 Alisson Becker of Brazil has become the World's most expensive goalkeeper while transferring clubs from Italy's Roma to England's Liverpool for a world record £56 million. The 25-year-old Brazilian has beaten Ederson Moraes (£34.7 million, Benfica to Manchester City). The deal could rise to as much as £65 million, with a further £10 million in add-ons, which are dependent on Liverpool's qualification for the UEFA Champions League and wins in various competitions in the future. |
| Source- BBC News |
 Planning for its next three Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has added seven medal events to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, published a 2020 Tokyo Olympics schedule with no agreement on when to race swimming finals, and set a timetable to add new sports to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The next Winter Olympics will now include: women’s monobob, Big Air freestyle skiing for men and women, plus mixed team events in short track speed skating, ski jumping, ski aerials and snowboardcross. |
| Source- The Hindu |
 Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has clinched a gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in France. The Indian youngster secured the top spot in the podium with an 85.17m throw. Moldova’s Andrian Mardare took the silver medal after he covered a distance of 81.48m. The bronze medal went to Lithuania’s Edis Matusevicius, whose best throw of the night was 79.31m. |
| Source- DD News |
 Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, conceding just one point in five bouts en route to the title victory in the women's 50kg freestyle category. The 23-year-old outclassed Canada's Natasha Fox 10-0 in the final. Vinesh began her campaign by beating Mariana Diaz on technical superiority and then thumped Erin Golston 12-1 and Valeria Chepsarakova 5-0. |
| Source- ESPN |
 Honda's Marc Marquez (of Spain) cruised to his ninth consecutive German Grand Prix victory to extend his MotoGP lead. He has now won in the top category at Sachsenring for the past six years and three times in the smaller classes before that. Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi finished second with his Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales third. |
| Source- DD News |
 India's star shuttler PV Sindhu (seeded second) suffered a defeat to fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight games inside 50 minutes to settle for runners-up spot in the Thailand Open at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok. In men's singles, Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) was the winner and Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) was runner up. |
| Source- The Hindu |
 The 2018 Wimbledon Championships is a Grand Slam tennis tournament which takes place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on 2 July 2018 and finished on 15 July 2018. The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of the Championships. Novak Djokovic won the men's singles Title for the fourth time. Angelique Kerber won the Ladies' Singles title. The tournament is organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation (ITF). |
| Here is the Complete List of Winners in Different Category (with their Respective Countries): |
| S. No. | Category | Winner | Runner Up |
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| 1. | Men's Singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | Kevin Anderson (South Africa) |
| 2. | Women's Singles | Angelique Kerber (Germany) | Serena Williams (USA) |
| 3. | Men’s Doubles | Mike Bryan (USA) and Jack Sock (USA) | Michael Venus (New Zealand) and Raven Klaasen (South Africa) |
| 4. | Women's Doubles | Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) | Nicole Melichar (USA) and Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) |
| 5. | Mixed Doubles | Alexander Peya (Austria) and Nicole Melichar (USA) | Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) and Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) |
 The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup concluded in Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital of Moscow. 32 nations, divided into eight groups, battled it out for the coveted trophy in the quadrennial month-long event. France emerged as the champion team of the FIFA World Cup 2018. It has defeated Croatia in a thrilling final by 4-2. It was the second world cup win for France, it first won in 1998. |
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 The Indian team won four silver medals and five bronzes (total 9 medals) at the 7th World Junior Wushu Championships in Brasilia, Brazil. Egypt raised their medal record to seven as Mohamed Amin and Samira Mousa added two bronze medals. |
| Source- The Times of India |
 Indian boxers ruled the ring at the 36th Golden Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament, ending with seven gold medals to claim the overall top spot in the event in Subotica, Serbia. Four men and three women clinched gold medals at the tournament, which featured 17 countries. India finished first with 17 medals, including six silver and four bronze. Russia fetched 11 medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze), but ended up third behind Kazakhstan, who had a better gold medal count (5) in their overall haul of seven medals. |
| Source- The Scroll |
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