Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Danielle Collins were among those to win their first-round matches at the Adelaide International
The US Open turned over Arthur Ashe Stadium to the Williams sisters on Thursday for a prime-time first round doubles match that could have been Serena's last after the pair fell 7-6(5), 6-4 to the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova.
Martina Navratilova said she is cancer-free nearly four months after announcing she had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.
Images from Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old then pounced with Lehecka serving at 4-5, reaching match point with a searing backhand pass and wrapping up victory as his opponent netted a backhand.
Evans, who recovered from illness to be part of the $15 million prize money event, showed his battling qualities to overcome Ramos-Vinolas
Neeraj Chopra was not at his best but still finished second with a final round throw of 85.71m in the men's javelin event of the Diamond League
This was Anish and Rhythm's second medal as a pair in the ISSF Shooting World Cup, after having won the gold in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event at the Cairo World Cup in March this year.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday.
The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
Czech-born Navratilova, who became a US citizen in 1981, was also diagnosed and beat breast cancer back in 2010.
Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Andy Murray saved five match points to defeat Jiri Lehecka at the Qatar Open on Friday and reach a first ATP Tour final since June last year.
Femke Bol ran the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn
The five top contenders for the women's title at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
Jabeur overcomes physical struggles to reach US Open second round
Paris St Germain closed out the year on a high as they maintained their five-point advantage at the top of the table.
As India seems to be picking 'Bharat' at least in official communication, here are some interesting name changes.
Sreeshankar was expected to at least qualify for the final round but form deserted him when it mattered the most on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Bouchard got off to a quick start in the opening last eight clash and raced away to win it 6-1 in 38 minutes.
Photos pf tennis action across the USA on Sunday.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships.
An early goal from Pablo Sarabia earned Spain a 1-0 win in Switzerland on Thursday, their first victory of this year's UEFA Nations League.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic gold, and silver and gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon:
Tunisians thronged cafes hoping to watch local heroine Ons Jabeur win the women's singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday but Czech Marketa Vondrousova had other ideas.
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur believes the lessons she learned in two Grand Slam final defeats will stand her in good stead for Saturday's Wimbledon showdown with unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
Neeraj Chopra failed to defend his Diamond League champion's title
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
A round-up of Friday's action in the Davis Cup.
If Chopra holds the trophy and pockets the US$30,000 prize money at the Prefontaine Classic, he will become only the third man to defend the DL overall title, though the format changed in 2017.
Indian Davis Cup team sweats it out at 'mini cauldron', match timings revised due to tough conditions
West Ham United have condemned the behaviour of some of their fans after Fiorentina's Cristiano Biraghi was hit by a cup during the Europa Conference League final.
Diksha Dagar fought back strongly in the second round to make the cut alongside compatriot Pranavi Urs at the Ladies Open.
Images from the men's singles fourth round matches at the Australian Open, on Sunday.
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.
Swiatek will face Czech Karolina Muchova in the final.
