Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Just 17 and getting better each time she dives in the water, Ledecky was in a class of her own at as she cruised to victory in three minutes, 58.37 seconds.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has pulled out of this year's Commonwealth Games to have shoulder surgery in the hope of being fit enough to compete at the 2012 London Games.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice plans to have shoulder surgery later this year after competing at the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games in India.
David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy side lost 1-0 to Japan's Gamba Osaka in the first Pan Pacific Championship semi-final.
American Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly at the Pan Pacific championships.
Americans Michael Phelps and Brendan Hansen broke their own world records at the Pan Pacific Championships.
Michael Phelps executed a solid race to win the 200 metres individual medley at the Pro Swim Series meet in California on Sunday.
One of the most decorated Olympians of all time, American swimming legend Michael Phelps has sent out a warning to his rivals, saying he still has "some unfinished business" left going into the Rio Olympic Games. "I have some unfinished business I'd like to take care of them before I hang up my suit. And I'm actually enjoying being back in the water again. That was pretty challenging for me going into 2012. But I just feel like a kid again and I love it," he said. The 31-year-old Phelps has 18 Olympic gold medals, 26 World Aquatics Championships gold, 1 World Swimming Championships gold medal and 16 Pan Pacific Championships gold.
Olympic champion Elena Dementieva was delighted to clinch an early berth in the season-ending WTA Championships after a 6-0, 6-3 win over France's Alize Cornet at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Thursday. The Russian world number four, who captured gold at last month's Beijing Games, took just 69 minutes to book her place in the quarter-finals of the US $1.34 million Tokyo tournament.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom set a world record for the women's 100 metres butterfly at the world swimming championships on Monday.
American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own 1500 metres freestyle world record with a superb display during the morning heats at the world championships on Monday.
Olympic swimming champion Phelps wins 100m butterfly in racing return.
Rikako Ikee became the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at an Asian Games
It will be the second consecutive final for Paes and Angel, who also reached the final at Montrrey Challenger last week, ending runners-up to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo.
Naomi Osaka trying to move on from 'bittersweet' maiden Grand Slam title
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova utilised her big serve to full effect to ease to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over home favourite and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo on Sunday.
Guan Tianlang is poised to become the youngest golfer to play at the US Masters after the Chinese 14-year-old won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand on Sunday.
Belarusian ninth seed Aryna Sabalenka held off a spirited challenge from American Alison Riske to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 and successfully defend her Wuhan Open title on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India Amit Panghal (52kg) bowed out of the Olympics boxing after a surprising 1-4 defeat to Rio Games silver-medallist Yuberjen Martinez in the pre-quarter-finals, on Saturday.
The Women's Tennis Association, which has turned to Asia to grow its sport, is unclear how the International Tennis Premier League is going to pan out. 'We are still learning about it, just as the world and the media is,' said Melissa Pines, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, on the sidelines of its new announcement to bring the season-ending BNP Paribas WTA Championships to South East Asia for the first time this year.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Former FIFA official Jerome Champagne formally announced on Monday that he will stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter in next year's election for president of the world soccer body.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
An array of Olympians and stars of sports niche and new arrive in the South Korean city of Incheon for the 17th Asian Games this month, bringing together some 10,000 athletes for a 16-day multi-sport spectacular second only in scale to the Summer Olympics.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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