With seven points from Thursday's second-place finish at the Lausanne Diamond League, Neeraj Chopra is joint third alongside Julian Weber in Diamond League standings with 15 points.
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
Anand had endured losses at the hands of Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) in the opening round before suffering defeats to Rapport and David Navara (Czech Republic) in the second and third round respectively.
R Praggnanandhaa outclassed world champion D Gukesh in sudden death to win Tata Steel Masters chess title.
Barbora Strycova beat Alize Cornet 6-2, 7-6(4) to put defending champions Czech Republic level at 2-2 against hosts France and send the Fed Cup final into a doubles decider on Sunday.
World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.
All the action from Day 4 at the Australian Open on Wednesday
Paris Olympic quota winner Akhil Sheoran won his second career individual ISSF World Cup stage medal, clinching the men's 50m rifle 3 positions bronze in Cairo on Wednesday.
Three contenders for the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka lost 6-2, 2-6, 7-10 to Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski at the Madrid Masters.
Sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09s
Neeraj Chopra underlined his claim as the favourite with a single throw on Tuesday, launching his Olympic title defence with 89.34 metres in qualification.
'As the trial gets closer for Nikhil Gupta, they're going to want to make sure that he doesn't talk.' 'And they're going to put pressure on Mr Gupta to make some deal where the evidence doesn't come out.'
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi produced a sensational performance to take out sixth seed Andrey Rublev and reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday.
Lucie Hradecka was screaming in delight after causing a huge first day upset at the Australian Open with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the fifth seeded Serb to record her third career victory over a top-five opponent.
Top seed Tomas Berdych takes a lot inspiration from his country's stupendous show in 2012 as he now targets to win his maiden Grand Slam title in the new season.
World number one Rafael Nadal begins his French Open title defence, on Monday, with a clash against Italy's Simone Bolelli on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
When S Jaishankar became India's external affairs minister in May 2019, he was largely considered a political lightweight despite his undisputed mastery over foreign policy.
Images from the US Open women's singles quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.
Third seed Alexander Zverev eased past home favourite Ugo Humbert
Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic suffered a major blow as they crashed out of the ongoing Qatar Open after going down in the semi-finals.
Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Angelique Kerber claimed her first grasscourt title with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(4) victory.
The approach Slovenia are expected to take on Monday -- a disciplined, deep back five who offer little space, and explosive counter-attacks from long balls -- to put pressure on Portugal.
The Indo-Belgian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny in the men's doubles first round.
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
Both the Indian aces fell at the first hurdle in different tournaments on the ATP Tour.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal swept to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Switzerland in their UEFA Nations League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon on Sunday.
Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic claimed the first gold medal of the 29th Olympic Games on Saturday with a convincing victory in the women's 10m air rifle event.
The top seeds were shocked by Tommy Haas of Germany and Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the \nPilot Pen tournament.
Hima won in 23.25 seconds though the race had a mediocre field with most of the competitors representing clubs of CzechRepublic. Nonetheless, she is inching closer to her personal best of 23.10
The win is the Czech duo's fourth Grand Slam title together
Four stewards needed hospital treatment after being attacked by Russian fans at Wroclaw stadium after the Russia-Czech Republic Euro 2012 clash on Friday, the head of the Polish company in charge of coordinating the tournament said.
Five-times Davis Cup champions Spain will host Britain in the first round of the 2018 competition.
A round-up of Friday's Euro 2020 qualifying matches.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are top seeds at the major starting Monday
Carlos Alcaraz secured his passage into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3 victory over Nuno Borges.
Round-up of World Cup qualifiers played on Friday
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