Hajar Abdelkader, competing under an Egyptian flag, appeared unfamiliar with how to play the sport, landing fewer than one in 10 first serves and needing her opponent to direct her to the correct side of the court.
'We acknowledge proportionate measures must be taken to prevent this happening again...'
American Brittany Brown surprised herself with the sprint double at New York's Athlos meet on Friday, as Briton Keely Hodgkinson won the 800 metres to end her injury-dented season on a high.
Asian Games silver medallist Ancy Sojan made it to the women's long jump final on an ordinary day for the Indians in the World University Games, in Berlin, on Monday.
Mondo Duplantis was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, while American gymnast Simone Biles bagged the top women's honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
Following is India's schedule on Monday, Day 10 of the Paris Olympics
The big names who will be bidding for a podium finish before bidding farewell...
With a jam-packed schedule brimming with both legendary athletes and captivating storylines, Paris 2024 promises unforgettable moments.
In a chat with PTI ahead of Tendulkar's 50th birthday, Gaekwad fondly recalled the time spent in the dressing room with the little master during the memorable home series against Pakistan in 1999, the 'Desert Storm' in Sharjah the year before, and his first meeting with a 15-year-old Sachin during a Ranji Trophy game in the late 80s.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
'I am still hungry for running in the Olympic Games and winning a gold medal, so I still feel fresh every time I wake up.'
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
A summary of Indian athletes showing on Friday, Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games.
Indian athletes' performance on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
The events on Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 of the Games were well captured and here we document all the action from Day 5, in pictures...
Nike launched a new running shoe that complies with limits set by World Athletics after the governing body imposed a landmark ban on a version of the sportswear giant's Vaporfly shoes that was used to run the first sub-two hour marathon. The first-ever shoe ban by World Athletics (WA) last week addressed concerns that technology advances are giving athletes an unfair and unnatural advantage, described by some critics as "technological doping".
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
Tennis great Serena Williams on Wednesday said she would consider coaching after calling it quits.
Martina Navratilova said on Friday illness has cut short her attempt to climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro on the fourth day of a six-day climb to the summit of Africa's tallest mountain.
Rediff.com encapsulates all the sporting action from the past week in this eye-catching photo feature.
Check out India's schedule on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Monday.
'We are trying passionately to protect those clean athletes who are going to Rio 2016'
The India-Pakistan match on September 19 is a sell-out but both sides must first negotiate World Cup semi-finalists Kenya.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Commonwealth Games: The event Photographs
Check out the gold medallists from Day 9
World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams completed a clean sweep for tennis as they won the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
From soccer genius Lionel Messi to sprint king Usain Bolt, a shimmering array of the world's greatest sports stars are in the race for top honours at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards -- also called the 'Oscars of Sport' -- to be presented.
'At the end of the day, athletes are humans just like the rest of us.'
Russia was the leading doping offender in global sport during 2014, followed by Italy and India, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday.
American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, said on Tuesday he hopes this year's Rio Olympics can help heal a sports world hit by recent doping and corruption cases.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
With the year sprinting to a close, we bring you, in pictures, some of the best action from the sports world.
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
Here is a flashback of the top moments from the just concluded quadrennial Games...
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