Sixth-seeded Briton Andy Murray entered his first Grand Slam final when he upset the world No 1 at the US Open on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the matches played at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday
Michael Schumacher's son Mick has followed in his father's footsteps by signing a contract with Ferrari to join the Formula One team's young driver academy. The 19-year-old German, whose father won five of his record seven championships with the Italian team, will be competing in Formula Two this year after winning the European F3 title in 2018.
'It is also very sad that many of us are yet to discover the Northeastern part of India. After having been to every state of India, people often refuse to believe that I am an Indian,' says Armstrong Pame, the admirable IAS officer from Manipur, who built a 100 km long road in a remote part of the hill state without government help.
For all the jokes that have been going around for decades that when American astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, an Indian was already there, seriously, the hype about an Indian on the moon may be still be a ways off, according to the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization G Madhavan Nair.
Ahead of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's third death anniversary in November, a website claims to have unearthed an unheralded aspect of the former Indian captain's game -- he was the best when it came to handling pressure.
French cycling veteran Jeannie Longo missed the women's time trial podium by just 2 seconds in what could be her final Olympic race.
Former Tour de France winner and Team Saxo manager Bjarne Riis knew about doping in his team but failed to act.
Third seed Novak Djokovic survived an epic five-set encounter against Czech Radek Stepanek, fighting off exhaustion and crippling cramps to reach the third round of the US Open Friday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his team's dream of completing an Ashes series whitewash is now a reality.
Images from the third day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, in New York, on Wednesday:
Google, a most-used Internet search engine, will begin selling animated display advertisements that appear on other Web sites, moving beyond the text advertisements currently available through its AdSense program.
Sania Mirza and Jie Zheng moved into the semi-finals of the women's doubles with a straight sets win over Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng.
American Floyd Landis sealed his first Tour de France triumph after Sunday's 20th and last stage won by Norway's Thor Hushovd on the Champs-Elysees.
Aishwarya Rai attends the world premiere of Woody Allen's Match Point.
Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer were nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
Thirty-six years to the day since Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, Google Inc. extended its mapping service to cover the lunar surface.
A summary of Thursday's play at the US Open.
The al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group said in a statement posted on the internet that it had killed the second American, believed to be Jack Hensley.
"There is no allegation in the charging documents that any Nike employee was aware of or knowingly participated in any bribery or kickback scheme," the company said.
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Lance Armstrong retained the overall leader's yellow jersey when he came home safely in the main pack.
There will be five mountains on Sunday's menu and then the 'beyond category' climb up to the finish in Pla d'Adet
More rain and strong winds were forecast for the Tour de France riders for the 196-km sixth stage to Angers on Friday.
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After 17 trips to Flushing Meadows and six US Open titles Serena Williams did something on Thursday she had never done before -- win a match indoors.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Thor Hushovd beat Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen and German Erik Zabel to win the 168-km eighth stage victory at the Tour de France.
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'It is time we Indians learnt to believe in ourselves, and stopped questioning our own capabilities every time a space launch is not a glorious success,' says M D Riti.
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