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Tennis
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will face Pedro Cachin in the opening round of Wimbledon which begins on Monday.World no.1 Carlos Alcaraz meets Jeremy Chardy of France.Projected quarterfinals will see Alcaraz against sixth seed Holger Rune while Djokovic could meet seventh seed Andrey Rublev of Russia.Third seed Medvedev may meet Tstisipas in the last eight.Among women,top seed Swiatek could meet Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals.Third seed Rybakina could face Jabeur.
Table Tennis
Diya Chitale and Sreeja Akula reached semifinals of WTT Contender in Zagreb.Indian pair beat Wong and Zeng of Singapore 3-2 on Friday.
Football
Bayern Munich will face Werder Bremen in the opening game of new Bundesliga season starting on August 18.
Kabaddi
Indian men’s Kabaddi team beat Iran 42-32 in a thrilling final to defend its Asian Championships title on Friday.
Cricket
Australia lead by 221 runs when rain stopped play on third day of second Ashes test against England.Usman Khawaja made unbeaten half century.

By Shailesh