His dream of being inside the global top-100 has been realised but Sumit Nagal is nowhere close to being a content man as the Indian tennis ace says he now faces the challenge of improving or holding on to his standing for direct entry into Grand Slams and the Paris Olympics.
Images from the Champions League Round of 16 matches.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a strong early challenge from former champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round of the Australian Open
As members of the Argentina team and support squad took turns to hug Lionel Messi, his eyes were fixed on the stands.
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.
Juventus have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian soccer court investigating its transfer dealings.
Not only the senior team but the young Blue Colts also emerged victorious in the SAFF Men's U-19 champions after hammering Pakistan in the final and clinching a vigorous 3-0 victory.
Manchester United's miserable season continued with a 3-2 home defeat by Galatasaray.
Earlier, Messi's World Cup-winning team mate Emiliano Martinez won the Lev Yashin award for the world's best goalkeeper.
IMAGES from the Australian Open Men's semi-finals played on Friday.
Atletico Madrid secured a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday thanks to an own-goal by Rui Silva and a header by Alvaro Morata as Diego Simeone's side ended a three-game winless run in all competitions.
The message of support from Newell's was posted on social media hours before Saturday's home game against Barracas Central in the Argentine league.
Goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored in the dying moments of the Champions League Group E match against Atletico Madrid, heading home the equaliser, to earn Lazio a 1-1 draw at Stadio Olimpico, in Rome, on Tuesday.
Antonella Roccuzzo and her children stole the show during Argentina's 2022 World Cup last 16 clash against Australia on Saturday night.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon had no expectations of a world-beating time in the 5,000, a distance she had not contested in eight years, but managed to surprise herself.
Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg.
Harry Kane believes artificial intelligence (AI) could be the future of injury prevention in soccer
Images from the UEFA Champions League group matches played on Tuesday night.
A summary of Saturday's action in the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship qualifiers.
Lionel Messi was presented to fans during a glitzy event called 'The Unveil' at Miami's home stadium.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
'This is the highest point of my career. When I look at this award it makes me even more determined to win more.'
Real Madrid through to next round, win 6-2 on aggregate, Liverpool ousted
For the first time since 2004, neither Novak Djokovic nor the injured Rafael Nadal will be in the Rome final.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Euro 2024 qualifying matches.
Take a look at the five top contenders for the men's singles title at the French Open:
A round-up of Sunday's matches in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A
Round-up of football matches played around Europe on Saturday.
Paris St Germain had a chance to extend their Ligue 1 lead to five points after RC Lens drew 1-1 at Troyes and Olympique de Marseille and Monaco shared the spoils on Saturday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
With this win Italy have extended their unbeaten run to 29 games, the last 10 coming off wins where they have scored 31 goals and conceded none.
The European Football Championship kicked off on Friday, June 11, and with the first round of matches in the league stage of Euro 2020 done and dusted, here's a look at the five best goals thus far.
Nikoloz Basilashvili has denied allegations that he attacked Neka Dorokashvili in front of their five-year-old son and he has been released on 100,000 lari ($26,000) bail.
Manuel Locatelli bagged a brace of goals for the first time in his career as imperious Italy defeated Switzerland 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday to become the first side into the last-16 of Euro 2020.
Images from the Europa League semi-final first leg matches on Thursday.
Cristiano Ronaldo tucked away a penalty and slammed home a free kick as he set a new record for the most international caps
Real Sociedad won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao in a Basque Country derby to end its winless run and strengthen its hold on third place in the Spanish league
Italy's third goal made history as it marked the first time they had scored three goals in a match at the Euros in their 39th attempt.
Dupasquier was airlifted to a hospital in Florence after a crash at turn nine involving three bikes in which Tech 3 KTM's Ayumu Sasaki was unable to avoid the Prustel GP rider.
