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World Athletics Championships: Long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar enters final to create history, steeplechaser Avinash Sable also qualifies for final

Sreeshankar, who had entered the championships as a dark horse for a medal at second spot in the season's top list, had a best jump of exactly 8m to finish second in qualification round Group B and seventh overall. Anju Bobby George was the first Indian to make it to the World Championships long jump finals and first to win a medal -- bronze in 2003 edition in Paris. Two other Indians, Jeswin Aldrin and Muhammed Anees Yahiya failed to make it to the final round after finishing ninth and 11th in Group A qualification round with best jumps of 7.79m and 7.73m respectively. Those who achieved 8.15m or the 12 best performers from across the two groups qualify for the finals to be held on Sunday (6:50am IST).

World Athletics Championships: Long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar Enters Men's Final

Indian long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar qualified for the final of the men's long jump at the World Athletics Championships with a best attempt of 8m in the heats. He finished seventh in the heats and was the only Indian to progress. Jeswin Aldrin (best attempt - 7.79m) and Muhammed Anees Yahiya (best attempt 7.73m) were the other Indians in the fray but they could not finish among the top-12 in the heats and hence failed to progress to the final.

Austria's intelligent play banishes hapless Norway to an early Euro exit

BRIGHTON, England — Austria made it back-to-back quarterfinal appearances at the European Championships as they eased past Norway 1-0 at the American Express Community Stadium, consigning the two-time champions to just their third group stage exit.

Good News: Chemotherapy drugs by drone and the unlikely return of a rockstar’s guitar after 45 years

Another instalment of the Good News round-up is here to cheer up the weekend. Here are five stories that will give you hope.

Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time.

Euro 2022: 'Difficult to keep up' - Losing Vivianne Miedema not the only Netherlands issue - Inside Europe

The reigning European champions have had something of inauspicious start to the title defence at Euro 2022. A lacklustre display in their opening match against Sweden saw the Netherlands just about escape with a 1-1 draw before a 3-2 win against Portugal having initially surrendered a 2-goal lead before stealing the win. Ad/> A win in their final match with Switzerland should see them top the group, but after their triumph in 2017 and World Cup final appearance two years later, the Dutch appear to be in a period of transition, especially having lost legendary manager Sarina Wiegman to England and making the somewhat left-field appointment of Mark Parsons to replace her.

ATP roundup: Maxime Cressy, John Isner reach Newport semis

Maxime Cressy and John Isner earned victories Thursday to set up a meeting in the semifinals of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open at Newport, R.I.

Women's Euro 2022: How every team can reach the quarterfinals

The group stage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 is coming to a close. But who can go through and what's still at stake? Here, we take a group-by-group look at what every nation needs to do to reach the knockout rounds.

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World Athletics Championships: Long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar enters final to create history, steeplechaser Avinash Sable also qualifies for final

World Athletics Championships: Long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar Enters Men's Final

Austria's intelligent play banishes hapless Norway to an early Euro exit

Good News: Chemotherapy drugs by drone and the unlikely return of a rockstar’s guitar after 45 years

Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds

Euro 2022: 'Difficult to keep up' - Losing Vivianne Miedema not the only Netherlands issue - Inside Europe

ATP roundup: Maxime Cressy, John Isner reach Newport semis

Women's Euro 2022: How every team can reach the quarterfinals