American Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles crown, and equalled the professional era record of 22 grand slam titles, with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday:
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Williams's Formula One championship challenge is on after they ousted McLaren as Ferrari's closest rivals.
Dressed in an off-white embroidered salwar suit, the 42-year-old astronaut was accompanied by some family members at the 40-minute meeting.
The returning Scot also announced his withdrawal from next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto.
West Indies coach Stuart Williams said mystery spinner Sunil Narine, who has been reported for suspect bowling action during an Oppo Champions League Twenty20 match, will get over the episode in a positive manner.
Max Verstappen added his name to the list of triple Formula One World champions on Saturday after Red Bull team mate and sole title rival Sergio Perez crashed out of the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race.
Sabine Lisicki caused the biggest upset in the women's singles at Wimbledon when she beat Serena Williams in the fourth round on Monday. The German won 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
The Nigerian outgunned the pair to win the 100 metres at the Lusanne Grand Prix in 10.04 seconds.
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Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams set yet another record as she completed a triathlon in space by running, biking and "swimming" along with athletes during the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California over the weekend.
Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more.
Serena Williams brushed off some serving troubles before cruising to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Elina Svitolina on Saturday and will meet Simona Halep in the Western & Southern Open final.
Superstorm Sandy, that has claimed many lives and wrecked havoc in the densely populated United States east coast region, looks enormous even when seen from space, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has said as she prepared to add to her record-setting space walking sojourns. Williams is gearing up for another space walk scheduled for Thursday to find and repair an ammonia coolant leak at the International Space Station.
Firecracker bursting till late Sunday night led to a spike in pollution levels amid low temperatures.
Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav took a break from practice to watch the the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Manchester United on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie replace the duo in Australia's squad for the tri-series involving India and Zimbabwe.
"Get involved, try to be a part of it" is the message of record-breaking Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams to millions of Indians students and space enthusiasts.
The older Serena Williams gets, the more dominant she becomes. At 33, an age when most players start to fade, her grip on women's tennis looks as secure as ever.
Images from the ICC World Cup match played between Zimbabwe and The United Arab Emirates on Thursday
Indian-American record-setting astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two colleagues on Sunday took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket, which blasted off successfully from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Sean Williams scored a maiden Test century in vain as New Zealand clinched a comprehensive innings and 117-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe on day four of the first Test in Bulawayo, on Sunday.
Founded in 1924 by Arnold Schweitzer, Caran d'Ache is a product of Switzerland's long history of watch-making and jewellery manufacture.
'We failed as a country because those who should have been there to say goodbye did not show up.'
Factbox on American Serena Williams, who won her 15th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open on Sunday with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 win over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
Tennis legend Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are engaged.
Serena and Venus Williams' stranglehold of women's doubles was ended at Wimbledon on Wednesday when the American sisters were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina.
Serena Williams's impressive return from injury ended when she lost 6-2, 6-3 to Russian Vera Zvonareva in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Saturday.
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Raja Sen doffs his cap to Robin Williams, a comedian who believed in going all-out."
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