Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired Katyusha rockets at Israel on Friday in retaliation for strikes, which state media said killed two people in the south of the country.Hezbollah fighters fired "a salvo of Katyusha rockets" at Israel's north "in response to the Israeli enemy's attacks on... civilians, most recently in Tayr Harfa," the group said in a statement.
Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem announced on Friday his retirement from tennis at the end of the season following a career plagued by a long-term wrist injury.He said he had thought about the decision to end his career "for a very long time".
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar won stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia, a 40-kilometre time trial, to extend his race lead in Perugia on Friday. The Slovenian, who is taking part in the Giro for the first time in his career, is aiming to become the first rider since Italy's Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. jr/nip/bsp/mw