Iga Swiatek continued her bid for a fifth French Open title when the Polish fifth seed overcame Romania's Jaqueline Cristian to reach the Roland Garros fourth round.
Increased security will be in effect for Sunday's Chicago Marathon, the first major marathon staged in the United States since the tragic April bombing at the Boston race, organizers and police said.
Britain's Sunday Times and Germany's ARD say the results from the database of the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), show evidence of widespread cheating among long distance runners.
'The country that does most of the visual effects, more than any other country, is India.' 'There are more Indians working on VFX in any major Hollywood film than there are in Indian films.'
The Boston Marathon regularly features star-studded slates of Olympic medallists from around the world, leading a pack of 30,000 runners from the city's western suburbs to a finish line in its historic Back Bay neighbourhood.
Chebet picked up his first major victory in two hours six minutes and 51 seconds, with compatriots Lawrence Cherono and Benson Kipruto second and third.
The World record holder has now won four Olympic medals overall, having also taken 5,000m silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004.
Rugby: Blues players sent home due to COVID-19 lockdown, still hoping to play last game.
Legendary Andre Agassi said Carlos Alcaraz combines the best qualities of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal but cautioned the tennis world against expecting the Spaniard to repeat the incredible feats of the 'Fab Three.'
Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The sport's governing body (WA) said that with immediate effect and for elite competition only, road shoes must have soles no thicker than 40mm and not contain more than one rigid, embedded plate.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign is just one-match old, but it has already exposed their biggest chink. It's fragility in bowling, and they need better returns from bowlers against a confident Punjab Kings at an unforgiving M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Leonard Barsoton of Kenya and Ethiopia-based Bahraini athlete Desi Jisa set new course records in the men's and women's elite international section en route to winning titles at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K marathon.
The T20 World Cup 2024 promises to be a tournament dominated by bowlers, particularly spinners.
Images from Day 5 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
After biding his time for much of the race, the British four-time Olympic track champion surged to the lead in the final four miles and broke Ethiopian Mosinet Geremew to shatter the European marathon record of 2:05:48 despite wet and sometimes windy conditions.
Carlos Alcaraz secured his passage into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3 victory over Nuno Borges.
Race walker Suraj Panwar gears up for debut within debut at Olympics
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
'The romanticism of late night tennis in New York, it's time to move past that'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
The Tanzanian held off a challenge from Kenyan Fred Mogaka before kicking clear to win the Commonwealth Games men's marathon, his first major title.
Last year's runner-up and seventh seed Ruud will now advance to the semi-finals, where he could face fourth seed Alexander Zverev or 11th seed Alex de Minaur.
Aryan Dadiala, 21, who set a World record in November 2022 in Goa, finishing 32 km open water sea swimming in 5 hours 36 minutes, is the first Asian swimmer to swim the Sea of Galilee.
'I think it only happens in France. At Wimbledon, obviously, there's not that. Or in Australia either. At the US Open, it's still rather quiet. Here, it's a really unhealthy atmosphere.'
Paris is hosting the Olympics after 100 long years and the volunteers, who are the heart and soul of the mega multi-sporting competition, see the Games starting July 26 as an event of their lives.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
In Gujarat, the Congress must have felt like the Swiss in Doha. Suffering at the hands of both the BJP and the AAP, they seemed to lack a goalkeeper. In Himachal, although a victory for the Congress, the tenor was more akin to Spain versus Morocco. The underdog triumphed, points out Shyam G Menon.
Jannik Sinner has sprinted past opponents at the Australian Open in his quest for a maiden Grand Slam but could end up running a marathon in the final against Daniil Medvedev on Sunday, when Melbourne Park will crown a new king.
Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
Not everyone completes the Badwater Marathon. Breeze Sharma did so, as the fastest Indian ever.
Images from the French Open quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
The five top contenders for the men's title at the US Open.
World No 8 Muchova withdraws from Aus Open with wrist injury
While several top seeds will have their say, a look at some emerging players who could be serious contenders.
'I chose the army over glamour,' says Major Sheena, who feels no other profession elicits the kind of respect like the army does.
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