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Daniil Medvedev fined for his unsportsmanlike behaviour on court!

Daniil Medvedev, the 21-year-old Russian who was the talk of the town on day 1 of the Wimbledon after causing a huge upset when he defeated US Open champion Stan Wawrinka, made the headlines for all the wrong reasons on day 3 of the tournament.  During the match He is facing disciplinary actions from the tournament officials as he threw the coins at the chair of the umpire as an outcome of his anger.  The player was angry and reacted in an unsportsmanlike way for the series of controversial calls made in his second round match against Ruben Bemelmans where he lost in a five setter.  Suffering from meltdown, he pleaded to court supervisors to change the chair umpire, Mariana Alves. He also opened the wallet and threw coins at the chair of the umpire at the end of the match. Unsurprisingly, many questions were raised at his post-match interview. During his interview "I was frustrated so it had no meaning. I will personally apologize to A...

This week so far in sports.

Here are the few sports updates that happened in this week.  Boxing:   Jeff Horn shocks his idol Manny Pacquiao to win Welterweight title in a controversial decision.  Badminton: Australian open super series:  MEN'S SINGLES : Kidambi Srikanth def Chen Long by 22-20,21-16.  WOMEN'S SINGLES : Nozomi Okuhara def Akane Yamaguchi by 21-12,21-23,21-17. WOMEN'S DOUBLES : Misaki/Ayaka def Kamilla/Christinna by 21-10,21-13. MEN'S DOUBLES : Kamura/Sonoda def Setiawan/Tan by 21-17, 21-19. MIXED DOUBLES : Zheng/Chen def Jordon/Susanto by 18-21,21-14,21-17. Cricket (June 26-July 2):  MEN: Zimbabwe in Srilanka Zimbabwe wins by 6 wickets. Batting first, Srilanka scored 316/5  With Kushal Mendis top scoring with 86.  Chasing 317,  Zimbabwe's Mire, Williams, Raza, and Waller made sure they win with 14 balls remaining. Mire- 112, Raza-67*, Williams - 65 , Waller-40* This is the highest successful ...