00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, July the 4th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Thai rescuers vowed to take a no-risk approach to freeing 12 boys and their football coach
00:18from a flooded cave.
00:20The decision came as fresh video emerged today showing the team in good spirits following
00:25their astonishing discovery nine days after going missing.
00:29Freeing the boys from the still-submerged cave complex is expected to be a protracted
00:34process fraught with challenges for a group who are not diverse.
00:39England finally overcame nearly 30 years of penalty pain when they beat Colombia 4-3 in
00:46a shootout on Tuesday night.
00:48They drew their World Cup last-16 clash 1-1 in extra time after the South Americans had
00:55equalised in the 93rd minute.
00:57Beginning with their 1990 semi-final heartache against West Germany, England had previously
01:03lost all three World Cup shootouts.
01:07Harry Kane and company will now take on Sweden in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
01:12In tennis, world number one Simona Halep started her challenge for a first Wimbledon title
01:18with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Japan's Kurumi Nara on Tuesday.
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