italy are already through to the last 16. good luck to them later on. very exciting. tributes have been paid to one of india s greatest athletes, milkha singh, who has died at the age of 91. known as the flying sikh , he won four gold medals at the asian games, and finished fourth at the 1960 rome 0lympics. 0ur india correspondent, yogita limaye, takes a look back at his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his own journey rooted in his nation s tragedy his family was killed in religious violence, during the partition of british india in 1947. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women s compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter seen here as he stunned record holders.
and after the disappointment of crashing out of his last race, max verstappen bounced back to claim pole in qualifying for tomorrow s french grand prix. the championship leader, who s dominated the weekend so far, put his red bull top of the grid, a quarter of a second ahead of lewis hamilton. there s more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the us open golf. but that s all from me, for now, goodnight. and finally, one of india s greatest athletes, milkha singh, has died of covid related complications at the age of 91. he was popularly known as the flying sikh , winning four gold medals at the asian games and finishing fourth in the 400 metres at the 1960 rome 0lympics. 0ur india correspondent yogita limaye takes a look back at his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his ownjourney, rooted in his nation s tragedy.