Spaniards reacted with disbelief and disappointment on Saturday after Madrid was eliminated as a possible host of the 2020 summer Games in the opening round of voting by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
World No 1 Serena Williams will try to capture her 17th Grand Slam title and become the oldest women's champion in US Open history in a final rematch on Sunday with second seed Victoria Azarenka.
A disappointed Li Na admitted to an attack of stage fright in her humbling US Open semifinal loss to Serena Williams and said she would have lost to any opponent she faced on Friday.
Mexico suffered only its second ever qualifying defeat in Azteca Stadium with a 2-1 loss to Honduras on Friday that increases the pressure on coach Jose Manuel de la Torre and leaves 'El Tri' with plenty of work to do to qualify for Brazil.
Cristiano Ronaldo rescued Portugal with a speedy hat-trick to avoid an upset in Northern Ireland, while Netherlands dropped its first points as Spain and Germany took easier steps towards World Cup qualification.
Spaniards reacted with disbelief and disappointment on Saturday after Madrid was eliminated as a possible host of the 2020 summer Games in the opening round of voting by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Profile of Tokyo's Olympic involvement after the Japanese capital was named on Saturday as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tokyo was awarded the 2020 summer Games on Saturday, beating Istanbul in a head-to-head vote after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a plea to the IOC.
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The 125th International Olympic Committee (IOC) session opened on Friday with an official ceremony at Buenos Aires' famous opera house, the Teatro Colon.
World number one Serena Williams of the United States booked a rematch against world number two Victoria Azarenka of Belarus after winning Friday's semi-final against Li Na of China 6-0, 6-3 in the US Open tennis tournament.
World number six Li Na of China failed to advance to her second Grand Slam final in the season after losing to No 1 seed Serena Williams of the United States 6-0, 6-3 in the US Open here on Friday.
Stanislas Wawrinka made it to his first Grand Slam semifinal on Thursday courtesy of a sweet one-handed backhand and inspiration from bleak Irish writer Samuel Beckett.
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