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Rugby World Cup: The Webb Ellis myth is celebrated

There is no actual evidence that William Webb Ellis "picked up the ball and ran" during a game of football at Rugby School but that has not prevented a legend building up around him.

Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar To Play At Women's British Open

Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will feature in the Women's British Open from Thursday in what is the final major tournament of the year for women. Aditi made the cut at the previous major, the Evian Championship, but Diksha missed the cut. Aditi will play at Walton Heath with Spaniard Carlota Ciganda and Italian Valentina Rossi and they will be out very early at 7.25 am, while Diksha will play with Celine Borge and Gina Kim and they tee off at 10.37 am from the first tee.

BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Receives Round 1 Bye, Kidambi Srikanth To Play Kenta Nishimoto

Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw held here on Thursday. This year's BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21 to 27. Sindhu, who won the women's singles world title in 2019, however, has been handed a tough draw and she might face Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and top seed An Se Young of Korea as they are grouped in the top half of the draw.

Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open

:World number one Carlos Alcaraz produced a thrilling comeback to beat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(3) on Thursday and reach the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open as the Wimbledon champion continues to refine his game ahead of the upcoming U.S. Open.