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Sport
Your guide to all major popular sporting events for the month of July .
Euro 2020
FRIDAY 2 1st quarter final , St Petersburg 2nd quarter final , Munich
SATURDAY 3 3rd quarter final , Baku 4th quarter final , Rome
TUESDAY 6 1st semi-final , Wembley Stadium
WEDNESDAY 7 2nd semi-final , Wembley Stadium
SUNDAY 11 Euro 2020 final , Wembley Stadium
SUNDAY 4 Austrian Grand Prix , Spielberg
SUNDAY 18 British Grand Prix , Silverstone
THURSDAY 1 – SUNDAY 4 Irish Open , Juliet Estate , Thomastown , Co Kilkenny
TUESDAY 6 The Match Phil Mickelson & Tom Brady vs . Bryson DeChambeau & Aaron Rodgers The Reserve at Moonlight Basin , Big Sky , Montana , USA
THURSDAY 8 – SUNDAY 11 Scottish Open , The Renaissance Club , North Berwick
THURSDAY 15 – SUNDAY 18 The Open , Royal St . George ’ s
Royal St George ’ s will stage its 15th Open Championship in July , 10 years on from Darren Clarke ’ s memorable triumph at the venue .
The Sandwich links has traditionally proven tough to score on . Of the last five Champion Golfers at Royal St George ’ s , Greg Norman is the only one to have recorded a winning total lower than five under par , posting a stunning 13-under aggregate of 267 in 1993 that remained a record score in the Championship for 23 years .
The par-70 layout , which retains many elements of the original design created by Dr . Laidlaw Purves in 1887
For more than 160 years , the world ’ s best players have faced the unrelenting challenge of links golf at The Open ,
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