Venus Williams has received a wild card main draw entry into the Cincinnati Open, as the 45-year-old American enjoys an age-defying return to the spotlight.
CAFA Nations Cup: Gurpreet, defenders earn India win over Tajikistan
World number one Carlsen claimed the $250,000 top prize and saw his Team Liquid sneak ahead in the overall championship after his win over Firouzja.
'My request to Babar Azam and Rizwan is that if you feel your respect is not intact, then consider retiring from international cricket.'
Former captain Heather Knight was on Thursday named in a 15-member England squad for the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup and the duo of Sarah Glenn and Danni Wyatt-Hodge also returned to the side after missing the recent series against India.
Without Carlsen, the GCT was announced and this is the culmination point wherein the players would qualify for the grand finale slated later this year.
While Jannik Sinner and French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz have won the last seven major titles between them, the Italian cautioned against complacency and pointed to the strength of competition in the ATP Tour.
Tanvi, Unnati and Bhargav Ram-Viswa Tej to lead strong Indian line-up in BWF World Junior Championships
Indian doubles coach Tan Kim Her praised Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for winning a bronze medal at the World Championships but rued the missed opportunity, saying the doubles specialists need to work more on their fitness to go the distance.
Erigaisi in second place, German GM Keymer leads after three rounds of Chennai chess
Siraj was the day's hero and India have pulled ahead, but England are not out of the contest by any stretch of imagination.
Aryna Sabalenka returns to the US Open as the reigning champion and bookmakers' favourite, but her 2025 season has been anything but smooth sailing.
World champions India are placed at the top of the T20 International rankings, although their lead over the second-placed Australia has reduced from 10 to nine points.
The Indian women chess masters will continue to keep the country's flag flying at the on-going FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 at Batumi, Georgia.
The former World Champion reaches the pre-quarterfinals for the first time since 2021.
Aryna Sabalenka shocks fans with topless holiday post after Wimbledon heartbreak.
Indian qualifier Kiran George shocked World No 25 Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei in straight games.
Siraj has now taken 202 wickets in 101 international matches at an average of 29.06 and an economy of 4.11.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and Tharun Mannepalli progressed to the second round of the men's singles competition at the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering fine wins on Wednesday.
Venus Williams confirmed her engagement to Italian model and actor Andrea Preti.
'When I played against Sindhu didi in China, I am happy I managed to play better than I did last time.'
India vice-captain Shubman Gill dethroned Pakistan's Babar Azam from the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for batters on the back of his strong showing against England in the recent home series.
Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-19, 14-21, 18-21 in the semi-finals of the Canada Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Calgary on Saturday.
India's Ayush Shetty, Tanvi Sharma storm into quarter-finals of US Open 2025 badminton tournament
This is the first time that Sindhu has lost to a fellow Indian in an international event in seven years.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner swept past Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals, the world number one extending his hardcourt winning streak to 25 matches.
Former World No. 1 India's Kidambi Srikanth bows out of US Open badminton tournament
Argentinian Francisco Comesana stunned Australian Open finalist and world number two Alexander Zverev on Friday with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win in the quarter-finals of the Rio Open, the biggest win of his career so far.
Shubman Gill is the flavour of the season after his stupendous show in the recent Test series against England but he will face a contender in Axar Patel for vice-captaincy
Star Indian paddler Manika Batra shocked world No.14 Bernadette Szocs of Romania to enter the women singles quarterfinals of the WTT Champions event in Montpellier, France.
Srikanth enters quarterfinals of Canada Open Super 300
India's top doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament after suffering a straight-game defeat to Malaysian second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals in Changzhou on Saturday.
Siraj now has 203 international wickets in 101 matches, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, who had 201 wickets in his career.
World champion India's D. Gukesh stunned World No. 1 Norway's Magnus Carlsen in the sixth round of the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb, Croatia, on Thursday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the Japan Super 750 tournament after losing to Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China in the second round.
In men's doubles, Satwik and Chirag, currently ranked 15th in the world, defeated the Korean duo of Kang Min Hyuk and Kim Dong Ju 21-18, 21-10 in just 42 minutes.
Shubman Gill and Jasprit Bumrah returned to India's T20 squad for next month's Asia Cup, but IPL star performers Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal missed out.
Ons Jabeur was forced to retire hurt in her opening-round clash against Viktoriya Tomova on Monday.
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy stormed into the men's doubles second round of the Macau Open Super 300 with a straight-game win over Malaysia's Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong.
India 'A' men's hockey team suffers 1-3 defeat against Belgium
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