? FIBA World Cup final: The final face-off in the FIBA World Cup between Germany and Serbia will begin just a few minutes after we dispatch, with the match set to begin at 3:40pm. The Canadian national team clinched third place after defeating the US team 127-118 in the match for the third and fourth places.

⚽ Meanwhile on the football pitch: It’s the second and final week of the first international break in the 2023-24 season.

The biggest matches happening today in the sixth round of Afcon qualifiers and UEFA Championships:

  • Nigeria v Sao Tome and Principe (7pm)
  • Gambia v Congo (10pm)
  • Ireland v Netherlands (9:45 pm)

? Battling it out for the men’s US Open title: World no. 2 Daniil Medvedev is going head-to-head with world no.3 Novak Djokovic at 11pm tonight in the final match of the US Open. Russia’s Medvedev beat Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garfia yesterday in a thrilling four-set match that started with a tiebreak and ended with a final score of 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in Medvedev’s favor. Meanwhile, Djokovic secured his spot in the final by coming out on top in the semi-final on Friday against Ben Shelton, which saw the Serbian champ earning all three sets with a final score of 6-3, 6-2, 7-6.

The US’ Coco Gauff already lifted the women’s cup yesterday after beating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the final match. Gauff lost the first set 2-6, before staging an impressive comeback to secure the following two sets 6-3, 6-2 and earn the first Grand Slam title of her career.

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