Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Coco Gauff battled past Elina Svitolina in the Auckland Classic final on Sunday to retain her title.
Novak Djokovic continues his hunt for a fifth straight Wimbledon title and eighth overall to equal Roger Federer's record haul when the Serbian meets Jannik Sinner.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile World record, while compatriot Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 metres in a photo finish at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Peruvian Kimberly Garcia Leon won the first gold medal of the World Championships on Friday in the 20 kilometres race walk in a time of 1:26:58 seconds, with Poland's Katarzyna Zdzieblo claiming silver and China's Qieyang Shijie taking bronze.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Home crowd magic takes Keys to US Open semis showdown with Sabalenka
Five years after USA Cricket shared its plans to launch a domestic T20 tournament, the inaugural edition of the MLC kicked off having assembled an impressive array of investors.
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women's 400m on Wednesday.
Sift Kaur Samra gave ample proof of her immense potential, earning India its sixth Paris Olympic quota place.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Argentina have called up Mallorca's Spanish defender Pablo Maffeo for the first time ahead of this month's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in the squad announced by its FA on Friday.
Serena did not rule out taking a page from seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady's playbook.
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.
Coco Gauff was left star-struck by Justin Bieber in the crowd during her US Open match with Elise Mertens.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa advanced to the Chess World Cup final after outclassing Fabiano Caruana in the semi-finals in Baku.
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.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Grigor Dimitrov dispatched American 10th seed Frances Tiafoe in straight sets with a convincing 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory on Sunday.
Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar cleared 2.35 metres to win the men's high jump to earn a bit of redemption after his disappointing bronze in Budapest.
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'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Danielle Collins were among those to win their first-round matches at the Adelaide International
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'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.'
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.
Sabalenka will overtake Poland's Iga Swiatek when the new rankings are updated on Monday
A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.
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.
Images from the US Open women's semi-finals on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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