Sports midday | Li Bingjie broke the Asian record and won the silver medal in 400, and the English Women s Football Team won the European Cup

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On the evening of July 27, at the Singapore World Swimming Championships, 23-year-old Chinese player Li Bingjie reversed at the last moment, surpassing American star Ledetsky with a time of 3 minutes, 58 seconds, and winning the silver medal in the women's 400m freestyle, and also breaking the Asian record he set not long ago.

Early this morning, the Women's European Cup final was held in Basel, Switzerland. England and Spain tied 1:1 in 120 minutes. In the end, England won 3:1 in the penalty shootout and defended the championship of the event.

Tennis court, in the first round of the WTA1000 Montreal women's singles, although Zhu Lin had some ups and downs in the second set, she finally defeated Gracheva 6:4 and 7:6 (3) and got a good start.

World Swimming Championships:

Li Bingjie broke the Asian record in the 400-meter freestyle. On the evening of July 27, at the Singapore World Swimming Championships, 23-year-old Chinese player Li Bingjie reversed at the last moment, surpassing the American star Ledetsky with a time of 3 minutes, 58 seconds, and winning the silver medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle, and also breaking the Asian record he set not long ago.

Li Bingjie's outstanding condition can be seen in the National Swimming Championship two months ago. At that time, she won three gold medals in the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, and set an Asian record with 3 minutes, 59 seconds, 99 in the 400m freestyle event, becoming the first Asian female player to break through the "4-point mark".

came to Singapore and in the women's 400m freestyle final, Li Bingjie performed her strategy well. After the first 300 meters, Li Bingjie ranked fourth, and in the last 100 meters, she launched a strong sprint.

After completing the last turn, Li Bingjie continued to improve her speed, first surpassing Australian player Pallister to enter the top three, and then surpassing idol Ledetsky at the last moment, and finally hit the wall with a time of 3 minutes, 58 seconds, 21 seconds.

Ledetsky won the bronze with 3 minutes, 58 seconds, 49 seconds, and the champion was the Canadian genius, 18-year-old McIntosh, whose score was 3 minutes, 56 seconds, 26 seconds.

Li Bingjie's silver medal was also the only medal won by the Chinese swimming team that day. Yu Zidi, a young player who has attracted much attention from foreign media, participated in the preliminaries and semi-finals of the women's 200m medley, and finally advanced to the finals with 2 minutes, 10 seconds, 22 and 7th place in the semi-finals.

In the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, the Chinese team composed of Chen Juner, Wang Haoyu, Liu Wudi and Pan Zhanle ranked fifth with 3 minutes, 11 seconds, 15; in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, the Chinese team sent Cheng Yujie, Liu Yaxin, Yu Yiting and Wu Qingfeng to finish fourth with 3 minutes, 34 seconds, 17.

Women's European Cup:

England beat Spain with a total score of 4:2 and won the championship

In the early morning of July 28, the Women's European Cup final was held in Basel, Switzerland. England and Spain tied 1:1 in 120 minutes. In the end, England won 3:1 in the penalty shootout and defended the championship of the event.

In this game, several players from the Arsenal women's football team dominated the direction of the game: in the 25th minute, Spain cooperated on the right, No. 2 Batt made a cross, and No. 8 Caldente, who played for Arsenal, scored a header, and Spain led 1:0.

At the end of the first half, England made passive adjustments: Lauren James ended up due to injury, and head coach Wigman replaced No. 18 Kelly, who also came from Arsenal Women's Football Team. This substitution also changed the situation.

After the change of sides, two Arsenal players in England successfully completed the connection: Kelly made a cross from the left, and No. 23 Rasso headed the ball and shot against the backward angle to tie the score. After that, both sides made no achievements, and after overtime, they came to a cruel penalty shootout.

England's first player to play was Mead from Arsenal Women's Football Team. Her first penalty was invalid because of the second touch violation, and she re-established the free throw point. Her second shot was saved by the Spanish goalkeeper.

Then, Caldentai made another appearance and her penalty kick was also turned away. Another Arsenal player, England women's football captain Williamson, appeared in fourth place, and she failed to score a penalty.

But with Bonmati and Palacolilo's consecutive misses in Spain, the initiative returned to England. Facing the match point, Kelly, who played in the end, seized the opportunity to score a penalty kick, and England reached the top of Europe again after three years.

So far, England's Dutch coach Wigman has also achieved great achievements in the women's football European Cup three consecutive championships (2017 Netherlands, 2022 and 2025 England).

Bundesliga:

Bayern signed Liverpool winger Dias for 75 million euros

On July 28, Romano confirmed through the usual "Herewego" that Bayern will sign Liverpool winger Louis Dias with a transfer fee of 75 million euros.

Previously, Liverpool rejected Bayern's offer to Dias for 67.5 million euros. Now Bayern has submitted a second offer and the two sides have finally reached an agreement. Diaz's transfer fee is 75 million euros, and he has become the third most expensive signing in Bayern's history after Kane and Lucas Hernandez.

Diaz will sign with Bayern for four years to 2029. Diaz is currently participating in the preseason with Liverpool in Tokyo. Liverpool has allowed him to leave the team to complete the transfer within the next 24 hours. The Colombia winger has been allowed to go to Bayern for a physical examination next week. Dias also became Bayern's third signing this summer after Jonatan Ta and Bischoff.

In January 2022, Dias joined Liverpool from Porto for a transfer fee of 54 million euros. During his three and a half seasons at Liverpool, Dias made 148 appearances, scored 41 goals and 23 assists, and won 1 Premier League title, 1 FA Cup title, 2 British League Cup titles and 1 Community Shield Championship with Liverpool..

Last season, Dias contributed 17 goals and 9 assists for Liverpool in 50 games, and was the core player of the team to win the Premier League championship. Currently, Dias' latest net worth is 70 million euros in Germany's "Transfer Market".

In addition to selling Dias, Liverpool may also sell Uruguayan center Nunes for 50-55 million euros, and sell the transfer funds of these two, which are very likely to be used by Liverpool to sign Isaac. It is reported that Liverpool is willing to spend 150 million euros to sign the Swedish striker.

NBA:

Bulls and coach Donovan reached a multi-year contract extension

On the evening of July 27, according to famous reporter Shams, Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan has reached a multi-year contract extension with the team. Donovan is regarded as the leader within the Bulls, and the 2025-2026 season will be his sixth season in coaching the Chicago Bulls.

Bulls have been struggling in recent seasons. They have traded one after another to send away players such as DeRozan, Raven, Caruso, etc. The team is in reconstruction mode and there will be no requirements for results for the time being. The negotiations for the renewal of the Bulls and Donovan began at the end of last season, and during which time, the Knicks' brief pursuit of Donovan, as well as draft, free agent signing and summer league events, the negotiations continued until this week.

60-year-old Donovan has coached 800 NBA regular season games, with a winning rate of 438 wins and 362 losses, with a winning rate of 54.8%; coached 46 playoff games, with a winning rate of 19 wins and 27 losses, with a winning rate of 41.3%.

Donovan joined the Bulls in the offseason in 2020. In his five seasons coaching the Bulls, he led the team to 195 wins and 205 losses, with a winning rate of 48.8%. He only scored 1 playoffs (2021-2022 season) and was eliminated by 1 win and 4 losses.

Last season, the Bulls lost 39 and lost 43, and have missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Although the team performed poorly, Donovan's position as coach is still relatively stable and he has also received a contract extension.

Bulls will continue to start the reconstruction mode, and they also need to trade to send away players such as Vucevic and Pave. Next season will be Donovan's sixth season in coaching the Bulls. It is unknown when they can lead the Bulls to rise again.

WTA1000 Montreal Station:

Zhu Lin defeated Gracheva 2:0 and got a good start

In the early morning of July 28, the first round of the women's singles in the WTA1000 Montreal Station. Although Zhu Lin had some ups and downs in the second set, she finally defeated Gracheva 6:4 and 7:6 (3) and achieved a good start.

Due to injury, this is just the third tour women's singles competition that Zhu Lin participated in this season. Zhu Lin, now ranked 489th in the world, was able to participate in this competition with her protection ranking.

Zhu Lin faced an opponent in the first round with Gracheva, who is currently ranked 107th in the world. She lost only five games in straight sets in the qualifying round and eliminated Inglis and qualified for the main game. Previously, Zhu Lin and Gracheva had two confrontations, and both finally won.

The first set, Zhu Lin started the 40:0 match in the 7th game. Although she missed three consecutive break points and failed to seize the opportunity of 5 break points in a single game, Glacheva was able to maintain her serve with a thrilling support, but it also consumed a lot of her opponent's physical strength. Zhu Lin then won three games in a row, thus winning the first set with 6:4.

In the second set, Zhu Lin broke first and then secured 2:0. Then he missed a match point in the 9th game and let his opponent retain his serve, and then missed another serve to win the game. In the 11th game, Zhu Lin missed three consecutive break points at the start of 40:0. In the 12th game, Zhu Lin resolved three inventory thrilling service, bringing the game to tiebreak. In the tiebreak, Zhu Lin started the game 4:1 and finally won 7:3, thus defeating Gracheva in two straight sets, winning the first victory in the tournament, and also gaining a good start to North America.

In the next round, Zhu Lin will challenge the 12th seed of the tournament, Alexandrova.