IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 9 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Bopanna was forced into searching for a new partner after Joao Sousa was unable to travel to Australia on time after testing COVID-19 positive.
India's highest ranked shuttler Chetan Anand crashed out of the men's singles in the Denmark Open Super Series while two of his compatriots sailed into the second round, in Odense, Denmark. World No 20 Anand was beaten by eighth seed Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-15, 15-21, 16-21 in a first round match lasting 48 minutes.
After Canada Open triumph, Sen jumps 7 places to be at 12th spot in world rankings
Satwik-Chirag pair achieves career-best world no. 2 ranking
Prannoy registered a 21-18, 22-20 win over the world number 12 Chen
Sindhu, a 2019 World Champion, lost 14-21, 21-15, 14-21 to Zhang in a match that lasted 55 minutes.
Former champions P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarter-finals with easy victories, but the highlight of the third day's proceedings in the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament was H S Prannoy's thrilling victory over Denmark's Jan Jorgensen.
Argentina and South Africa settled for an exciting 2-2 draw in their Women's World Cup Group G clash at Dunedin Stadium
Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar produced a thrilling performance
Sindhu, who is currently competing at the French Open in Paris, jumped one rung to stay one spot behind Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, who continues to dominate the rankings.
Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri and Gayatri Gopichand also improved two spots to the 17th position.
PV Sindhu outclassed Germany's Yvonne Li to cruise into the women's singles quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event in Bali on Thursday.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained third place in the latest world badminton rankings, announced on Friday.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands progressed to the men's doubles final at the US $1,465,260 Qatar Open after a straight-games' win over second seeds Henri Kontinen and Franko Skugor, in Doha, on Friday. The Indo-Dutch combination will meet the unseeded British-Mexican duo of Luke Bambridge and Santiago Gonzalez in the summit clash on Saturday.
With Srikanth's defeat, the Indian challenge in Hong Kong also came to an end.
Facing a life ban threat from the Badminton Association of India (BAI), embattled shuttler Jwala Gutta vowed to continue her fight against injustice and come back stronger.
P V Sindhu beat world No.12 Busanan 21-17, 21-13 in the women's singles opener, while Kidambi Srikanth demolished Sitthikom Thammasin 21-11, 21-11 in 37 minutes in the men's singles.
Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal sailed into the second round of the Singapore Open with straight-game wins over their respective rivals in the women's singles event on Wednesday.
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Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
The note, posted on her Twitter handle, took her fans by surprise but that was only one part of the whole message she was trying to make.
This was Sameer's fifth loss to Lee in seven meetings.
Sindhu does not expect her prolonged pandemic-related absence to hamper her preparations for next year's rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys is growing its footprint in the Nordics by establishing a new proximity centre in Oslo, Norway, as part of its continued expansion plans in the region. The new centre is expected to enable Infosys to attract, re-skill, and upskill local talent to work on global opportunities through next-gen technologies like cloud, AI, IoT, 5G, and software engineering. The Nordic region consists of five sovereign states - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden - besides the three autonomous territories connected to these states: the Faroe Islands and Greenland (Denmark), and land (Finland).
Sam Kerr's father was born in Calcutta as were her paternal grandparents.
The Rio Olympics gold medallist had withdrawn from the All England Championships this year after suffering the injury during the Swiss Open.
Verma who had shocked Malaysia's eighth seed Lee Zii Jia in the opening round, needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke
Young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha recorded the first upset of the India Open when she stunned fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya while top seed P V Sindhu sailed into the women's singles second round of the tournament, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Teams focused on World Cup, not politics, had easier passage to last 16, says Arsene Wenger
Sindhu and Saina will once again be India's best bet as they look to put up a good show this week.
PV Sindhu crashed out of the ongoing Thailand Open in the opening round
Satwiksairaj and Ashwini showed top-notch fighting spirit before going down
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
For the first time since 2004, neither Novak Djokovic nor the injured Rafael Nadal will be in the Rome final.
2023 was marked by outstanding sporting achievements, shattered records, and the crowning of new champions, all captured by photographers documenting every significant twist and turn.
Kiran George wins Indonesia Masters to grab second super 100 title
India's top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be seen in action for the first time since the coronavirus-forced break when they compete in three upcoming tournaments in Bangkok, including the prestigious BWF World Tour Finals.
