Karol Beck of Slovakia tested positive for the anabolic agent clenbuterol last September during Slovakia's Davis Cup World Group semi-final against Argentina.
Second seed Dominic Thiem celebrated his 27th birthday with a commanding 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over India's Sumit Nagal on Thursday to move into the third round of the US Open.
Serge Gnabry continued his impressive scoring run for Germany, netting in second-half stoppage time for his ninth goal in his 10th international, completing Germany's eighth consecutive win over Northern Ireland.
An impressive performance from the returning Arjen Robben helped Netherlands to a comfortable 2-1 win over Slovakia on Monday and put them into the World Cup quarter-finals.
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open, in Paris, on Sunday.
Third seeds Leander Paes and Andre Begemann secured a close 4-6,6-4,10-8 win over Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Denys Molchanov of Ukraine to enter the semifinals of the doubles event at the ninth edition of the Tashkent ATP Challenger at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent. Paes and Begemann came back from being 2-4 down in the Match tiebreak to wrap the issue after Leander's splendid court craft to level scores.
Live updates from the matches at the football World Cup in South Africa.
Paraguay will not settle for less than topping Group F ahead of world champions Italy following their victory over Slovakia on Sunday, striker Roque Santa Cruz said.
One New Zealander was far from happy when defender Winston Reid's last-gasp equaliser against Slovakia on Tuesday earned the country a first ever World Cup finals point as the goal cost them NZ$40,000 ($27,800).
Defender Winston Reid was New Zealand's man of the moment. He headed the ball home in the dying seconds to earn the Kiwis a 1-1 draw with Slovakia and secure his country's first ever World Cup point in their Group F opener on Tuesday.
Fifth seed Karl Beck of Slovakia capped a wonderful week scoring a close three set win over seventh seed Gilles Muller of Luxemburg to lift the $1,25,000 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger series event being played at the Olympic tennis Stadium on Sunday.
Divij Sharan has become not only India's number one but also the top-ranked Asian in the ATP doubles list with a recent three-place jump that took him to number 42 in the world.
North Macedonia ask UEFA to probe Austria's Arnautovic's goal celebration during their Euro 2020 match on Sunday. The 32-year-old Marko Arnautovic, who has Serbian background, apologised on Monday for his reaction towards North Macedonia fans but denied he had using racist language towards them.
'We created so many chances and simply weren't effective with them. In fact we created a rainbow of different chances and there are just some days when the ball refuses to go in.'
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova warmed up for Wimbledon with her first grasscourt title, beating in-form Czech Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-3 at the Aegon International in Eastbourne on Saturday. But the former Australian Open finalist, seeded 12th, had to work hard for the victory early on. She had her serve broken in the first game of the match, setting the pattern for an entertaining tussle as the players traded breaks with abandon.
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova stunned top seed Agniezka Radwanska and then trounced Monica Puig to reach the Aegon International at Eastbourne on Friday.
Other countries will dread the prospect of facing England in the Euro 2016 knockout rounds, midfielder Eric Dier has said, despite his side's failure to secure top spot in Group B.
Sajan Bhanwal became the first Indian to win back-to-back medals at the Junior World Wrestling Championship after he secured a silver in the 77kg Greco Roman category in Trnava, Slovakia.
Gold rush continues for India but 16th Olympic quota eludes hosts.
Bhaker shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the prestigious season-ending tournament
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifier matches played on Tuesday night.
England have lost to Germany in their last three knockout meetings at major tournaments
India's Rohan Bopanna and Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi reached the doubles final of the St Petersburg Open defeating Mikhail Mertinak of Slovakia and Lovro Zovko of Croatia 7-5, 6-2 in St Petersburg on Saturday.
India's leading doubles players Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza began their US Open campaigns with victories in their respective events.
The last time Indian women returned without a single medal was in 2016 edition in Macon, France.
'I was supposed to fly out for a film, and just a few days before, they figured out that I was on TV for seven-eight years.' 'So they said it was not going to work out.' 'That was heartbreaking.'
Chinese tennis ace Li Na reportedly had her fans roaring with laughter with her wisecracks during her speech following her Australian Open victory on Saturday at Melbourne Park.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T S Tirumurti, said on Tuesday that India condemns all forms of anti-semitism and all forms of discrimination on religious grounds anywhere in the world.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi lost the doubles final of the St Petersburg Open in St Petersburg, Russia on Sunday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A round-up of Thursday night's matches from the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
The latest acquisitions are a strategic move to establish Zomato's presence in central and eastern Europe.
Italy's Fabio Fognini said it was a 'strange feeling' playing a Davis Cup tie with no fans. Japan were also playing their tie against Ecuador in an empty stadium in Miki because of the coronavirus spread, which has played havoc with sporting fixtures across the world.
Dominika Cibulkova completed a remarkable debut at the WTA Finals when the Slovakian world number eight stormed to victory with an unlikely 6-3 6-4 triumph over top seed and world number one Angelique Kerber in the title showdown on Sunday. Cibulkova lost her first two round robin matches before beating Simona Halep to squeeze into the semi-finals and her victory on Sunday matches the feat of 2015 winner Agnieszka Radwanska, who captured the title with a 1-2 pool record.
Yuki Bhambri, making a comeback from an elbow injury, on Sunday qualified for the singles main draw of the Chennai Open.
Liverpool's players oozed confidence in the post-Luis Suarez era as they began their final countdown to the start of the Premier League season.
Hold your breath as Rediff.com brings to you some of the picturesque places that the cyclists race through at the Tour.
Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain faces up to two months on the sidelines with a knee injury that also rules the England international out of the European Championships, his club manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday.
Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to enter the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open
'It was a crazy game where we had the bit of luck that we didn't have in Slovenia'
