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'Changed strategies' - Erik ten Hag explains what Manchester United are doing to avoid more injuries

Erik ten Hag has warned that Manchester United could incur more injury issues this season with the change in format of the European competitions.

Three children killed in East Ham house fire named as parents pay tribute

The three children who died in an east London house fire are “loved beyond words and missed beyond measure”, their parents said, as they were named for the first time. The blaze broke out in the family home in Napier Road, East Ham, just after 8.32am on July 13.

5-on-5, 3x3 basketball: Olympic schedule, format, rules, more - ESPN

James Naismith invented basketball inside a Springfield, Massachusetts, gymnasium in 1891. By 1936, the game had become a global sport, making its Olympic debut at the Berlin Summer Games. Women's basketball followed 40 years later, debuting at the Montreal Summer Olympics.

Record Shooting Contingent Out To End India's 12-Year Medal Drought

A squad full of debutants free from past baggage will aim to ace the ultimate test of their lives when the shooting competition of the Paris Olympics begins in the sleepy French town of Chateauroux on Friday. India has won four Olympic medals in shooting out of its overall tally of 35 but none in the last two editions of the Summer Games, putting the additional pressure of expectations on the record 21-member Indian contingent based in central France. The national shooting federation NRAI chose current form over pedigree to pick the squad for the mega event and it will be hoping they hit the bullseye at the National Shooting Centre.