Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in the quarter-finals. World number one and defending champion Djokovic was beaten by sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who came from a set down to win 3-6 7-5 6-3. Alexander Zverev beat second seed Federer 6-3 6-7 (7-9) 6-3.
Andorra’s 21-year wait for a first European Championship qualifying win is over after they defeated Moldova to move off the bottom of Group H. Andorra had lost all 56 of their previous European qualifying matches since contesting their first against Armenia on 5 September 1998.
Cristiano Ronaldo moved one strike away from his 700th career goal as Portugal edged closer to Euro 2020 with a 3-0 win against Luxembourg. Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva opened the scoring before Ronaldo chipped over Anthony Moris.
Former Chelsea and Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has been appointed as Italian side Sampdoria’s manager. Ranieri replaces Eusebio di Francesco, who was sacked on Monday with the club bottom of Serie A after six defeats in seven matches.
Simone Biles equalled the record held by Vitaly Scherbo as she claimed her 23rd World Gymnastics Championships medal with gold on the vault.
Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds. The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.
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