IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Earlier, title holder Borna Coric beat American Sebastian Korda 7-6 (5), 6-4, while another home hope Taylor Fritz survived a first-set thriller to beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (14), 6-2.
Neeraj has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
Ons Jabeur stands on the verge of history with a maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon within her grasp but in Czech surprise package Marketa Vondrousova she faces a final opponent who could tear up the script and prolong her wait.
Carlos Alcaraz's US Open preparations suffered a setback on Friday as the world number one fell to American Tommy Paul
Karen Khachanov reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Tuesday after ailing American Sebastian Korda retired while trailing 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0.
Neeraj Chopra said it was a dream come true to win the World Championships gold medal.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova on Monday.
IOC is desperate to avoid the sporting event being torn asunder by the bloody conflict unfolding in Ukraine.
Novak Djokovic stayed on course as he entered the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday.
A disbelieving Magda Linette continued her dream run at the Australian Open on Wednesday with a stunning victory over former world number one Karolina Pliskova to move into the semi-finals.
Patrik Schick's 'out-of-this world' long-range strike sealed their 2-0 win
World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold.
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Wimbledon debutant Eubanks ends Tsitsipas's challenge in fourth round.
McKeon blasted 109 runs in just 61 balls with the help of five fours and nine sixes.
India's singles players yet again failed to cross the qualifying hurdle at the Grand Slam stage as both Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri exited the Wimbledon championships
India's Akhil Sheoran secured the country's fifth Paris Olympics quota in shooting after winning the bronze medal in men's rifle 3-position competition at the ISSF World Championships in Baku on Sunday.
Two athletes residing in the Olympic village tested positive for COVID-19.
On day two of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh bagged gold.
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin the season at the Doha Diamond League.
Saudi Arabia's 2-1 victory over Argentina is rated the biggest shock in World Cup history.
Olympics-related cases rose by 19, organisers said, bringing the total number of disclosed cases to 106.
A summary of Saturday's action in the UEFA Nations League.
Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing third round encounter against Nicolas Jarry.
Anett Kontaveit handed Czech Karolina Pliskova a 6-4, 6-0 drubbing to become the first player to qualify for the semi-finals while Garbine Muguruza came from behind to defeat Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday.
The Taiwanese foreign minister said the time has come for all democratic countries to find ways to deal with China's expansionist agenda and its military muscle flexing, especially in the maritime domain.
Spain won the match 2-0, but it was the young intruder who won hearts of the players, spectators and the security.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances.
Sumit Nagal staged a grand recovery to get the better of Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 and book his place in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger in Chennai on Thursday.
Images from Day 10 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
A total of 11 countries are boycotting the championships due to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian boxers.
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo etched his name in the record books as professional football's all-time leading scorer with 807 goals after a brilliant hat-trick against Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Mirza would have ideally preferred to last a bit longer in her swansong at the SW-19 but she will undoubtedly remember hallowed lawns where she won her maiden doubles title alongside Martina Hingis, back in 2015.
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