SATURDAY-JULY 10, 2021 Sport 05 Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder set to be postponed Harry Kane strikes extra-time until October due to a Covid-19 outbreak winner as Three Lions set up Tyson Fury and Deontay expected to step back between the year if they each came through their block out Fury's taunts when they Wilder's upcoming fight will be ropes before his two main divi- next defences. Neither Fury, aged recently met at a press conference. postponed until October due to an sional rivals. Joshua is set to de- 32, nor Wilder, 35, have returned The American has made outbreak of Covid-19 in the cham- fend his IBF, WBA and WBO ti- to the ring since their second fight wholesale changes to his team - he Euro 2020 final with Italy pion's camp, according to reports tles against Oleksandr Usyk on in February 2019. has sacked Mark Breland, the train- in the US. September 25 in London. Al- Fury stopped Wilder, ending er who threw in the towel to end The trilogy fight for Fury's though talks to stage Joshua vs his title reign and unbeaten record, the second fight with Fury. He has WBC heavyweight championship Fury for the undisputed title fell after a dramatic draw in their first appointed former opponent Ma- was set for three weeks' time on apart, there was optimism the clash. lik Scott as his new trainer, mean- July 24 in Las Vegas. dream fight could be rectified this Wilder wore headphones to ing Jay Deas has been demoted. ESPN first reported on Thurs- day that the fight would be delayed due to a Covid-19 outbreak but Top Rank, Fury's US-based pro- moter, said in a statement: "We continue to monitor the health sta- tus of Tyson and his team and the status of the event has not changed to date." Wilder's team did not comment when asked by Sky Sports. The Athletic reported on Fri- day morning that "at least 10" peo- ple in Fury's Vegas gym have caught Covid-19. Joseph Parker, the former WBO heavyweight champion, England captain Harry Kane own goal and while they could not ny matches earlier in the tourna- was also training alongside Fury, fired his side into their first Euro- get the job done in 90 minutes ment. On the big screen, David but his manager David Higgins has pean Championship final by slam- against an increasingly-tired Dan- Baddiel and Frank Skinner were told Sky Sports: "Joseph does not ming in the rebound to his saved ish side, who had flown in from singing along to 'Three Lions' and have Covid." penalty in extra-time, as Gareth their quarter-final in Baku, the the spirit of Euro 96 had undoubt- Dillian Whyte would be avail- Southgate's team eclipsed the majority of the 60,000 fans back edly been recaptured. able and willing to replace Fury manager's icons of 25 years ago at Wembley roared with delight That electric atmosphere and fight Wilder on July 24, ac- with a hard-fought 2-1 win over when Kane eventually beat the surged with early dribbles from cording to his promoter Eddie brave Denmark. otherwise brilliant Kasper Schme- Raheem Sterling, when Mason Hearn. Southgate has carried the pain ichel. Mount twisted on the edge of the The delay to Fury vs Wilder of his shoot-out penalty miss at For Denmark, it is a valiant Danish box, and when Kane means that Anthony Joshua is now Wembley since Euro 96 but his end to an incredible story at this whipped a wonderful cross just Three Lions wrote their own his- tournament, and they deserve beyond the Man City man's reach. tory on Wednesday night, setting huge praise for what they have But England threatened to be up a Sunday showdown with Ita- achieved after the shock of Chris- their own undoing soon after. ly back at Wembley. tian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in their Southgate's side had done well to Wimbledon 2021: Hubert Hurkacz beats Roger It was far from straightfor- first match. stamp out individual mistakes in ward, with Mikkel Damsgaard But England and their sup- this tournament, but Kalvin Phil- breaching England's previously porters can now look forward to lips was robbed by Pierre-Emile Federer in straight sets to reach semi-finals watertight defence with the first one more match and the country's Hojbjerg, who shot at Jordan Pick- direct free-kick goal of the tour- first major tournament final since ford, and the goalkeeper's pass out and a brilliant forehand winner - nament on 30 minutes after the 1966. then went straight to a red shirt, coupled with a pair of huge first hosts had made a fast start. At kick-off those supporters with Martin Braithwaite's shot serves - gave him the first set in But England forced an equal- were eclipsing the noise created deflected behind. under half an hour. iser home through a Simon Kjaer ahead of the Scotland and Germa- It was an alarming couple of minutes for England and gave Denmark confidence, with Dams- Japan to Hat-tricks for Duhan van der gaard bending a shot wide from the edge of the area. As the first- impose COVID Merwe and Josh Adams as half clock ticked on, Pickford's streak without conceding for his emergency in tourists roar past the Sharks country stretched past 720 min- utes, setting a new English record. Tokyo, mulls Hat-tricks from Duhan van Moments later the ball was in his der Merwe and Josh Adams net. fan-free helped the British and Irish Lions Simmonds. Damsgaard's free-kick strike to a 54-7 win over the Sharks at Van der Merwe scored his sec- from 25 yards was sublime, with Olympics Ellis Park on Wednesday. ond try as a clever grubber kick the 21-year-old dipping a fierce The game was in doubt earlier from Farrell got the ball behind a Japan is set to declare a state effort under the bar and in off Pick- after two positive Covid-19 cas- high Sharks defensive line and the of emergency for Tokyo to con- ford's fingertips, although the es in the Lions camp, forcing a left winger outpaced the defence, tain the city’s latest wave of coro- 'keeper will feel he could have done further 12 people within the tour- before the fourth try went to Aki navirus, which will continue even better. ing party to isolate and necessi- after a break from the scrum to as it hosts the Olympics, a key England looked rattled. Pick- tating eight changes in the match- set up a pick and drive. An inspired Hubert Hurkacz Grand Slam quarter-final for the is over. I've got to take a few days. minister said on Thursday, as or- ford gave the ball away again. day squad of 18. The Sharks, without nine produced a spectacular perfor- first time in his career against Fe- "Obviously we're going to ganisers consider banning all spec- Denmark almost created a second However, the drama did not players in the Springbok camp for mance to end Roger Federer's derer's 53rd and 18th at Wimble- speak a little bit tonight, depend- tators from the event. on the break after Sterling's free- slow the Lions down and they the Test series this month, strug- quest for a ninth Wimbledon title don alone, the title dream remains ing on how I feel, then the next Medical advisers experts have kick hit the wall. On the touchline scored eight tries in all with Bund- gled to handle the Lions' pressure and landmark 21st Grand Slam alive after dismantling his illustri- couple of days as well. Then we said for weeks that having no spec- Southgate urged his side to calm ee Aki and Louis Rees-Zammit but looked better after the break crown with a straight-sets victo- ous opponent and childhood idol. go from there. tators at the Games would be the down. also going over. and scored first through flanker ry on Centre Court. "It's super special for me. "I'm actually very happy I least risky option amid wide- The tension increased inside Owen Farrell, who was draft- Venter. In front of a sell-out crowd Playing on this special court made it as far as I did here and I spread public concern that the in- Wembley when Schmeichel pulled ed into fly-half at the last minute, But they continued to com- on the storied arena Federer has against Roger, when you're kid it's actually was able to play Wim- flux of thousands of athletes and off an incredible stop to prevent knocked over two conversions, mit simple mistakes, which the presided over since his first title a dream come true to play him. bledon at the level that I did after officials will fuel a fresh wave of Sterling turning in Kane's cross. with Finn Russell adding four as Lions were quick to capitalise on. in 2003, Hurkacz excelled, firing "Playing here in front of you everything I went through. Of infections. But a minute later a similar move the Lions followed up their 56-14 First Adams, chasing a slop- down 36 winners and making just guys and the special things he has course I would like to play it again, Organisers have already led to England's leveller. win over the Sigma Lions with py home cleanout, scored in the 12 unforced errors in a 6-3 7-6 (7- done here throughout his whole but at my age you're just never banned overseas spectators and Kane dropped deep, fed another drubbing. 57th minute, and Rees-Zammit 4) 6-0 victory - the biggest tri- career, it's a dream come true and sure what's around the corner." have set a cap on domestic fans at Bukayo Saka with a fine pass, James Venter got the consola- got his try when Adams picked umph of his young career. I really thank you guys so much The unheralded Hurkacz, 50 percent of capacity, to a maxi- and, with Sterling primed to tuck tion try for the Sharks, who be- up a speculative Sharks kick and The denouement on Federer's for coming here and cheering. who caused a minor sensation mum of 10,000 people. Talks to in his fourth of the tournament, cause of the Covid concerns in turned defence into attack as he defeat came in a barely-believable "I'm so happy and can't wait when rallying from two sets to finalise the restrictions on the Kjaer beat him to it and deflected South Africa were forced to move put away his Welsh compatriot final set as he was broken three for the next one." one down to beat world No 2 spectators are expected either on the ball into his own goal. the game from their base in Dur- down the right wing. times to lose a set to love at Wim- Federer has more Grand Slam Daniil Medvedev in a last-16 Thursday or on Friday. England had the momentum ban. The Lions were over the try- Van der Merwe sped away to bledon for the first time in 22 vis- titles than Hurkacz has Grand match that extended into women's International Olympic Com- behind them in the final moments line in the third minute through complete his hat-trick six minutes its as he crashed out in just one Slam appearances, but the 24- quarter-final day on Tuesday, had mittee (IOC) President Thomas of the half but, after the interval, Adams, followed three minutes from time, matched by Adams hour and 48 minutes. year-old Pole, playing in his first little trouble settling into the con- Bach, who arrives in Tokyo on it was Denmark again looking the later by a score for Van der Mer- minutes later. He now has nine World No 18 Hurkacz will major quarter-final, was undaunt- test. Thursday to oversee the last leg most threatening - before Schme- we, after a clever pass from Sam tries in his three Lions games. face Matteo Berrettini after the ed by the legend stood on the op- It was the Pole with the first of the preparations, will preside ichel made a second superb stop Italian saw off 20-year-old Felix posite side of the court as he pro- window of opportunity, and the over the talks. of the night to keep out Harry Auger-Aliassime 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-3, duced a fearless display to run out first sign of a struggling Federer, Japan’s economy minister Maguire's header at full stretch. while Federer can only look on as a comfortable winner. as a double fault and two unforced Yasutoshi Nishimura, who heads Kasper Dolberg shot at Pick- Novak Djokovic now stands just In his post-match press con- errors saw Hurkacz handed three the government’s coronavirus re- ford after another cutting Danish two wins away from joining him ference, Federer refused to be break points. Five straight points sponse, said a state of emergency move but that would be their first and Rafael Nadal on 20 Grand rushed into a decision on his fu- from the older man got Federer in Tokyo is set to begin on July and only shot since the goal until Slam titles after his routine win ture - with his first port of call back on track, but he was to play 12 and remain in force until Aug extra-time, as England finally be- over Martin Fucsovics earlier in likely to be whether he chases a catch-up throughout the match. 22. gan to rediscover their authority the day. first Olympic gold medal in the Hurkacz had not gone beyond The Olympic Games are in the match, with Mount seeing An error-strewn Federer per- singles. the third round of a Grand Slam scheduled to begin on July 23 and a shot blocked and another claimed formance, which led to him being "My goal was always for the until this week, but he was rock run for two weeks. They will be by Schmeichel. beaten in straight sets at the All last year and more to always try solid on his own serve while Fed- followed by the Paralympic On 68 minutes, Southgate sent England Club for the first time to play another Wimbledon, I was erer struggled and it was no sur- Games. on Jack Grealish and he was since 2002 against Mario Ancic, able to make it this year, which prise when Hurkacz pounced to The decision to impose a state straight into the action, forcing saw him broken 10 times in total I'm really happy about," he said. put away a volley for a 4-2 lead in of emergency follows a rise in Daniel Wass into a foul that and will cast doubt about his fu- "With everything that comes the opening set. Tokyo cases to their highest since earned a booking, before dribbling ture with his 40th birthday loom- after Wimbledon, we were always The pair exchanged the next mid-May. The Japanese capital is into the box in the build-up to Ster- ing large next month. going to sit down and talk about it two games to give Hurkacz the currently under slightly less strict ling seeing a shot blocked. But for Hurkacz, playing in a because clearly now Wimbledon chance to serve for the first set “quasi emergency” measures.