Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, and Mahesh Bhupathi have left their mark by collectively winning 10 US Open titles.
Images from the US Open women's singles semi-finals at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he supported Russians competing at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics but that the country should ponder whether it should compete.
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-2 under the roof on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Thursday to move into the French Open third round.
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Bach presented the IOC's position as an attempt to safeguard athletes' rights.
Swiatek downs Gauff to meet Sabalenka in Italian Open final
A year before Paris Olympics, Ukraine torn over whether to compete
Koltsov's death sent a shockwave through the Miami Open where Sabalenka is scheduled to play her opening match
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka was sent crashing out of the French Open after a shock 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 quarter-final loss to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva
At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry spokesman Serhiy Bykov.
Images from the US Open women's singles final at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Saturday.
China's Zheng Qinwen is bidding to become the fourth woman to win Olympic gold and the US Open title in the same year
Ukraine would not rule out boycotting the Olympic Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the Paris 2024 Games, its sports minister said.
Here is all the info one needs about the Paris 2024 Olympics: the dates, the venues, the opening ceremony, new sports and security issues.
Thursday's ruling does not affect any decision on Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics which the IOC will take at a later date.
Russia moves forward with the plan as part of the plan to deploy tactical nuclear bombs in the country bordering Ukraine.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the US Open played Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, on Monday.
Iga Swiatek will be looking to join a select band of players who have lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup four times
IOC is desperate to avoid the sporting event being torn asunder by the bloody conflict unfolding in Ukraine.
The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia
Images from the US Open women's semi-finals on Thursday.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka as its 'world champions' of 2023 after their performances at this year's Grand Slams.
Thomas Bach has called on Ukraine to drop threats of a boycott of the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
After Wagner mercenary force chief Yevgeny Prigozhin decided to halt his forces' march to Moscow under deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Wednesday.
US Open champion Coco Gauff cruised past fellow teen Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-3 6-0 at the Auckland Classic on Thursday, setting up a quarter-final against Varvara Gracheva in the Australian Open warm-up event.
Paris mayor vows to keep Russian, Belarusian athletes out of Olympics
Ons Jabeur gained revenge for her defeat in last year's final when she surged back to beat third-seeded defending champion Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
'There's no thing that I could do that would have been right, so I just did what I thought was respectful towards her decision. But this conversation about shaking hands is not a life-changing conversation.'
Aryna Sabalenka rose above geopolitical tumult to become the first player to claim a Grand Slam title as a neutral at the Australian Open.
IMAGES from the action from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
Coco Gauff said she has tweaked her service motion to make her toss more consistent.
Big-serving Elena Rybakina will aim to retain her title but other players have emerged as serious contenders:
WA President Sebastian Coe said there were 35 special conditions to be applied for a period of three years with a review at the end of that period.
Rafael Nadal continued his impressive return from a long injury layoff with a 6-1 6-2 demolition of wildcard Jason Kubler to reach the quarter-finals at the Brisbane International on Thursday ahead of this month's Australian Open.
Factbox on Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, who beat China's Zheng Qinwen in the Australian Open final on Saturday
Denmark is opposed to Russian athletes participating in the Paris Olympics next year even under a neutral flag
Some Ukrainian athletes see their nation's current blanket ban on competing against Russians and Belarusians -- regardless of the flag athletes from those two countries compete under -- as a self-inflicted wound damaging sports stars' careers.
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