'The true meaning of a miracle was understood when I witnessed the baby being delivered.'
Olympic silver medallist Katie Ledecky powered to victory in the women's 400 metres freestyle event on the opening day of the swimming World Championships in Budapest on Saturday to capture a record-extending 16th gold medal in the competition.
20-year-old Malvika Bansod, ranked 111th, took 34 minutes to register a straight games victory against former World No 1 Saina Nehwal.
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic had made it near impossible for their peers to live, and thrive, amongst them. But the coming generation, which hasn't been as scarred by defeat at the hands of the Big 3, may make tennis unpredictable again.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
Two days after being named in Australia's Olympic tennis team, Nick Kyrgios said he is "tossing up options" and may opt out of the Tokyo Games due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Madison Keys swept past Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Petra Kvitova after the Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic.
Aussies Cate Campbell and Patty Mills are both attending their fourth Olympics. Mills, a basketballer who plays for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA, will be the first indigenous Australian selected to carry the flag for the Opening Ceremony.
Djokovic will need to win in Tokyo and then the US Open later this year to achieve the feat that has so far only been accomplished by Steffi Graf in 1988.
'My arm has been -- I have had an issue there for quite a while now. It has gotten bigger in the last couple of weeks, so I'm just trying to protect it.'
Images from Day 8 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Images from Day 6 at the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Holder Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals with a 7-5 7-6(1) victory over Laslo Djere
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
Nadal plays Berrettini in one semifinal, knowing he's potentially two match wins from a 21st major title.
A look at some of the major disasters in soccer stadiums over the last 40 years after at least eight people were killed and 38 injured in a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon on Monday before their Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game against Comoros.
The athletes on the US magazine's list have enjoyed sporting success as well as promoting other causes.
Images from Day 6 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Saturday.
Australia set up a showdown with Belgium in the men's hockey final at the Tokyo Olympics after handing 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Germany a 3-1 defeat on Tuesday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez struck two late goals to give the LaLiga champions a 2-1 win at Getafe on Tuesday after the hosts were reduced to 10 men late in the second half.
Roger Federer suffered one of his heaviest defeats at Wimbledon as he went down in straight sets to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Medvedev will be glad to play the role of dream wrecker once again.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
A summary of the man's football matches at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
Throughout the five days of programming across multiple time zones, the lineup will showcase a variety of 'interactive online experiences that guests can book on Airbnb'.
Nadal had a solid start, but the 35-year-old struggled physically towards the end of the contest
Sumit Nagal immediately set his sights on Thiem who has reached two French Open finals, losing both to Nadal.
Images from matches played across top football leagues in Europe.
Diogo Jota and Joao Felix both scored their first international goals in the second half before Bruno Petkovic pulled one back and Andre Silva then added a fourth.
Raducanu retired from the match because of 'difficulty breathing'.
Despite being the king of Wimbledon, Federer has found himself in the same strict bubble as every other player in the draw this year, rather than in his usual plush rented house with his family a stroll away from the grounds.
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar's 'The CHAMPS Foundation', which has been helping a lot of sports personalities under financial distress for more than two decades, have come to the aid of ailing hockey Olympian Mohinder Pal Singh.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
Liverpool frustrated by 10-man Arsenal in League Cup semi stalemate
Football action from across Europe in matches played on Saturday
we take a look at the other incredible jumps 'Fearless Felix' has made.
