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1. The Supreme Court has stayed arbitral proceedings initiated by ex-India captain MS Dhoni against Amrapali group of companies, now a defunct real estate firm for which Dhoni was the brand ambassador, over some financial dispute.
Issuing a notice to Dhoni, the apex court requested Justice Veena Birbal “to hold her hands” and not proceed with the arbitration.
2. The World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title belt won by Muhammad Ali following his ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ bout with George Foreman in 1974 has been sold for $6.18 million (nearly тВ╣50 crore) at an auction.
Jim Irsay, the CEO of NFL team Indianapolis Colts, won the bid. The belt will be displayed on August 2 at Chicago’s Navy Pier.
3. Carlos Alcaraz, a 19-year-old Spanish tennis player, has become the youngest to reach the top five of the men’s world rankings. Alcaraz entered the top five at the age of 19 years, 2 months and 20 days.
4. Former India captain Mithali Raj had announced her retirement from international cricket this year, and now she has opened up about Women’s IPL, which is likely to begin next year, saying she is keeping the option of playing in the tournament. Raj announced the end of a splendid 23-year international career last month, finishing with 7,805 ODI runs in 232 matches at an average just over 50.
5. Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj scripted history with an 88.13m throw in Eugene, World Championships.
87.58m for Olympics gold, 88.13m for World Championships silver: Neeraj Chopra an all-weather javelin star
6. World Athletics Championships: Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault record, Amusan wins 100m hurdles, Ingebrigtsen bags 5,000m gold.
SwedenтАЩs Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a jump of 6.21 metres on the way to winning his first gold medal at the Worlds.
The United States collected its third successive womenтАЩs 4×400 metres relay World Championships title in dominant fashion on Sunday, finishing well clear of Jamaica and Britain in 3:17.79.
World record holder Kevin Mayer of France regained the decathlon world title with a late comeback on Sunday after the event was blown wide open by an injury to Olympic champion Damian Warner.
Mayer, silver medallist at the last two Olympics, was sixth overnight but won the pole vault and javelin while his 10th-placed finish in the 1,500 metres – the final event – gave him a score of 8,816 points and his second world crown.
German Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo continued her dominance in the womenтАЩs long jump by soaring to a second successive World Championship gold with a final leap of 7.12 metres.
World and Olympic bronze medallist Ese Brume of Nigeria claimed silver with 7.02m, while BrazilтАЩs Leticia Oro Melo took bronze with 6.89m.
Nigerian Tobi Amusan won 100 metres hurdles gold at the World Championships on Sunday in what was initially announced as a world record 12.06 seconds but later ruled ineligible as the wind speed exceeded the legal limit.
Amusan broke the world record earlier on Sunday by running 12.12 in the semifinal at Hayward Field.
Jamaican Britany Anderson took silver and Puerto RicoтАЩs Jasmine Camacho-Quinn finished with bronze.
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