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Latvia's 20-year-old Jelena Ostapenko has become the first unseeded player in 34 years to reach the French Open women's singles' final. Ostapenko beat Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-final on Thursday, the day when both players were celebrating their birthday. Ostapenko will face third-seeded Simona Halep in the final on Saturday.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Mahmudullah put on 224 runs, Bangladesh's highest ever stand for any wicket in ODIs, to help Bangladesh defeat NZ by 5 wickets. With the win, Bangladesh keep their semi-finals hopes alive while NZ become the first team to exit the tournament. Mahmudullah became the first Bangladeshi player to score a century in WC and CT.

Latvia's 20-year-old Jelena Ostapenko became the first ever unseeded women's singles player in the Open Era to win the French Open after defeating Romania's Simona Halep in the final on Saturday. Ostapenko also became only the fourth unseeded women's singles player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title after defeating the world number four 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

England defeated Australia by 40 runs (D/L method) in a rain-curtailed Group A encounter in the Champions Trophy 2017 on Saturday. With the loss, Australia crashed out of the tournament while Bangladesh and England reached the semi-finals from the group. After being reduced to 35/3, Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes put on 159 runs for the fourth wicket for England.

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win a single Grand Slam title ten times, winning his 10th French Open on Sunday. Nadal, playing his 22nd Grand Slam final, defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 for his 15th Grand Slam title. Nadal's career record at Roland Garros reads 79 wins and two losses.

Defending champions India defeated South Africa by eight wickets in the Champions Trophy 2017 on Sunday to book a berth in the semi-finals. South Africa lost their last eight wickets for 51 runs as India effected three run-outs in the innings. AB de Villiers averaged 6.66 in the tournament, his lowest in an ODI series playing three or more innings.

Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his Formula One career's 6th Canadian Grand Prix title in Montreal on Sunday. Hamilton, who registered his 56th F1 race win with the Canadian Grand Prix title, finished ahead of his teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton has cut down Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel's lead in the drivers' championship to 12 points.

Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to qualify for the Champions Trophy 2017 semis, joining defending champions India, Bangladesh and hosts England. This was Pakistan's 10th win against SL in ICC ODI tournaments with SL winning just one encounter. This was also the fifth instance of Pakistani fast bowlers taking all the 10 wickets in an ODI innings.

Golden State Warriors have been crowned NBA Champions for the fifth time after defeating LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in the best-of-seven NBA Finals on Tuesday. Kevin Durant, playing his first season as a Warrior, was named the Finals' Most Valuable Player. Notably, this was the first-ever instance in NBA history that the same teams reached Finals for three straight seasons.

India defeated Kyrgyz Republic 1-0 in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers on Tuesday to register their 8th straight international win. Both teams struggled to find the net, before Indian captain Sunil Chhetri scored the match-winning goal for India in the 69th minute. India now top Group A after two games, with two teams going through to the finals.

Pakistan defeated hosts England by 8 wickets on Wednesday to reach the final of the Champions Trophy tournament for the first time. Batting first, England hit only 15 boundaries, the least in a completed innings for them since the 2015 World Cup. Pakistan last played the final of an ICC ODI tournament 18 years ago, in the 1999 World Cup.

Swiss tennis star Roger Federer suffered his second defeat of the season at the hands of former world number 2 and current world number 302 Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday. The 39-year-old German defeated the 35-year-old Swiss 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, after saving a match point. This was Federer's first match after two months.

India defeated Bangladesh by nine wickets on Thursday to reach the Champions Trophy 2017 final where it will face arch-rivals Pakistan. India has so far taken 19 wickets between overs 11 and 40 in the tournament, the most for any team. Shikhar Dhawan went past Sourav Ganguly to become the highest run-scorer for India in the Champions Trophy tournament.

India defeated Scotland 4-1 in their opening match of the Hockey World League Semi-Finals in London on Thursday. Scotland captain Chris Grassick struck in the sixth minute before Ramandeep Singh (31st, 34th), Akashdeep Singh (40th) and Harmanpreet Singh (42nd) scored for India and closed the match 4-1. India play their next Pool B match on June 17 against Canada.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy defeated three-time Olympic silver medalist and world number three Lee Chong Wei to reach the quarters of the men's singles event at Indonesia Open Superseries on Thursday. India's K Srikanth, ranked 22, beat fourth seed Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen to reach the quarters. Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu crashed out in the tournament's second round.

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth beat world number one Wan Ho Son 21-15, 14-21, 24-22 at the Indonesia Open, to reach his second consecutive Super Series final on Saturday. World number 22 Srikanth, who is playing in his career's 4th Super Series final, was defeated by compatriot Sai Praneeth in the previous event's final in April in Singapore.

The Indian hockey team defeated Canada 3-0 in their second match in the Hockey World League Semi-Final 2017 on Saturday. SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh and Sardar Singh scored to give India their second win in the tournament. India will next face Pakistan on Sunday, the same day the Indian cricket team faces Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final.

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth today defeated Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 21-19, to become the first Indian man to win the Indonesia Superseries Premier title. The 24-year-old shuttler also became the first Indian man to win Superseries Premier, Superseries and Grand Prix Gold titles. With the win, Srikanth has become the second-most successful Indian after Saina Nehwal in Superseries events.

India's hockey team registered its biggest win over Pakistan with the final tally of 7-1 in the Hockey World League 2017 Semi-Final on Sunday. This was India's 56th win over Pakistan in the 168th match between the two nations. Akashdeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Talwinder Singh scored braces, while Pardeep Mor scored one goal for India.

Pakistan won their first ever Champions Trophy title after beating defending champions India by 180 runs in the tournament final on Sunday. Pakistan last won an ICC ODI tournament 25 years ago when they had lifted the 1992 World Cup. The match was only the third instance of India being beaten by the arch-rivals in an ICC tournament.