WORLD U20 RECORD
’s Issamade Asinga storms to a 100m world U20 record* of 9.89 at the first day of the South American Athletics Championships 
’s Erik Cardoso and 
’s Ronal Mosquera also break 10 seconds with 9.97 and 9.99. Before yesterday no South American had broken that barrier in legal conditions 
*Subject to the usual ratification procedures
Akashdeep scores the winner as the home team turns things around in a dramatic fashion, bouncing back from a two-goal deficit, to register a 4-3 victory over Malaysia for an unprecedented fourth title in the tournament.
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The NBA Denver Nuggets will kick off the 2023-24 NBA schedule Oct. 24 in a showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers, creating an early rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals.
The regular season is scheduled to conclude April 14.
The 2024 play-in tournament will run from April 16-19, with the playoffs beginning April 20. Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals will start June 6.
Massive First Throw of 88.77M 
and javelin star Neeraj Chopra Qualifies for Paris Olympics by entering World Championships final.
RECORD: Pepe has become the oldest outfield player in history to play in the Portuguese league. 
40 years and 183 days old. 
India’s teen chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa arrived home to celebration Wednesday, with media jostling to catch a glimpse of the newly minted star who faced international No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the Chess World Cup final.
Popularly known as “Pragg”, the 18-year-old is the youngest player to reach a chess World Cup final, held last week in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Defending champion and top seed Alcaraz had no problems in defeating South Africa’s Lloyd Harris in straight sets.
Andy Murray, who had won the title in 2012, went down 3-6, 4-6, 1-6 to 19th-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
For Jabeur, last year’s runner-up in women’s singles, it was a tough battle against Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova but the Tunisian managed to emerge victorious 7-6)7), 4-6, 6-3.
Red Bull has won every race so far this season, 14 in a row including the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, and is again favourite at Monza’s fast layout.
History in the making!
Max Verstappen wins in the Temple of Speed and becomes the first driver in #F1 history to claim ten consecutive wins: congratulations to the Dutchman!
Sergio Perez fought hard to make it a Red Bull one-two, while 
Carlos Sainz just held off Charles Leclerc in the final laps to take third place
Italian GP result
Novak Djokovic advances to the #USOpen quarterfinals 
Djokovic gets past Gojo 6-2 7-5 6-4 to secure his 13th quarter-final appearance in NYC! His 13th US Open quarterfinal appearance ties Roger Federer and Andre Agassi for the second most among men in the Open Era
While Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff progressed to the quaterfinals, Iga Swiatek was knocked out on Sunday.
4th fastest 5000m in history
’s Letesenbet Gidey clocks 14:08.79 at the ISTAF in Berlin
She now owns 3 out of the 5 fastest 5000m-clockings in history
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Defending men’s winner and top seed Carlos Alcaraz beat Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets to reach his third straight quarterfinal in New York.
Jabeur, last year’s women’s runner-up, went down in straight sets to Qinwen Zheng. Reigning Australian Open champion and second seed Aryna Sabalenka moved to the last-eight stage with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Daria Kasatkina.
| WINNER | OPPONENT | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| [1] CARLOS ALCARAZ (ESP) | MATTEO ARNALDI (ITA) | 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 |
| [3] DANIIL MEDVEDEV | [13] ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) | 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 |
| [8] ANDREY RUBLEV | JACK DRAPER (GBR) | 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| [6] JANNIK SINNER (ITA)/[12] ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) |
| WINNER | OPPONENT | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| [2] ARYNA SABALENKA | [13] DARIA KASATKINA | 6-1, 6-3 |
| [9] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE) | PEYTON STEARNS (USA) | 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 |
| [17] MADISON KEYS (USA) | [3] JESSICA PEGULA (USA) | 6-1, 6-3 |
| [23] QINWEN ZHENG (CHN) | [5] ONS JABEUR (TUN) | 6-2, 6-4 |
USA loses to 
Germany in FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 semifinalGermany — the last unbeaten team left in the tournament at 7-0 — will play Serbia on Sunday for the World Cup title.
Canada will play the U.S. for bronze Sunday.
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev set up the men’s singles final at the US Open in New York on Friday.
Second seed and three-time winner Djokovic defeated local favourite Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(4) to reach his 10th final at Flushing Meadows.
Third seed and 2021 winner Medvedev knocked out defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the other semifinal.
India’s Rohan Bopanna creates history!!
NO OTHER male player (Singles or Doubles) at his age (43 yrs 6 months) has ever reached a Grand Slam FINAL in the Open era before!
