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Canada sees Olympic women's volleyball dream fade with 3-set loss to the Netherlands

The Canadian women's volleyball team had their Olympic dreams all but ended Friday with a 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in Volleyball Nations League action in Fukuoka, Japan.

Influencers head to Paris Olympics as NBCU looks to draw young sports fans

Social media influencers will descend on Paris next month to give their followers an exclusive look at the Summer Olympics, including the athletes, the competition and celebrations, NBCUniversal said on Friday.

IOC proposes creation of Olympic Esports Games, says Bach

LAUSANNE : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will next month vote on the creation of new Olympic Esports Games that the Olympic body hopes will become the peak of achievement for gamers around the world, President Thomas Bach said on Friday.

Sumit Nagal Continues Good Run, Enters Perugia Challenger Semi-Finals

Sumit Nagal continued his splendid form by entering the semi-final of the ongoing Perugia Challenger on Friday. The sixth-seeded Indian overcame the challenge from the unseeded Maks Kasnikowski of Poland in the quarterfinal, winning in straight sets 6-4, 7-5. This is his eighth successive win since the start of Heilbronn Challenger in Germany. In the semi-final on Saturday, he will be taking on the winner of the other quarterfinal clash between the unseeded Bernabé Zapata Miralles of Spain and second seed Laslo Djere of Serbia. Earlier in the event, Nagal had been victorious against the unseeded Nerman Fatic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the opening round before being successful against the unseeded Alessandro Giannessi of Italy in the pre-quarterfinal.