Tommy Paul led a parade of seeded players into the quarterfinals on Wednesday at the Adelaide International in Australia.
Elena Rybakina set up a showdown with 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova for a place in Saturday's final.
Top seeds Spain crashed out of the first round of the Davis Cup for the first time since 2006 when Milos Raonic beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to give Canada an unassailable 3-1 lead in their world group tie on Sunday.
Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League meeting javelin throw event as his big final effort of 88.36m fell short by two centimetres of Jakub Vadlejch's winning effort in Doha on Friday.
IT company Infosys on Thursday said its consolidated profit jumped 30 per cent to Rs 7,969 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2024. The company posted a profit of Rs 6,128 crore in the same period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing. The consolidated revenue of Infosys during the reported quarter increased by 1.3 per cent to Rs 37,923 crore from Rs 37,441 crore in the same quarter a year ago.
The World Cup debutants scored once in each half to win 2-0 and stay in the race for a place in the second round.
The 22-year-old was ranked 43rd in the World Cup standings in Super-G and was thought to have a better chance of gold in the snowboarding events she will also contest in Pyeongchang, an unprecedented doubling up.
The Czech Republic beat holders Spain 3-2 to win the Davis Cup for the first time as an independent nation when Radek Stepanek overcame Nicolas Almagro in four tough sets before a raucous home crowd on Sunday.
The Czech Republic beat holders Spain 3-2 to win the Davis Cup for the first time as an independent nation when Radek Stepanek overcame Nicolas Almagro in four tough sets before a raucous home crowd on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek used an outfit change to help her reset after a poor start and beat China's Zheng Qinwen.
Kvitova and Vekic had played twice on Saturday after a rain delay on Friday but it was the Czech who did not drop a set in the entire tournament.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored at will in the Spanish and English leagues in recent seasons but can struggle for Portugal, leaving the Czech Republic hopeful that he fails to shine in their Euro 2012 quarter-final later on Thursday.
Tomas Berdych beat James Blake after Andy Roddick had give the US a 1-0 lead.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won a tie-breaker in the deciding mixed doubles after the singles matches had been split.
The Russian ace was beaten by Nicole Vaidisova in the Family Circle Cup second round.
Britain battled to victory over last year's Davis Cup runners-up Australia in their Finals group stage opener on Wednesday, while Spain and Italy both suffered chastening defeats at home in the premier men's team competition.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych produced some impeccable tennis to give the Czech Republic the Hopman Cup with a 2-0 win over France in the final on Saturday.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club Championships.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech has tried out a specially-designed mask to protect his broken nose and allow him to try to play for the Czech Republic in their Euro 2012 playoff against Montenegro on Friday.
India received consular access on at least three occasions to Nikhil Gupta, who is detained in a Czech prison following charges by the United States relating to a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh extremist.
Rescuers retrieved more bodies on Sunday from the burnt-out shell of the bombed Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, pushing the death toll from one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country to at least 60, including the Czech ambassador and an American.
Muchova says Grand Slam hunger behind another Sakkari upset in Paris
Jannik Sinner bounced back after losing the first set to beat Tallon Griekspoor in the third round of the Miami Open.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's Paris Games preparations will be put through a stern test when he begins his season in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meet series against a star-studded but familiar field, in Doha on Friday.
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.
Sania Mirza failed to add another Grand Slam title to her collection, as she and Elena Vesnina were beaten in the final of the women's doubles at the French Open on Friday. The Indian ace and her Russian partner, seeded seventh, were beaten 4-6, 3-6 by the unseeded Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the final.
Co-hosts Switzerland lost the opening match of Euro 2008 by 1-0 to Czech Republic and their captain Alex Frei to serious injury in a double piece of bad luck on Saturday.
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
The Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday said that it struck several Syrian military targets after rockets were fired from Syria toward Israeli communities in the Golan Heights.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Quoting officials, The Washington Post said, the foiled assassination was part of an escalating campaign of aggression by RAW against the Indian diaspora in Asia, Europe and North America.
Vladimir Franz nicknamed 'Avatar', whose 90 per cent of the body is covered in tattoo, is running at a surprising third place in polls ahead of this week's Czech Republic a presidential election.
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.
Left-hander Safarova, the World No 17, broke Jankovic's opening serve before winning 6-1, 6-1 in front of a 14,000 capacity crowd at Prague's O2 Arena. She had won only one of their previous six encounters.
Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round
The other semi-final will see an Italian side, Milan or Roma, come up against Bayer Leverkusen or West Ham.
