Sports News July 7 Highlights: Lewis Hamilton Wins British Grand Prix; Jannik Sinner Reach Wimbledon QF

It was an action packed Sunday! In cricket, India won the 2nd T20I against Zimbabwe by a massive 100 run, with Abhishek Sharma hitting his maiden ton in international ground. The UEFA Euro 2024 saw England and Netherlands seal their semi-final spots. In Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix, ending the winless streak of two years. Coming to Wimbledon, Jannik Sinner made his ways to the quarter-finals after handing defeat to ben Shelton. Check the important headlines of sports world for Sunday, July 7, 2024 here

James Rodriguez's Colombia ran riot, scoring five past Thomas Christiansen's Panama in the quarter-finals of the Copa America 2024 at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Novak Djokovic passed a tough Alexie Popyrin test, coming from a set down to take the game in four (6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-7), and will face Holger Rune in the Round of 16 clash.

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian pairing Matthew Edben crashed out in the second round of the 2024 Wimbledon men’s doubles after straight-set defeat.

India take on Zimbabwe in the second T20I of the five-match series at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 7. Will the weather gods make an appearance?

Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay beat Dorival Junior's Brazil 4-2 on penalties to book their semi-final spot after both the sides had to settle for 0-0 regulation time.

Washington Freedom defeated the MI New York by four runs via DLS method to take the game as well as two points in match No. 3 of the Major League Cricket 2024 at Church Street Park in Morrisville.

LeBron James first played on the U.S. Olympic team as a 19-year-old. He did it again in his 20s, twice. And now, a few months from turning 40, he's back for one more run.

He didn't need another Olympic experience to complete some missing box on his resume or add to a legacy that was secured long, long ago. He decided to play this summer for one simple reason — because he wants to. (AP)

In match No.8 of the World Championship of Legends, Pakistan defeated India by 68 runs. The Younis Khan-led side posted 243 runs in their 20 overs, while India could manage just 175.

A late injury blow for England in the front row! Uncapped Northampton Saints prop Emmanuel Iyogun has been drafted into the squad to replace Joe Marler for the second Test against New Zealand this Saturday.

Marler, the veteran loosehead prop, was forced off the field during England's narrow 16-15 defeat in the first Test at Dunedin with a foot injury.

Breaking Olympic records, world records and rewriting history books during an Olympic event is an expected outcome. However, in Paris, history books are about to get rewritten before the games even get under way.

Shubman Gill won the toss in the second T20I of the series and has opted to have a bat on a decent Harare surface.

India XI: Shubman Gill (c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

Zimbabwe XI: Wessly Madhevere, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza(c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara

T20 World Cup-winning skipper Rohit Sharma will continue to lead India in the ODI and Test formats. BCCI secretary Jay Shah said on Sunday that he is confident that the country will win next year's Champions Trophy and World Test Championship under Rohit's captaincy. The 37-year-old Rohit, who became the third Indian captain after legendary Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to win a global trophy, has announced his retirement from the T20 format.

Abhay Singh, a talented player, won two titles at the Asian Doubles Squash Championships in Johor, Malaysia on Sunday. He and Velavan Senthilkumar, the top-seeded pair, easily defeated Malaysian second seeds Ong Sai Hung and Syafiq Kamal 11-4, 11-5 to win the men’s doubles crown. Abhay also triumphed in the mixed doubles final with the experienced Joshna Chinappa, defeating the second-seeded Hong Kong duo of Tong Tsz Wing and Tang Ming Hong 11-8, 10-11, 11-5.

In India the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2024 race will be available to live stream on the FanCode App and website.

Start Time: 7:30 PM IST

Venue - Silverstone Circuit

Showing that last game's failure was an aberration, young India opener Abhishek Sharma smashed his maiden international century in just 46 balls, during the second T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday, July 7.

India - 234/2 (20)

Zimbabwe - batting

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has allocated approximately 17 billion rupees for the upgradation of its stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy according to PTI reports.

The funds were approved by PCB's Board of Governors on Saturday in Lahore in at a meeting, where another 240 million rupees were allocated for spending on women's cricket.

It was a massive jump for women's cricket from 70 million rupees approved in the last budget.

Star Indian players Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey were on Sunday roped in as international signings by the Trinbago Knight Riders for the upcoming season of the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL).

Australians Meg Lanning and Jess Jonassen were their two other international signings. (PTI)

During lap37/52 at the Brtish Grand Prix is all about the british drivers McLaren's Lando Norris who is leading and Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton who is chasing him in P2.

Yes, finally, after two years of drought, the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton secured a victory and that too at home. The British Grand Prix 2024 witnessed Lando Norris securing P2 and Max Verstappen P3.

Jannik Sinner is an action at Wimbledon round of 16 against Ben Shelton.

Current Score:

Sinner - 2 6 6 5

Shelton - 0 2 4 6

The world number one Jannik Sinner produced arguably his best performance at the grass-court of Wimbledon this year. He defeated Ben Shelton with the score of 6-2 6-4 7-6 (11-9) to enter the round of 8.

That's all from our side for today. Let's come back tomorrow to know about all the important incidents taking place in the world of sports, till then, good night!