championships
Ireland's Tara Hanlon, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe and Natalie Long have won silver in the women's four at the European Rowing Championships in Munich.
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Dan Evans hits back to book a place in Montreal semi-finals
Dan Evans has reached his second ATP Masters semi-final after fighting his way back at the Canadian Open.
Record-breaker David Popovici into Euro freestyle final, Nicolo Martinenghi wins 100m breaststroke
swimming on Friday by easing into the 100 metres freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships with a new European record of 46.98 seconds, while world champion Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100m breaststroke. Teen sensation Popovici looked in fine form earlier on Friday when he easily won his heat and delighted fans by finishing over a second ahead of Italian Lorenzo Zazzeri. Only two other swimmers managed to dip under 48sec, Kristof Milak and Alessandro Miressi in the other semi, but both were some way off 17-year-old Romanian Popovici.
Record-breaker Popovici into Euro freestyle final, Martinenghi wins 100m breaststroke
ROME: David Popovici continued his dream summer of swimming on Friday by easing into the 100 meters freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships with a new European record of 46.98 seconds, while world champion Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100m breaststroke.
Hard work for Simona Halep in Toronto WTA win over Coco Gauff
The former number one, a two-time winner in Canada, made hard work of her triumph over the rising American teenager who just missed a chance at cracking the world ranking top-10 for the first time. Halep needed a second-set tiebreaker to advance into the semi-finals in just under two hours.
'A great match' - Simona Halep beats tired Coco Gauff in straight sets to advance to Canadian Open semi-final
Simona Halep beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 7-6(2) to reach the semi-finals of the Canadian Open in Toronto. The straight sets victory was Halep's fourth in a row, meaning that she is yet to drop a set in this tournament and sits at a perfect 8-0. Ad Romanian world No.
Hard work for Halep in Toronto WTA win over Gauff
TORONTO, Canada: Simona Halep served twice for her match against Coco Gauff without success on Friday before finally securing a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) quarter-final victory at the WTA Toronto Masters. The former number one, a two-time winner in Canada, made hard work of her triumph over the rising American teenager who just missed a chance at cracking the world ranking top-10 for the first time.
Halep fights off Gauff rally to reach Canadian Open semi-finals
TORONTO : Romania's Simona Halep fought off a late rally from Coco Gauff to secure a nervy 6-4 7-6(2) win on Friday and advance to the Canadian Open semi-finals for a fifth time.