IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
'I think war made me stronger and also made me mentally stronger'
"I feel very good now, because everyone is a little tired after the World Championships. We gave our 100 per cent there (in Budapest), but for this competition here my focus was to just stay healthy, and we have to focus now for Eugene (Diamond League finals on September 17) and then the (Hangzhou) Asian Games (from September 23).
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
India bagged two senior individual medals for the first time in women's skeet
Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka lost 6-2, 2-6, 7-10 to Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko.
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!
IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open on Saturday.
'There are a number of unique challenges elite tennis players have to face. The game is gladiatorial in nature with nowhere for players to hide and no team mate or manager to help deflect the pressure.'
Images from the Nations League matches played on Thursday.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza notched up contrasting wins along with their respective partners in the men's and women's doubles competitions at the French Open in Paris on Thursday.
DP Manu and Kishore Jena are the other two javelin throwers who will be in action on Friday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Nations League matches played on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
The win is the Czech duo's fourth Grand Slam title together
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Mirza and Hradecka produced some high quality tennis but lost 4-6, 3-6
Earlier, title holder Borna Coric beat American Sebastian Korda 7-6 (5), 6-4, while another home hope Taylor Fritz survived a first-set thriller to beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (14), 6-2.
Neeraj has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
Ons Jabeur stands on the verge of history with a maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon within her grasp but in Czech surprise package Marketa Vondrousova she faces a final opponent who could tear up the script and prolong her wait.
The Czech Republic squad for Euro 2008 is likely to be chosen from the following players:
Carlos Alcaraz's US Open preparations suffered a setback on Friday as the world number one fell to American Tommy Paul
Karen Khachanov reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Tuesday after ailing American Sebastian Korda retired while trailing 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0.
Neeraj Chopra said it was a dream come true to win the World Championships gold medal.
IOC is desperate to avoid the sporting event being torn asunder by the bloody conflict unfolding in Ukraine.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova on Monday.
Novak Djokovic stayed on course as he entered the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday.
A disbelieving Magda Linette continued her dream run at the Australian Open on Wednesday with a stunning victory over former world number one Karolina Pliskova to move into the semi-finals.
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Wimbledon debutant Eubanks ends Tsitsipas's challenge in fourth round.
India's Akhil Sheoran secured the country's fifth Paris Olympics quota in shooting after winning the bronze medal in men's rifle 3-position competition at the ISSF World Championships in Baku on Sunday.
Patrik Schick's 'out-of-this world' long-range strike sealed their 2-0 win
McKeon blasted 109 runs in just 61 balls with the help of five fours and nine sixes.
World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold.
On day two of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh bagged gold.
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
India's singles players yet again failed to cross the qualifying hurdle at the Grand Slam stage as both Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri exited the Wimbledon championships
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