Lionel Messi's second-half goal gave Argentina a 1-0 home win over Ecuador on Thursday to get their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign off on the right foot.
'You cannot imagine, one player is going to die and then they're going to see'
Grigor Dimitrov dispatched American 10th seed Frances Tiafoe in straight sets with a convincing 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
Serena Williams lost to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open on Friday night, likely marking the end of arguably the sport's greatest Grand Slam career, but her title as the biggest earner in women's tennis history will remain for years to come.
The NBA sides Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers will play two pre-season games on October 4 and 5 in front of students under the Reliance Foundation Jr NBA programme.
Sabalenka will overtake Poland's Iga Swiatek when the new rankings are updated on Monday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Images from the US Open women's semi-finals on Thursday.
'Advertising this season will help IPL surpass $550 million in ad revenues, across digital and pay TV.' 'It should still represent a steep loss against annualised 2023-2027 IPL rights fees of $1.2 billion.'
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Danielle Collins were among those to win their first-round matches at the Adelaide International
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, are a handful of contenders ready to swoop in
A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen's Club Championships with a straight sets victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
Can 2018 top its predecessor in Sporting Glory?
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Boapnna, who enjoyed good runs on the Pro circuit last week, bowed out of the second Adelaide ATP and WTA tournaments after first round defeats with their respective partners, on Tuesday.
The American automaker Ford has decided to bring back the S badge that we saw on the older Fiesta and now the Sports Edition of the Figo and Figo Aspire have been launched in India. The experts at MotorBeam had a go in the Figo Sports diesel to check out what more it offers over the regular Figo.
The iconic cricketer made a blink-and-you-miss appearance in a video compiled by event organisers to pay tribute to sporting legends from across the world.
Amazon's action follows that of other retailers such as Walmart Inc, Target Corp and Nike Inc.
A wrap from Day 2 of the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Chess grandmasters resume COVID-delayed tournament in Russia
Big-serving Elena Rybakina will aim to retain her title but other players have emerged as serious contenders:
Spain and Japan have six points and will play each other on Monday for top spot in the group
The Australian Open champion never faced a break point and used her hard and accurate serve to dispatch Gauff.
Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the defences of Hans Moke Niemann of the United States to join the leaders' pack on 4.5 points.
FIDE said in a statement that the game of chess has a "genuine global appeal" and that it has 189 national federations and 600 million people who practice chess globally.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
A frustrated Coco Gauff broke down in tears after her 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Jelena Ostapenko at the Australian Open on Sunday.
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