Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, Day 4.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Mirza, who will retire after the 2022 season, served well in the contest.
Paes and Raja dispatched the pair of Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 6-3 in their opening round.
Nadal's unbeaten streak of 20 matches in the year 2022 came to an end as he lost to Taylor Fritz
Williams has just one professional tournament remaining before she drops the curtain on her historic career
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics, will miss the 100 metres at the Games after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cannabis during her US trials victory in June.
Madison Keys swept past Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Petra Kvitova after the Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic.
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said he will talk to Prime Minster Manmohan Singh for reduction of import duty on American cult bike Harley Davidson.
All the top action from Day 6 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the Wimbledon Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Friday.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday, Day 7.
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
IMAGES from Day 11 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
'The bubble makes it really tiring week by week'
The intricate play and tight triangles Croatia were attempting only had to falter in a tiny way, and when they did Argentina were ready to pounce.
Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky continued to swipe past the seeds at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday by dumping World No 4 Maria Sharapova from the hard court tournament with a 7-6(3), 7-5 victory.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the Wimbledon Champions at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Thursday
Former world number one Simona Halep stepped up her French Open preparations with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American Coco Gauff to march into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open on Monday while Andy Murray won on clay for the first time in five years.
Valencia, who was taken off for the last 15 minutes of Sunday's Group A game, has had a decade-long career in the Ecuador side, starting off as a winger but being converted to a striker in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup.
India's Vikas Krishan out-punched American Charles Conwall to win his middleweight (75kg) preliminary bout 3-0 at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
Norway's Birk Ruud claimed the first men's freeski Big Air Olympic gold
Costa Rica edged past 10-man New Zealand 1-0 in their intercontinental playoff
In other India-related news, Manish Kaurav (KL3 men 200m) and Manjeet Singh (VL2 men 200m) made it to the finals of their respective events for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Day 9.
Rafael Nadal dug deep to beat mercurial wildcard Nick Kyrgios 7-6(0), 5-7, 6-4 in a blockbuster quarter-final match that lived up to the hype at Indian Wells on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic advanced to a record-extending 10th Australian Open final with an emphatic win over American Tommy Paul.
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.
India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Japan Open following a straight set defeat against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, in Tokyo on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The Pole said she wanted to do better this time and felt the pressure.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Celebrities from the world of Hollywood, fashion and sport were there to witness the proceedings of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year.
American Justin Ress won gold in the 50m backstroke in dramatic circumstances at the World Championships in Budapest on Saturday after officials overturned his initial disqualification following a lengthy review.
Images from Day 6 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
'I think this tournament was the first tournament this year that I went in trying to win for myself, and I think that was the difference in my mentality'
'This is still a relatively immature defense and high-tech relationship.'
Dennerby admits India not up to USA standards
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