India's Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig advanced to the men's doubles pre-quarter-finals of the US Open with a three-set victory over the pair of Hugo Nys of Monaco and Arthur Rinderknech of France, in New York.
Glimpses of anti-Russia protests in different parts of the world.
When banal problems, drunken rants, liberally sprinkled swear words and WhatApp forwards kind of pretend profound lines run out, there is a lot of action between the sheets, observes Deepa Gahlot. Four More Shots Please Season 3
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies.
'Summer Somewhere exclusively creates clothes that are kind to the planet.'
'I'm terrible at goodbyes, the world's worst'
The United States Tennis Association will hold the US Open this year without fans amid the COVID-19 outbreak even though some top players have expressed concerns about attending the tournament due to the virus, according to multiple reports.
Naomi Osaka will defend her title at the US Open, organisers said on Wednesday, after she withdrew from this year's French Open and Wimbledon on mental health grounds.
'I definitely think it's the time to just switch off from any future thoughts or any plans, any schedule. I've got absolutely no clue. Right now, no care in the world, I'm just loving life.'
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black hardly broke a sweat as they entered the US Open women's doubles semifinals after their rivals retired midway through the quarterfinal match in New York.
In match no. 3 of the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) season, Gujarat Giants fell to their second straight loss as UP Warriorz opened their campaign with a win at the DY Patil Stadium.
'Women's voices are too high or too low, or they are seen as too short or too tall, or too fat or too thin, to be great leaders.' 'These judgments wear us down.'
The perception that 'winnability' is based on gender is very strong, even though, if you break up the electoral success rate by sexes, the women who do win elections are proportionally far more successful than the men who win, given the huge number of men they have to beat.
Osaka has been an outspoken supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement both in Japan and the United States
'This is a film that speaks to the spirit of women who have been cast into the bottom of India's social hierarchy, and how they have navigated their way to redefine the meaning of power.'
Gets standing ovation after first round loss at the US Open on Monday.
Enrich a woman and you can enrich a nation. Hurt women, deny women equitable rights, and a nation's death sentence will soon commence, says Dr Krishan Jeyarajasingham.
Serena has slid down to 1,204 in the rankings and needed a wildcard from Wimbledon organisers
India, along with 12 other United Nations Security Council members, abstained on a resolution by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Indonesia's chief security minister Mahfud MD said on Monday the government would form an independent fact-finding team which would include academics and soccer experts as well as government officials to probe what happened.
Agassi polished off former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open fourth round.
'I don't want my life to be a rat race. I want it to be an adventure.
IMAGES from US Open women's final played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at the Flushing Meadows in the Queens borough of New York City on Saturday.
'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Thousands of people took to the New York City streets for the largest LGBTQ celebration in the world. It's the first time WorldPride is being held in the United States. The march coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, considered the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement.
The tournament will take place in a quarantined setting from Aug. 31-Sept. 13 in New York. The Western & Southern Open, which was relocated from Cincinnati this year, will be held from Aug. 20-28 as a warm-up event for the Grand Slam.
The tennis legend has dropped a series of photographs on her Instagram page that brings 'message of hope and optimism'.
'Devyani represents some of the best things about the Indian mission -- our ambassadors of soft power. Young, humane, open to ideas with a deep commitment to her country and the work she does.' Human rights activist Suchitra Vijayan on the Devyani Khobragade she knows.
Osaka takes equity stake in crypto exchange FTX
'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.'
Following is a list of biggest shocks in women's tennis after Italian outsider Roberta Vinci, ranked 43rd, beat world number one Serena Williams in the US Open semi-finals on Friday to deny the American a chance to complete a calendar year Grand Slam.
Britain's Andy Murray expects some of the top male players to follow women's world number one Ash Barty in skipping next month's US Open in New York due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Australian Barty said on Thursday she is not comfortable travelling to the United States amid the pandemic for the hardcourt Grand Slam, which begins on August 31.
Overseeing all aspects of the Marlins operation from budgets to player contracts, Ng joins a rebuilding team that were one of MLB's biggest surprise stories this year as they made the playoffs for the first time since 2003.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express semi-high speed train.
India, along with some other members, objected to the proposal and due to lack of consensus or concurrence, the meet has been cancelled.
Weinstein, aged 67, who was once one of Hollywood's most powerful figures, was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual act last month, based on the testimony of Miriam Haley, and rape in the third degree, based on the testimony of one-time aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
'It's very hard to win elections on policies that don't offer much now, but promise more growth and income in the future,' Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya tell Rediff.com's Faisal Kidwai.
World number two Simona Halep will take the final decision on her participation in the US Open after playing this week's WTA Tour event in Prague, the Romanian said on Sunday.
On Gandhi, Obama says he has 'a nervous, unformed quality about him, as if he were a student who'd done the coursework and was eager to impress the teacher but deep down lacked either the aptitude or the passion to master the subject', according to The New York Times review.
