Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time thanks to a 2-0 victory over Paris St Germain at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday that secured a 4-1 aggregate win.
Osaka battled on gamely before retiring while trailing Kaia Kanepi 7-6(4), 3-0.
Champions Real Madrid earned a 2-0 win in a feisty LaLiga encounter at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday to ensure they stayed in the hunt for the LaLiga title with leaders Barcelona.
The Netherlands entered the Olympics women's hockey final for the fifth straight time after a thumping 5-1 victory over 2016 Rio Olympic champions Britain, in Tokyo, on Wednesday.
Images from Day 12 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the hottest planet in the solar system and also unravel the mysteries under the sulfuric acid clouds enveloping it.
Serena Williams was sent spinning out of the Western and Southern Open by Maria Sakkari on Tuesday after the Greek rallied from a set down to beat the 23-times Grand Slam champion 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals.
Maria Sharapova's fellow players described her as inspirational and praised her fighting spirit following the Russian's announcement of her retirement from tennis at the age of 32 on Wednesday. The injury-plagued Sharapova, renowned for her never-say-die approach to the sport despite regularly being hampered by shoulder problems, won five Grand Slam titles.
Pavlyuchenkova finally reached a Grand Slam final in her 52nd appearance
India's star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named among the five nominees for the men's Player of the Year honour.
Messi and his Argentina teammates are currently participating the Copa America in Brazil where he is hoping to lead his team to the title, having finished runners-up in the 2016 edition.
Images from Day 1 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray have pledged to support relief funds for children affected by the invasion.
The ED in April provisionally attached Rs 7.27 crore funds of the actor under the PMLA apart from Rs 15 lakh cash as the agency called these funds as "proceeds of crime".
The Indian men's team, led by Srikanth, had beaten powerhouse and 14-time champions Indonesia in the final to win the country's maiden Thomas Cup title on Sunday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Saturday.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
India had earlier registered comfortable victories over Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
Serena Williams appeared to suggest last month that she would end her playing career at the U.S. Ope
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday.
In a live chat with readers of Rediff.com, Baghel answered a variety of questions on what prompted her to choose this particular subject, her interactions with the protagonists and the trauma of their families
PSG's big buy has been left out squad for the Ligue 1 match against Brest.
Images from Day 11 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
Spurs, Liverpool top eco-friendly table
We bring you the best photographs from recent events and red carpets across the world, featuring members of the glam brigade.
Dressed in a white formal shirt and black trousers was accused number two -- navy lieutenant Emile Jerome. Seated next to him was his fiancee and accused number one -- small-time Kannada actress Maria Monica Susairaj. Both -- nervous, expressionless and calm -- listened to the judge pronouncing them guilty in the murder of television executive Neeraj Grover
The Brazilian, the only player to claim three World Cup winner's medals and a man often called the greatest footballer of all time, said all monies raised will help Brazil's fight against and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indian pair will face the Russian team in the summit clash on Friday.
Serena Williams' career has been so astonishing that it could fuel umpteen movies
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley confirmed on Wednesday that the 2008 champion will receive a wildcard entry into the main singles draw for the tournament, which starts in Melbourne on January 20.
Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh shocked world number 5 Fabiano Caruana as India 'B' pulled off a superb 3-1 win over number 2 seeds USA in the eighth round of the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai on Saturday.
Coco Gauff, 18, is the youngest finalist at Roland Garros since Kim Clijsters in 2001.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned of the potential use of chemical weapons in Ukraine after Moscow alleged the United States was housing biological weapons in Ukrainian territory.
Leylah Fernandez's storybook US Open continued with yet another upset on Thursday, as the Canadian teenager shocked second seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam final.
The New South Wales Police on Wednesday arrested four men including Marino Sotiropoulos -- Stuart MacGill's girlfriend Maria O'Meagher.
The 33-year-old 19-time Grand Slam champion, who met his wife through his younger sister Maribel, a childhood friend of Perello, tied the knot with the 31-year-old at a castle in the island of Mallorca.
VJ-actor Cyrus Sahukar married longtime girlfriend Vaishali Malahara in Alibaug on Friday.
On Monday, Spain eased the lockdown rules that were in effect since mid-March because of the Coronavirus pandemic. But sports facilities are supposed to remain closed at least until next week in most parts of the country.
Khan met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on February 24, the day the Russian leader had ordered a "special military operation" against Ukraine.
