Novak Djokovic became the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals at all four Grand Slams in a single season.
Novak Djokovic's battling victory under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium made him the oldest man to reach the last 16 at the US Open.
Akshay Kumar's patriotism, Rana Naidu's fury, Snow White's fair and lovely attitude... emotions run high on OTT this week.
Carlos Alcaraz, 22, reached his eighth Grand Slam semi-final and will continue his quest for a third successive Wimbledon title.
Leaders who built and manage these incredible global companies cannot be tyrants, slave-drivers, or idiots. Essentially what they are saying falls under the definition of rallying the troops, inspirational talk, like the usual coach-speak with the team before a match, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
England were given a fright by Ireland in their first match since regaining the Ashes, winning by two runs in a rain-affected one-day international match in Belfast on Thursday. Only four players that played in the victorious fifth Test against Australia at the Oval on Sunday made the England line-up which struggled to 203 for nine off 50 overs in cool conditions.
A disappointed Li Na admitted to an attack of stage fright in her humbling U.S. Open semi-final loss to Serena Williams and said she would have lost to any opponent she faced on Friday.
'Justice may or may not happen, but who are those people who did this to her?' 'If the hospital authorities had helped us that day, or the police, then the real culprits would have been caught.' 'Getting justice for my daughter is my goal now and I want the CM to remember that.'
Australia opted to bat on a bright and sunny afternoon with a packed house witnessing the title clash of the first ever women's cricket competition in CWG history.
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
Erling Haaland's double put Manchester City within touching distance of an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title
It's intriguing that the prime minister now wants his American partner to help protect the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. That's conceding to the Americans a pre-eminence India has always contested, resented and feared, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
The four-time NBA champion gave fans a fright by posting a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed.
Carmona fires Spain into World Cup final with 2-1 win over Sweden
This time Modi has no emotive message to take to the stump. Muscular nationalism doesn't work against the backdrop of China's successive inroads into Indian territory. Rising prices is a sore point that cuts across class and caste barriers; unprecedented levels of unemployment has the youth in a ferment. This has reduced the BJP campaign to a laundry list of recycled grievances and thinly veiled communal appeals, neither of which are working as well as they have in the past, argues Prem Panicker.
Roger Federer was given a fright before reaching the semi-final of the inaugural Istanbul Open.
DC lost Salt, Marsh, Rossouw, Warner, Axar and Manish off five successive overs.
Barty survived a first-round scare at the US Open on Monday
There is only one perpetrator, Hamas. It is a terrorist organisation. It is obscene to argue that until the Palestinian question is solved, anybody has the right to use terrorism as an instrument of policy, argues Shekhar Gupta.
Fifth seed Simona Halep narrowly avoided a third-round upset with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 win over Hungary's Timea Babos on Saturday to keep her US Open title hopes alive.
Nadal needed all his experience to keep Pouille at bay in the decider and the match looked to be heading for another tiebreak before he pounced to break Pouille's serve for the first time to go 6-5 up in the third.
Spain and Japan have six points and will play each other on Monday for top spot in the group
IMAGES from Day 5 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Australia clawed back to 2-1 in the five-match series following defeats in Christchurch and Dunedin.
Photos from the French Open matches played at the Roland Garros on Thursday
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Tell us what you felt about the final. Who was your player of the final? Lionel Messi or Andres Iniesta? Or Carlos Puyol? Share your impressions.
Barcelona win Champions League beating Manchester United 2-0 at Rome.
This time, India may win as many as 17 medals at the Games.
Four-year-old Neeraj alias Yash has to live on with the gory memory of his father being shot dead by Pakistani terrorists right in front of his eyes on November 26 last year. Yash was wise enough to duck behind the door of his shanty located at the back of the Cama hospital in south Mumbai and saw his father being felled by the two terrorists, including Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, who had gone on the rampage that frightful night.
The hosts cruised to a four wicket victory over Canada at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.\n\n
Roger Federer beat Belgium's Olivier Rochus 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Estoril Open first round on Tuesday.
Can you ever imagine seeing Shrinathji of Nathdwara in Rajasthan weaved to come alive in Jamdani? This sari is to mark the 2021 Handloom Day Special on August 7, masterfully crafted by acclaimed weaver, Lakshmana Rao Tammisetty from Andhra Pradesh, says Ranjani Govind.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer will lead Mumbai in their four-day Ranji Trophy Group A match against Orissa, at the Wankhede stadium, from December 14, as Abhishek Nayar is injured.
The United States survived a fright from little Latvia on Saturday before winning 3-2 in a Fed Cup qualifier as Serena Williams suffered her first career singles loss in the team event. Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Slovakia, Germany, Russia and Belarus also moved through to the inaugural 12-nation showdown in Budapest.
They have contributed 11 out of the 69 medals in country's highly successful Asian Games campaign but chief of Indian Army, General Bipin Rawat, termed it as only the 'trailer' and claimed that the full length movie will be released during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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