The Israelis are being protected around the clock by crack French security agents and officers brought in by the team itself.
India women archers suffered a shock 3-5 loss to lower-ranked Ukraine in the pre-quarterfinals of the Final Olympic Qualifier.
Iga Swiatek has been not been at her world-beating best in the months leading up to the U.S. Open but the Pole has both the talent and mentality to lift her game for the final Grand Slam of the year, tennis great Chris Evert said.
The 23-year-old Pole, who also won the Roland Garros title in 2020, said she was fully aware that perfectionism was a double-edged sword.
Carlos Alcaraz beat Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals
International Master Divya Deshmukh maintained a slender half-point lead after defeating Norman Kseniya of Russia in the eighth round of the World Junior Girls' chess championship in Gandhinagar on Monday.
The event that was inaugurated by five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will have 11 rounds before the best player in the under-20 category can be determined in both sections.
Australian umpire John Blom had a funny warning to give the crowd during the match between Mirra Andreeva and Anastasia Potapova.
IMAGES from Day 9 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
IMAGES from the French Open quarter-finals played in Paris on Tuesday.
The India No.1 D Gukesh scored his first win of the event, beating GM Rinat Jumabayev.
The aftermath of brutal Russian rocket strikes in the Ukrainian cities of Byshiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol.
World number three Elena Rybakina overcame Cristina Bucsa in two hard-fought sets to make the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International on Wednesday, while Jessica Pegula and Jelena Ostapenko had to work even harder to make the last eight.
Politics infused the event in Doha where Belarusian swimmers competed as neutrals due to restrictions imposed on their athletes, and Russia's, stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- which Moscow called a "special military operation".
Local favourite Thompson saved three match points before prevailing 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 against Nadal, who was playing his first tournament after nearly a year out with a hip injury.
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, the 94-year-old veteran corporate hotelier who redefined India's hospitality industry, passed away on Tuesday. The Chairman Emeritus of The Oberoi Group, popularly known as 'Biki', built a sprawling chain comprising 32 hotels during his lifetime. EIH owns the eponymous Oberoi and Trident hotel chains.
Ukraine has alleged that Russian soldiers killed hundred of civilians during the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian town of Bucha and other cities and towns.
Saddening glimpses of the impact of the Russian invasion on Ukraine's children.
Rafael Nadal has not played since sustaining a hip injury at the Australian Open in January.
Images from Day 10 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
French Open 2021 finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova called for an end to violence and war in a social media post on Monday.
Glimpses of the destruction in Ukraine caused by Putin's senseless war.
Swiatek no fan of 'Iga's Bakery' memes after serving up another double bagel
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is determined to give it his best shot in Paris to win the elusive Olympic gold medal.
The Russian retreat from Ukrainian towns and cities has revealed scores of civilian deaths and the full extent of devastation since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
A pack of stray dogs from Russia has gone viral across the world, thanks to their strange colouring. Surreal images that have surfaced from Dzerzhinsk, located in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, show dogs with vibrant blue coats. Photos of the blue dogs have gone viral on Russian social media platform VK, sparking surprised as well as concerned reactions.
Linette will battle against Canada's Rebecca Marino, the seventh-seed, in the last eight on Friday.
Ukraine alleges that Russian soldiers killed scores of civilians during its fight for and occupation of the Ukrainian town of Bucha and other cities and towns.
The first set was over in 31 minutes with the No. 4 seed making the most of a weak Raina serve while saving two break points on her own serve.
American Sloane Stephens battled back to defeat defending champion Caroline Garcia at the Cincinnati Open.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Images from Day 12 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year's Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.
Eighteen Indian sailors stuck in China will return to India on February 14, union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday.
Alison Riske-Amritraj will be eager to build on that in the land of her in-laws.
Ukrainian forces have managed to largely halt the Russian advance around the Ukrainian capital, but shelling and air strikes persist, driving up civilian and military casualties.
Novak Djokovic enjoyed a stress-free return to US competition following a two year absence
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