Sport MONDAY 5 JULY 2021 EnglandE manager Gareth Southgate says hish team wants to go all the way We've achieved one challenge but that's not the Everest we sets ourselves. We want to push on. It's another chance for the teamt to make history (in the semi-final on Wednesday). Gareth Southgate Sport |19 BRAZIL FOOTBALL RESULTS: EC Juventude RS 1, Flamengo 0; Fluminense 1, Corinthians 1; Gremio 0, Fortaleza EC CE 0 Cycling: Serbian athlete arriving for Tokyo Pogacar retains Tour lead Olympics tests positive: Report as O’Connor wins stage TOKYO - AP tested positive, after being in quarantine near Narita, again TIGNES, FRANCE - REUTERS A member of the Serbian tested positive on Saturday after Olympic rowing team has tested arriving in the Japanese town Defending champion Tadej positive for COVID-19 while of Izumisano, according to a Pogacar (pictured) kept a trying to enter Japan for the statement from the city. close eye on his challengers as Tokyo Olympics that are to Officials said the person was he retained the overall leader’s open in just under three weeks. not believed to be contagious, yellow jersey in the Tour de The news was reported yes- and no contact tracing would France after the ninth stage, a terday by the Japanese agency be done. 144.9km mountain trek from Kyodo and cited Japanese Seiko Hashimoto, the pres- Cluses in the northern Alps health ministry officials. ident of the Tokyo organizing yesterday. Officials said the athlete was committee, said on Friday that Australian Ben O’Connor isolated at Tokyo’s Haneda more than 500 participants had of the AG2R-Citroen team won airport. Four others travelling arrived in Tokyo without the stage from the breakaway, along with the athlete were incident. About 11,000 Olympic ahead of Italians Matteo reportedly transferred to a and 4.400 Paralympic athletes Cataneo and Sonny Colbrelli. facility near the airport. They will arrive for the Olympics, in Slovenian Pogacar, who had been scheduled to travel to addition to tens of thousands of claimed the a training camp in Nanto in coaches, judges and Olympic Poland’s track cyclist Mateusz Rudyk trains ahead of the Tokyo yellow central Japan. Nanto officials officials. Many fear that the 2020 Olympics, at the velodrome Arena Pruszkow, in Pruszkow jersey on said the training camp was influx will drive up COVID-19 near Warsaw, Poland. Saturday, likely to be cancelled. cases around the country. was in The report comes after two Organizers still have not control all members of the Ugandan decided whether to allow local the International Olympic Com- the Olympics, has lashed out at including: no fans at all; no fans day and Olympic delegation tested pos- fans into venues. Fans from mittee and others and lower the those opposing the Games, at the opening ceremony on July responded to itive for the coronavirus last abroad were banned months cap, or remove spectators calling them “anti-Japanese.” 23; limits on fans at night a late attack month upon arrival in Japan. ago. altogether. “To make the Olympics a events; dropping the limit at all by Ecuador’s One tested positive at Narita Almost two weeks ago, Tokyo reported 518 new success holds historic meaning venues to 5,000. Richard airport near Tokyo, but the organizers said they would cases yesterday, marking the for Japan,” Abe was reported as Dr. Shigeru Omi, a top gov- Carapaz, his remainder of the team was allow indoor and outdoor 15th straight day that infections saying by the Mainichi news- ernment medical adviser, has main rival allowed to travel to a training venues to be filled to 50% of have increased from levels of a paper. Abe blamed calls for can- said repeatedly that no fans is for the site. capacity up to 10,000. week earlier. On Saturday, new celing the Olympics on people the safest option. He has also general clas- A second member of the But with new infections cases reached 716, the highest “who are criticized as holding questioned why the Olympics sification, in the final climb to delegation was found later to rising daily in Tokyo for two in more than five weeks. anti-Japanese views.” are being held at all in the the Alpine resort of Tignes have the virus. weeks, local organizers are Former Prime Minister Japan media have reported middle of a pandemic. He has (21km at 5.6%) to stay top of The first member who expected to meet this week with Shinzo Abe, who lobbied to land many possible scenarios, termed it “abnormal.” the rankings. With his maiden Tour stage win, O’Connor climbed up to second in the overall Qatar beat El Salvador Teenagers Gauff, Raducanu to standings, two minutes and one second off the pace, with Colombian Rigoberto Uran in third, 5:18 behind Pogacar. light up last Manic Monday After a crash-strewn start to the Tour, last year’s runner- up Primoz Roglic abandoned REUTERS LONDON - Switzerland’s Roger the race, failing to recover Federer leaves after from injuries sustained in a Some intriguing last-16 clashes a practice session third-stage tumble. in the women’s singles promise at All England Lawn An exhausted Mathieu van to make Wimbledon’s last-ever Tennis and Croquet der Poel, who wore the yellow Manic Monday a memorable Club, London, Britain, jersey during the week, also one with teenagers Coco Gauff yesterday. quit ahead of his bid to win and Emma Raducanu topping Olympic gold in the mountain the bill. biking event. Seventeen-year-old Belgian Wout van Aert, American Gauff’s progress to who started the day in second the fourth round is no surprise, place overall, cracked on the seeing that two years ago she Col du Pre, halfway through made a sensational debut, the stage, and finished more Action from Qatar’s friendly against El Salvador in Pula, Croatia, reaching the same stage as a than half an hour behind yesterday. Qatar, who won 1-0, are in Croatia for a training camp qualifier. O’Connor as he dropped out during which the team has already played a couple of friendlies Her return as 20th seed has of contention. to prepare for their maiden appearance in Gold Cup starting in been impressive with three She will be third match on puzzle-solving against Ons His Jumbo-Visma team, the US next week. Almoez Ali yesterday scored in the 69th minute. straight-sets victories setting up No.1 Court against experienced Jabeur, the first Arab woman to who had been lined up to help a clash of the generations Australian Ajla Tomljanovic reach the last-16 at Wimbledon two-time Vuelta champion against the 33-year-old 2018 when she will be guaranteed after stunning Garbine Roglic win the title, will now champion Angelique Kerber. staunch home support from the Muguruza on Friday. ride for Norway’s Jonas Vinge- The pair have never played crowd who have taken her to Men’s top seed Novak gaard, who is fourth overall against each other but the their hearts. Djokovic has enjoyed a gentle and 5:32 behind Pogacar, one impressively-mature Gauff said “I’m just trying to stay here route to the last 16 as he chases second ahead of Carapaz. that will not be a problem. as long as possible. I’m just a record-equalling 20th Grand The 25-year-old O’Connor “I’m just so early in my having such a blast,” Raducanu, Slam title and he will be a big went solo with 17.5km to go career that pretty much eve- the youngest British woman to favourite to beat Chile’s Cristian and in the last 10km, Ineos ryone I play is a first-timer,” reach the last 16 at Wimbledon Garin in today’s Centre Court Grenadiers upped the pace in Gauff told reporters. in the professional era, told opener. Claycourter Garin, the the group of favourites to set “You don’t know how reporters after her stunning win 17th seed, is something of a sur- up Carapaz’s attack. they’re going to play you. How over Romanian Sorana Cirstea. prise name in the fourth round Carapaz took off with four they play someone else may be In another intriguing last-16 having suffered first-round kilometres left, but the 2019 different on how they play you. showdown, top seed Ash Barty exits at his previous three Giro d’Italia champion was You just kind of have to feel it will take on the Czech Repub- Wimbledons. countered by Pogacar, who out in the match.” lic’s Barbora Krejcikova in a Second Monday would not eventually finished 32 seconds Second Monday at Wim- battle between the 2019 and feel authentic without eight- ahead of the Ecuadorian. Qatar's Saeed Al Sulaiti shines bledon is always one of the 2021 French Open champions. time champion Roger Federer “I made a little attack in the most eagerly-anticipated as its Barty has looked solid so far if and the Swiss maestro, end to keep things under is unique amongst the slams not firing on all cylinders but approaching his 40th birthday, control,” Pogacar told a news with all the men’s and women’s will need to be tuned in against has clicked smoothly onto gear conference. fourth round singles taking Krejcikova who is enjoying a after a torrid opening match “They (Caparaz’s Ineos place. stupendous run, racking up 15 against Adrian Mannarino. Grenadier’s team) made it a The decision from next year successive singles wins and Federer will face 23rd seed little bit harder but I had good to scrap the middle Sunday rest winning the French despite a Lorenzo Sonego, one of two legs to counter attack.