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disappointing third place. Sergio Perez took the flag in fourth, with Lando Norris fifth for McLaren.

f Sri Lankan all-rounder and former captain, Thisara Perera has announced his retirement from
international cricket, ending his international career which spanned nearly 12 years. Perera played six
Tests, 166 ODIs (2338 runs, 175 wickets), and 84 T20Is (1204 runs, 51 wickets) for Sri Lanka, after
making his debut in December 2009. The 32-yearold would continue to play domestic and franchise
cricket.
f The Badminton World Federation announced that India shuttler PV Sindhu and Canada's Michelle Li have
been nominated as athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 'Believe in
Sport' campaign aimed at preventing competition manipulation.

f In Snooker, English professional player Mark Selby has become the World Snooker Champion for the
fourth time. He won the Championship title after defeating fellow mate Shaun Murphy by 18-15 victory at
a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 17 April to 3 May 2021 at the Crucible Theatre in
Sheffield, England. Prior to this, Selby won the Championship title in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021.
f Former Sri Lanka player and coach, Nuwan Zoysa has been banned from all cricket for six years after an
ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code. The ban for
Zoysa is backdated to 31 October 2018, when he was provisionally suspended.

f The All India Chess Federation has launched the 'Checkmate Covid Initiative' to help the chess community
affected by the pandemic. The initiative was launched at an online event in the presence of FIDE (World
Chess Federation) president Arkady Dvorkovich, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, World
Rapid Chess Champion Koneru Humpy, AICF president Sanjay Kapoor and secretary Bharat Singh
Chauhan.
f Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak, who had claimed a bronze in the vault at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics
Championships in 2019, is set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics after qualifying through the continental
quota. Lewis Hamilton (MercedesGreat Britain) won the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix held on 09 May 2021.
This win is the fifth successive Spanish Grand Prix title of Lewis Hamilton and the third win of this season.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Netherlands) came second followed by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-
Finland) at third position. The race was the fourth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.
f In tennis, the world number seven, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, defeated world number one Ashleigh
Barty of Australia to win the 2021 Madrid Open women's singles title.
f German Alexander Zverev earned his second Mutua Madrid Open title 2021 when he defeated Matteo
Berrettini 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3 to lift his fourth ATP Masters 1000 trophy. He won his first Madrid title in 2018
in a final against Thiem.
f New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling has announced he would be retiring from international
cricket after the three Tests, including the World Test Championship final against India, on their upcoming
England tour. Watling has played 73 Tests, 28 ODIs and 5 T20Is for the BlackCaps.

f Manchester City has crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after
Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester. United started the century dominating
English football, now City is the force with five titles in 10 seasons and the biggest spenders on transfers
and salaries.

f Rafael Nadal beat world number one Novak Djokovic to win a 10th Italian Open title. Second seed Nadal
won through 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in 2hr 49min against the defending champion in the 57th career showdown
between the pair.

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