Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Images from the men's singles semi-finals at the US Open semi-finals, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
PV Sindhu produced another impressive show as she rallied to a three-game win over USA's Beiwen Zhang to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Sarah Sjoestroem cruised to her fifth consecutive World Aquatics Championships title in the women's 50 metres butterfly event on Saturday.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
American Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday, extending his reign in a sport whose champion earns the title of the world's greatest athlete.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Eubanks is into his first Grand Slam quarter-final after beating fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday
Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open
IMAGES from Day 5 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
A summary of Friday night's action in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday.
Images from Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Jabeur upset with fans reselling tickets due to women's match in night session
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.
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.
Liverpool snatched three points with a wild 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest.
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.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Coco Gauff battled past Elina Svitolina in the Auckland Classic final on Sunday to retain her title.
Serena did not rule out taking a page from seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady's playbook.
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.
Home crowd magic takes Keys to US Open semis showdown with Sabalenka
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women's 400m on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Sift Kaur Samra gave ample proof of her immense potential, earning India its sixth Paris Olympic quota place.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news 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.
Can 2018 top its predecessor in Sporting Glory?
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
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.
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