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ENG-PAK MATCH PART OF STUDY

B irmingham's Edgbaston Stadium has been
confirmed as part of the UK Government's
Events Research Programme (ERP) and it will
operate at 80 per cent capacity for the upcoming
Pranati makes
One Day International (ODI) between England and Pakistan. Taking it to Olympics
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place on July 13 (Tuesday), Edgbaston will be able to accommodate
around 19,000 fans, including under 16s, in the stadium bowl and hos-
pitality lounges without social distancing as part of the research study.
P ranati Nayak, the Asian
Championships bronze-
medallist in vault, earned a quota

F rance on Monday (local time) was

knocked out of the ongoing Euro
2020 at Bucharest. France suffered a de-
feat on penalties at the hands of
Switzerland in the round of 16 match
and as a result, the 2018 FIFA World Cup
winners were knocked out of the ongo-
ing competition. Switzerland defeated
France 5-4 on penalties and as a result,
the side will now lock horns against
Spain in the quarterfinals. The normal
90 minutes action finished at 3-3 and the
match progressed to extra time.
MURRAY BACK AFTER 4 YRS
B ritain's Andy Murray, on Monday (lo-
cal time), made a winning return to
the grass-court as he won his first-round
match of the ongoing Wimbledon. Murray
defeated Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4,
6-3, 5-7, 6-3 here at the Centre Court. This is Murray's first singles win
in Wimbledon since 2017. The Britain tennis player had earlier won the
Grand Slam in 2013 and 2016. In the match against Basilashvili, Mur-
ray won the first two sets quite comprehensively.
to compete at next month's Tokyo
Olympics, the International Gym-
nastics Federation (FIG) officially
announced on Monday. Pranati
got a quota place through reallo-
cation since the Asian Champi-
onships, scheduled to be held in
Tokyo in May, was cancelled due
to Covid-19 pandemic. The 26-
year-old gymnast from Kolkata
had won bronze in vault at the
2019 Asian Championships held
in Mongolia.

'Chingum kha bhai'

Taapsee has
better choice A ctor Tiger Shroff on Tuesday
unleashed his humorous side as
he conducted an interactive session

T here was a time when she had to

pick the best from whatever was
offered, but actor Taapsee Pannu says
with his fans. The actor answered
several questions with a dash of hu-
mour on Instagram Story. When a
things have reversed now as she is user asked him to give him a tip on
getting to choose from "more diverse how to achieve the perfect jawline,
roles, scripts and genres". The Bolly- Tiger responed: "Chingum kha bhai
wood star, whose "Haseen Dillruba", a (eat chewing gum bro)." Another
romance-thriller, is coming out on user asked him to make his debut in
Netflix on July 2 said she would not Hollywood. Tiger's response."Bhai
let a good script go to others. aap ke debut film ke baad'

FILM ON JALLIANWALA BAGH ��������������������������������
F ilmmaker Karan Johar is
all set to produce a biopic
on C. Sankaran Nair, who
fought against the British Raj
to uncover the truth about the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The upcoming project is based
on the book 'The Case That
Shook The Empire' written by
Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat.
Raghu Palat is the great-grand-
son of C. Sankaran Nair. Karan
on Tuesday took to Instagram
and wrote, "Extremely excited
and honoured to be bringing
the untold story of C.
Sankaran Nair, a historic man
to the big screens."
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