On July 10, the World Men's Volleyball League continued - in a relegation life and death battle, the Cuban men's volleyball team defeated the Iranian men's volleyball team 3-2 and successfully relegated, while the Chinese men's volleyball team confirmed relegation.
In chess, the Women's World Championship ended in the fourth round of the Shanghai Chess Academy, where defending champion Ju Wenjun and challenger Lei Tingjie played for five hours to draw again, and after the start of the match, they drew 2-2 after four rounds.
The Chinese men's volleyball team will compete in the FIVB Challenger Cup.
The Chinese men's volleyball team finished bottom and was relegated from the World League
As the worst of the six challenging teams in this year's World League, with 6 points from 2 wins, 10 losses, the Chinese men's volleyball team, which finished bottom in the round of 16, was relegated.
The Chinese team will need to compete in the FIVB Challenger Cup at the end of this month to compete for a place in the 2024 World League.
The Chinese men's volleyball team only won Bulgaria and Germany in this year's World League sub-tournament.
So far, seven of the eight teams for this year's FIVB Challenger Cup men's volleyball tournament have been identified, namely Qatar, Turkey, Ukraine, Tunisia, Chile, Dominica and China, and the final team will be selected at next weekend's Asian Challenger.
If Ju Wenjun successfully defends his title, he will achieve four consecutive championships, becoming the third Chinese female chess player after Xie Jun and Hou Yifan to win the world chess four times.
Juwen Jun Lei Tingjie made peace again
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on the 9th, the women's world championship ended the fourth round of competition at the Shanghai Chess Academy, and the defending champion Ju Wenjun and challenger Lei Tingjie fought for five hours to draw again, and after the start of the game, they drew 2-2 in four rounds.
This tournament is the highest ranking women's individual event in FIDE, and this is the fourth time that two Chinese players have competed for the title of chess.
If Ju Wenjun successfully defends his title, he will achieve four consecutive championships, becoming the third Chinese female chess player after Xie Jun and Hou Yifan to win the world chess four times.
If Lei Tingjie wins, she will become the 18th female world champion in the history of the national elephant and the seventh Chinese female chess player to ascend the throne.
The two sides once again entered the back wing to start the game that day, and Lei Tingjie, as the challenger, was well prepared and did not hesitate, and also left the defending champion more than half an hour behind in clock time, but the situation was basically balanced.
The two sides have since replaced the empress, and Ju Wenjun has one more soldier, but Lei Tingjie has two elephants, and the two are still difficult to distinguish in a complex situation. At one point, Ku Wenjun's pathway put pressure on Lei Tingjie, but the latter coped incorrectly and did not leave a chance for the defending champion, and the two sides eventually fought in the 63rd round to form a duplicate situation and no change.
So far, the two sides have drawn in all four rounds of matches, and the second rest day will be ushered in on the 10th. The fifth and sixth rounds, the final two rounds of the Shanghai Round, were then played on the 11th and 12th.
In the last six rounds, Lei Tingjie's home side will be transferred to Chongqing, where the two sides will win with 6.5 points in the 12-round slow chess match.
Verstappen won his eighth race of the season.
Verstappen won 6 consecutive titles this season, and Zhou Guanyu was 15th in the UK
On July 9, the 2023 F1 Grand Prix ended the 10th race of the season at Silverstone in the United Kingdom, and Verstappen, who started from pole position, did not start smoothly, but finally won the championship without suspense, winning the eighth race of the season and achieving the feat of winning the sixth consecutive championship of the season.
Red Bull Racing also continued its unbeaten season, winning 10 consecutive championships and equalling F1's all-time F1 record with 11 consecutive team wins since last season's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Norris and Hamilton played at home, both reaching the podium in Great Britain, with Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu finishing 15th.
Verstappen started a bit slowly, dropping to 2nd after lap but regaining the lead on lap 5, while Zhou Guanyu managed to overtake Yuki Tsunoda on the final lap of the race and moved up to 15th.
Swiatek celebrates victory.
Swiatek advanced to Wimbledon quarterfinals, unlocking four Grand Slam achievements
In the early hours of July 10, the fourth round of the Wimbledon women's singles tournament was contested, with the top seed Swiatek playing against the 14th seed Bencic.
The two sides clashed in three sets in the match, with Swiatek dropping one set before saving two match points in the second set to knock Bencic out 2-1 and reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time in his career.
In the 10th game of the first set, Swiatek missed two consecutive set chances, and Bencic tenaciously saved the serve. After that, both sides each held a game, and the game was dragged into a tie-break. Bencic led all the way to the seventh game, winning the first set 7-4.
In the second set, Swiatek broke his opponent's serve as soon as he came up, and in the sixth game Bencic broke serve to tie 3-3. In the 12th game, Swiatek saved two consecutive match points to drag the game into a tie-break.
In the seventh, Swiatek scored six straight points after 1-2 to win the second set 7-2.
Tiebreaker Swiatek saved serve in the third game, and then she took a 3-1 lead in the fourth game to win the tiebreaker 6-3.
The victorious Swiatek won 11 consecutive Grand Slams and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the first time, unlocking all four Grand Slam quarterfinals. In the next quarterfinal, Swiatek will face former world No. 3 wildcard Svitolina.
World Cup in Qatar, Lucas Hernandez suffered serious injuries.
Bayern defender Lucas moves to Grand Paris
On July 9, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that 27-year-old Bayern defender Lucas Hernandez joined the team, and the two sides signed until 2028.
Previously, according to Falk, Lucas' transfer fee was 50 million euros, and Romano said it was 45 million euros + floating.
French defender Lucas, 27, joined Bayern from Atletico Madrid in 2019 for a transfer fee of 80 million euros.
In four years, Lucas played 107 games for Bayern, contributing 2 goals and 8 assists, and won 4 Bundesliga, 1 DFB-Pokal, 2 Bundesliga Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Super League and 1 Club World Cup.
Lucas played just 11 games for Bayern in the 2022-2023 season, with his original contract expiring next summer. On the German Transfer Market website, Lucas is worth 45 million euros.
The signing is Paris' fifth signing in the summer window this season, after Paris have already officially signed Shirk, Asensio, Ugarte and Lee Gangren.
Mbappé travelled to Cameroon to study and speak.
Former executives blasted Mbappe: he was never a leader
On July 10, former Paris Saint-Germain sports manager Leonardo gave an interview to the newspaper La Francis to criticize Mbappe.
In an exclusive interview with France Football, Mbappe criticized Paris as a divided team that could not help him, and he has repeatedly said that he will not renew his contract, causing an uproar.
In response, Leonardo criticized: "For the good of Paris Saint-Germain, I think it is time for Mbappe to leave. ”
"Paris Saint-Germain existed before Mbappe came, and when he is gone, Paris Saint-Germain will still exist. He spent six years in Paris, during which time Real Madrid won the Champions League twice, Liverpool, Bayern, Chelsea and Manchester City once each, none of them have Mbappe, which means that without Mbappe, they can win the Champions League. ”
Finally, Leonardo said: "Judging by the words and deeds of the last two years, Mbappe is not a player who is really capable of leading the team, he is a good player, but he is not a leader, not a creator, and it is difficult to build a team around him. ”
How long can the combination of James and Davis (right) last?
The Lakers were revealed to be unwilling to renew their contracts in advance
On July 10, according to US media Heavy reporter Sean Deveney, citing a Western Conference executive, the Lakers were unwilling to renew Davis early this summer.
"After entering this summer, the issue of thick eyebrows was temporarily put on hold, and the Lakers put the extension on the back burner."
The Lakers have completed most of their offseason goals, most importantly renewing Hachimura, Reeves and Russell, but the Lakers are hesitant about thick eyebrows.
Last season, he played in 56 regular-season games, averaging 25.9 points, 12.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game. He also played in 16 playoff games, averaging 22.6 points, 14.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 3.1 blocks per game, leading the league in rebounds and blocks per game in the playoffs.
He has two years left on his contract, $40.6 million for the 2023-2024 season and $43.21 million worth of player options for the 2024-2025 season.
The Lakers are reluctant to give thick eyebrows a longer contract, in part because of his injury history. He has missed 104 regular-season games over the past three years, including 26 in the 2022-2023 season, and has had a lot of ups and downs in the playoffs.
"They want to see if [Davis] can stay healthy," the executive said, "and most importantly, they want to see what LeBron James will do next." ”
The 2023 Spartan Warrior Race landed in Zhoushan for the first time
On July 8, the 2023 Spartan Warriors Boat Race kicked off at the Daishan Lulan Qingsha Scenic Area, attracting nearly 3,000 warriors of all sizes to gather on the beach of Daishan.
This children's race track is aimed at young warriors aged 4-14, bringing three categories of races: 4-6 years old (3 km, 16 obstacles), 7-9 years old (3.5 km, 20 obstacles) and 10-14 years old (5.2 km, 26 obstacles); As the entry level of the Spartan Warrior race, the adult sprint brings the warriors a challenge of 6 kilometers and 21 obstacles.
After fierce competition, Wen Changxun (29:22) and Chen Xinghui (38:28) won the men's and women's championships in the elite category of the sprint race; Wang Hongqin (39:07) and Zhang Yuyang (59:52) won the children's competition in the elite category of men and women aged 12-14; Huang Yizi (50:30) and Zhang Muen (45:03) won the 9-11 years old male and female elite category.
The relevant person in charge of Zhoushan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports said: "The introduction of high-quality and high-participation events such as the Spartan Warrior Race is an important embodiment of the implementation of national fitness and healthy China, so as to promote the deep integration of sports and tourism, give full play to the advantages of Zhoushan's marine resources, build a sports tourism brand, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry." ”
The 5th Fengxian District Games "Jinhui Cup" e-sports competition came to an end
On July 8, the 2023 Fengxian District Fifth Games "Jinhui Cup" e-sports competition ended in Longhu Jinhuitian Street.
The e-sports event was divided into two categories, community group and comprehensive group, covering dozens of industries including medical, fire protection, construction, communications and other fields, with a total of 64 teams and more than 450 players signing up for the competition. After a two-week online competition, 32 teams will compete in the offline final.
After 3 rounds of fierce competition, "Zhelin Town" defeated "Jinhui Town 1 Team" 2-0 to win the community group championship. In the comprehensive group, "Fengfa Group 1 Team" defeated "Fengxian District Telecommunications Bureau" 2-1 and won the championship of the comprehensive group.
As a hot emerging industry, e-sports can be developed and promoted at a rapid pace in recent years, which is inseparable from the strong support and hard work of relevant departments. The universal nature of e-sports events also gives the event more responsibility. The organizers of the event hope to use the e-sports competition as an opportunity to enhance the competitiveness and honor of the event, and also activate the vitality of the public to enjoy sports competition through the sense of ceremony and cultural construction of the competition.