Tennis-Wimbledon day one
LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights on day one of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (all times GMT):
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Soccer-Real Madrid to begin LaLiga title defence at Almeria
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid will begin the defence of their Spanish league title away to Almeria on Aug. 14 and Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano the same weekend, LaLiga said on Thursday.
Soccer-Cancelo, Guedes strike as Portugal ease past Czech Republic
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal defender Joao Cancelo and winger Goncalo Guedes scored in five first-half minutes as they secured a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic in their UEFA Nations League clash on Thursday.
Soccer-Norway held to home stalemate by 10-man Slovenia
OSLO (Reuters) - Slovenia overcame the sending-off of defender Miha Blazic to grab their first point of their Nations League Group B4 campaign as they held Norway to a 0-0 draw in Oslo on Thursday.
Soccer-Ukraine begin Nations League campaign with narrow win in Ireland
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine overcame the disappointment of not qualifying for the World Cup by kick-starting their UEFA Nations League group campaign with a nervy 1-0 victory over Ireland on Wednesday.
Cricket-Babar hits three ODI tons in a row - for second time
(Reuters) - Babar Azam became the first batsman to twice score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals after his 103 helped Pakistan beat West Indies by five wickets on Wednesday.
Cricket-Australia edge out Sri Lanka to clinch T20 series
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Australia made heavy weather of a modest chase before beating Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second Twenty20 International on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Cricket-Ex-Australia assistant coach Sawyer takes charge of NZ women's team
(Reuters) - Australian Ben Sawyer has been appointed head coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Monday.