Third-seeded Jessica Pegula and fourth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy were knocked out during second-round play Wednesday on the grass at the Berlin Open.
The following are five contenders for the men's title at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.
Ajay Devgn can't be Singham all the time, so he returns to his goody avatar as the turban-clad Sikh lad Jaswinder 'Jassi' Singh in Son of Sardaar 2.
Carlos Alcaraz completed a thrilling comeback to capture his fifth Grand Slam title at the French Open on Sunday, drawing level with his childhood idol Rafael Nadal's tally at the same age.
Carlos Alcaraz said he could hold his head high despite being unseated from his Wimbledon throne by Jannik Sinner on Sunday and the Spaniard praised their hot rivalry for being several notches higher than the others on the men's tour.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova announced on Thursday that she will retire from tennis at the conclusion of the US Open later this year.
Novak Djokovic says he is still hunting more career milestones as he prepares for his 20th Wimbledon bidding to match Roger Federer's record of eight men's singles titles.
Sinner prepares for sleepless night after dramatic loss to Alcaraz at French Open
He went out after a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 defeat by Sinner on Court Philippe Chatrier but it was not long before he began planning his immediate future.
Kubica won the race in his fifth attempt, his first three in the second tier LMP2 category, to become Poland's first overall winner since Le Mans was first staged in 1923.
'Novak is playing here, so it's easier. But Andy and Roger coming meant a lot to me because they represent a very important part of my tennis career.'
Indian delegation meets IOC officials for dialogue on hosting future Olympics
Kazakhstan's resurgent Alexander Bublik beat Daniil Medvedev for the first time in his career to claim the Halle title on Sunday.
Paris gets ready ahead of PSG's Champions League final
A fanciful air envelopes Aap Jaisa Koi's modest drama, of a story lost in its own bubble that's only burst by villains in the form of judgemental jerks and heroes in need of rescuing, observes Sukanya Verma..
IMAGES from the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Wednesday.
On Monday, the Polish eighth seed found her grasscourt wings to fly into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a soaring 6-4, 6-1 victory over Danish 23rd seed Clara Tauson.
As the planer reached a height of 625 feet, the aircraft started going down. It was at this time that the pilot, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal with co-pilot First Officer Clive Kundar issued the Mayday call.
Pranita Subhash wowed everyone with her looks at Cannes 2025, keeping it simple and elegant.
Wild celebrations erupted across Paris on Saturday, with thousands of soccer fans descending on the boutique-lined Champs Elysees boulevard, after Paris St Germain crushed Italian rivals Inter Milan 5-0 to win the Champions League for the first time.
'I believe that tennis or every sport needs rivalries. This could be potentially one of them, but there are amazing players coming up.'
It always rains fashion at Cannes, and Pranita Subhash has got that memo.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner stayed cool to reach the second round of Wimbledon while several of his fellow seeds including Italian compatriot Lorenzo Musetti crashed and burned on a sizzling Tuesday.
Gauff upset world number one Sabalenka 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday to win her second Grand Slam singles title.
PSG's focus on unity, tactical discipline and collective effort has drawn widespread plaudits ahead of their showdown with Inter Milan, who eliminated Barcelona after a thrilling semi-final.
On the anniversary of the day he first walked on to the Roland Garros court 20 years ago, Rafael Nadal returned as a hero to be celebrated by a crowd that has always embraced him as one of their own.
Italy's Jannik Sinner lost both his previous Wimbledon duels with Novak Djokovic but turned the tables in emphatic fashion as his power and precision proved too much for the seven-time champion who, at 38, looked every bit his age in a humbling 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 loss.
Poland's Iga Swiatek could become only the third woman since tennis turned professional in 1968 to win all of her first six major finals, joining Margaret Court and Monica Seles, but Swiatek is not taking the big-hitting Anisimova lightly.
A summary of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Group D matches between France-Wales and England-Netherlands, in Switzerland.
The Serbian's determined performance ensured he became only the second man to win a century of matches at the Parisian Grand Slam
Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon 2025, the third major of the year:
The Cannes film festival may jave ended, but Nitanshi Goel is still making fashion waves on the French Riviera.
'I really want to win': Confident Alcaraz targets rare Wimbledon three-peat
American lucky loser Reilly Opelka put up an intense battle to stun top seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5), 7-6(5) and reach the semi-finals in Den Bosch on Friday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will spearhead discussions on gender eligibility criteria in sports, its new President Kirsty Coventry said on Thursday, four years after the ruling body had urged federations to handle the issue independently.
Medvedev makes early exit after Wimbledon meltdown
Fresh from their exploits in the IPL, young guns Vaibhav Suryavanshi shone with the bat after a tidy bowling performance as India defeated England by six wickets in the first Youth ODI of their Under-19 tour in Hove on Friday.
Kyrgios withdraws from Wimbledon due to injury setback
French Open champion Gauff is in line for a clash with fellow American Jessica Pegula.
They were each handed a torch in the Jardin des Tuileries after several top sporting names, including French soccer great Zinedine Zidane, Spain's 14-times French Open tennis champion Rafael Nadal, American 23-times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and Romanian gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci.
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