A summary of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
Photos from the Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
In a massive reprieve to the Indian Commonwealth Games contingent, the doctor of the country's boxing team Amol Patil was on Tuesday let off with a reprimand in the syringe controversy as he was found guilty of not disposing needles safely after injecting vitamins to a fatigued boxer.
Roger Federer began his 63rd consecutive Grand Slam tournament with a majestic 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 first-round win over little-known Bosnian Damir Dzumhur at Wimbledon in London, on Tuesday.
The lanky wild card kissed the Montreal court after completing a rousing 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) triumph as the 18-year-old became the youngest player to ever reach the quarter-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 event.
Djokovic is clubbed with Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Goffin and Alexander Zverev.
Haneef, who was working in Gold Coast Hospital in Australia, returned to India in July last year after being cleared of terror charges in the botched Glasgow airport suicide attack in the UK. The Australian government withdrew all the charges and restored his visa a few days ago.
Photos of Day 5 of the Australian Open being played in Melbourne
Wimbledon's grass is slower than when Sampras and all the classic serve-volley specialists ruled the roost and, though it still offers a lower bounce than clay or the hard courts that dominate the circuit, it seems that the difference is becoming marginal.
Roger Federer returned from a month-long layoff with a 6-4, 6-4 second round victory over Roberto Bautista Agut on Tuesday at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, who was wrongly accused of links with the failed UK bombings, on Monday said he will return to Australia only if authorities assured him that his family and he would be "safe" in the country.
"I am proud to announce the project has Final Investment Decision (FID) approval which marks the official start of one of the largest single Infrastructure -- and job creating -- developments in Australia's recent history," Gautam Adani said.
Tejaswin Shankar opened Indian athletics team's medal account with a bronze in the men's high jump event in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Images from Day 4 of the US Open in New York on Thursday.
PM Tony Abbott warns that terror threats would get "worse before it gets better".
The decision was handed down in Melbourne while Haneef's legal team watched via video link in Brisbane.
Some landowners had alleged that Adani was 'misleading' the public.
Djokovic will be nowhere near the centre court after losing his bid to overturn a second visa cancellation.
Images from Day 3 of the 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne, on Wednesday
IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
'I'm not vaccinated and I'm not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card'
"(Novak) has said that he views this as a private matter for him. We would love to see Novak here, he knows that he'll have to be vaccinated to play here."
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
In a huge relief for India's Commonwealth Games contingent, its boxers were cleared of any doping violation, but they remained under the scanner for breaching the Games' strict 'no needle' policy.
Novak Djokovic is prepared to miss the French Open and Wimbledon if COVID-19 vaccination becomes mandatory at the Grand Slams but he is not against inoculation, the world number one tennis player said.
Tennis great Serena Williams limped out of Wimbledon in tears on Tuesday after her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles crown ended in injury.
Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic spent Orthodox Christmas in Australian immigration detention on Friday as his lawyers fought a government decision to remove him from the country that could scupper his shot at a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam.
The Serbian top seed won a fourth successive title at the All England Club to take his overall Grand Slam tally to 21.
Officials said he was one of a 'handful' of successful applicants among 26 people who sought exemptions.
Rafael Nadal is taking no pleasure from the absence of great rival Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, even if it means he has a clearer shot at the Grand Slam title record.
Murray had battled his way back from two sets down in the second round against France's Adrian Mannarino, but could not work another miracle against the 14th-ranked, 29-year-old Anderson, who swept the final tiebreak 7-0.
How Nadal surpassed the haul of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision that allowed Indian sprinter Dutee Chand to resume her career, which was brought to a halt owing to IAAF Regulation on Hyperandrogenism.
Homeland favorite Ashleigh Barty and Serbia's Novak Djokovic are the top seeds for the upcoming Australian Open.
Federer being out of the way does not hand Nadal a free path to glory in Melbourne
According to the Singapore Post, Kiribati a Micronesian country is discussing opening up its largest marine reserves to commercial fishing which may serve a dual purpose like a naval base for the Chinese as well.
Australian wrestler Vinod Kumar failed a doping test during an Olympic qualification event in Algeria in April and is set to be dropped from the team for the Rio Games.
It was a day of surprises at Flushing Meadows in New York as seeded players were knocked out one after the other on Friday.
Australian Bernard Tomic courted controversy yet again when he fired lewd comments toward a heckler at the US Open during his first-round upset loss to Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic has declined to disclose his vaccination status despite everyone at Melbourne Park needing to be inoculated against COVID-19.
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