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Poland's Iga Świątek defeated America's Coco Gauff in straight sets to win the women's title at the French Open tennis.

Iga defeated Gauff in straight sets 6-1, 6-3.

21-year-old Iga Świątek has won the French Open women's singles title for the second time.

In 2020 also Iga Świątek won the French Open title.

In the final match Iga Świątek dominated. Gauff looked stunned by her defeat. In the match, Iga Świątek did not give Gauff any chance to dominate.

This is also Iga Świątek's 35th consecutive win.

Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 in the final of the Copa America to win the title.

Angel Di Maria's only goal helped Argentina register a 1-0 win over Brazil, marking the first time Argentina won a major title under Lionel Messi.

With this win, Argentina's 28-year wait has come to an end. On Saturday, July 10, 2021, after 28 years, the occasion came when Argentina won a big title.

This opportunity is very special not only for Argentina, but also for football superstar Lionel Messi.

Messi has set many records and victories in club football, but this is his first major win trophy while playing with his national team.

A goal by Angel Di Maria against host opposition Brazil in the final of the Copa America created history for both Argentina and Messi.

Angel Di Maria scored the only goal of the match for Argentina in the 22nd minute of the game.

Argentina ended their 28-year wait at the Maracan Stadium in Rio-de Janeiro, while Brazil, on the other hand, broke a long-standing record.

Brazil had never lost at their home ground for the last 2500 days and this record was broken by an Argentine goal on Saturday, 10 July 2021. Also, the previous Copa America title of 2019 was also won by Brazil, which they could not maintain.

Alcoholic beverages will remain banned during the Tokyo Olympic Games. Tokyo-2020 President Seiko Hashimoto announced this on Wednesday, 23 June 2021.

Hashimoto said the decision was taken keeping in mind "safety" during the Games.

In a press briefing, Hashimoto said that Asahi Breweries, one of the organizers of the Olympic Games, also agreed to the decision.

Now only 30 days are left for the start of the Olympic Games and all the focus of the organizers is to conduct the Games safely.

The organizers, however, have prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages outside the stadiums and taking them inside the stadiums.

Some senior health officials in Japan have argued that the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is less likely to follow social distancing, so it should be banned during the Games.

In view of this, it has been said to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in most places in the city of Tokyo, Japan.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics said on Monday, 21 June 2021, that about 10,000 home spectators would be allowed to watch the games in stadiums. While restrictions have been placed on foreign visitors.

One of the greatest football players of all time, Argentina's famous football player Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 due to cardiac arrest.

Earlier this month, he underwent an operation for clotting in the brain. This operation was successful.

It was reported that Maradona was also going to be treated for alcohol dependency (alcohol addiction).

Marodona first came into the limelight from the 1982 World Cup of Football. The World Cup was played in Spain but only 21-year-old Maradona emerged as Argentina's star player at that time.

Then in 1986, when Argentina won the Football World Cup, Maradona was the captain of that team.

He also played for renowned football clubs such as Barcelona and Napoli.

Maradona played 91 matches for Argentina in which he scored 34 goals. Not only that, he represented Argentina in four World Cups.

Maradona became a cocaine addict in the second half of his career. In 1991, he was found positive for the drugs test and was banned from the sport for 15 months.

Maradona retired from professional football in 1997 on his 37th birthday.

Maradona was named head coach of Argentina's football team in 2008. He stepped down in the year 2010 when Germany defeated Argentina's team in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

He was also in charge of teams from the UAE and Mexico.

His fans across the world are saddened by the news of Diego Maradona's sudden death. Fans from different countries, including India, are paying tribute to him in their own way.

Maradona's popularity can be gauged from the fact that there are a total of 10 trends associated with him in India after his death. For example - #Maradona, GOAT, Soccer, RestInPower, The Golden Boy and The Greatest.

Many Indian players, politicians and stars are also paying tribute to Maradona on social media.

Sachin Tendulkar tweeted, "The world of football and sports has lost one of their greatest players today. Rest in Peace Diego Maradona! You will miss

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote, "Legend Diego Maradona has left us. Maradona was the magician who showed us why football is called 'The Beautiful Game'. My condolences to his family, friends and fans. ''

CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury has posted two pictures of Maradona. In one of these, he is seen alongside Cuban revolutionary and former President Fidel Castro. In the second picture, he shows a tattoo of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara on his arm.

PubG Corporation, the company that created the popular mobile game 'PUBG', has decided to suspend the franchise of Chinese company Tencent Games in India, after which there is a possibility that this mobile game will once again return to the mobile of Indian users.

As reported by the Business Standard newspaper, the South Korean company PubG Corporation wrote in a blog on Tuesday that "we respect the decision taken by the Indian government, keeping in mind the security and privacy of the players' data."

"It is also important for the company that the players' data is completely protected. For this, the company is taking all the responsibility related to this game. Also, in the near future, the company will work on providing better gaming experience to Indian players.

According to the newspaper's report, after this decision, the legal right to operate the PUBG game in India will no longer be with the Chinese company Tencent Games, which has the global franchise of the mobile version of the game.

Now South Korea company PUBG Corporation, which produces this app, will be the publisher company of PUBG Mobile in India.

Last week, the Indian government banned 118 Chinese mobile apps including PUBG, citing data security and privacy as the basis.

The newspaper wrote in its report that the Chinese company Tencent owns about 10% stake in a company called Bluehole Studio and Bluehole Studio is the parent company of PubG Corporation, located in Seoul City, South Korea.

According to the company, more than 600 million people worldwide have downloaded PUBG and over 50 million people are its active players. India is an important market for the company as around 33 million people have been playing this game in India.

According to the newspaper report, after this change, the argument of South Korean company PUBG Corporation has been strengthened that 'this game is no longer related to the Chinese company', but experts are of the opinion that even after this decision, PUBG's path It will not be completely easy as PUBG Corporation will have to first satisfy the Government of India what will be the difference with their decision related to Tencent Games.

The Indian government has banned 118 mobile apps developed in China, including the gaming app PUBG.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that these apps have been banned because they were involved in activities against India's sovereignty and integrity, defense of the country and public order.

The statement issued by the ministry said, "This step will protect the interests of crores of mobile and internet users in India." This decision has been taken with the intention of ensuring the security and sovereignty of India's cyberspace. ''

According to the statement, the Government of India was receiving complaints about these apps from various sources, including reports that users' data from some mobile apps available on Android and IOS were unauthorizedly stolen and sent to servers located outside India. Were staying.

The decision to ban 118 apps in China has been taken at a time when there are reports of tensions between the two countries on the Line of Actual Control or LAC in Ladakh once again.

The Indian government had earlier banned 59 apps related to China in June. They also included Tiktok.

The last decision to ban 59 Chinese apps was taken a few days after a violent clash between Indo-Chinese troops in the Galvan Valley on July 15.

The next year i.e. the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup will be held in India. The International Cricket Council (ICC) gave this information in a press release issued on Friday.

The ICC also informed that the 2021 Women's T20 World Cup will now be held in 2022 due to the Corona crisis.

According to information received from the ICC, the 2021 T20 World Cup will be held in India and the 2022 T20 World Cup will be in Australia. In addition, the women's T20 tournament to be held in New Zealand in 2021 has been postponed until February-March 2022.

The corona epidemic has had an impact on different sports and tournaments around the world, including the Olympics.

The ICC World Cup T20 was scheduled to be held in Australia from October 18 this year but was postponed due to the Corona crisis.

Earlier, the Indian Premier League (IPL tournament) to be held in India was also postponed. But now the 13th edition of the IPL will be played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in the UAE from 19 September to 10 November.

For this, the board has also got the necessary approval from the Government of India.

After the Tokyo Olympics are postponed to next year, the American athletes participating will be given mental health support.

Officials of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee say that three mental health officers are being appointed to take care of the mental health of the athletes. "The world is going through challenges after the epidemic," said an official. We want our athlete's mental health to be fine.''

The International Olympic Committee says that it is committed to organizing the Olympics in the year 2021. The Olympics were to be held in July-August this year.

The Asian Cricket Council has postponed the hosting of the Asia Cup till June 2021 due to the Covid-19 infection.

The information about the cancellation of this tournament was made public on Wednesday by President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Sourav Ganguly.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Asian Cricket Council. In this meeting, efforts have been agreed to organize the Asia Cup around June 2021.

Cricket Board of India President Sourav Ganguly said that the Asia Cup scheduled to be held in September this year has been canceled.

The Asia Cup has been canceled, he said, which was to be held in September.

It was not yet decided in which country the Asia Cup was to be held. But it was to be held in September.

After the cancellation of the Asia Cup, there is a cloud of suspicion over the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October-November.

Between all this, no decision has been made on the organization of IPL so far.