Since making her debut at the 2013 world championships, the 19-year-old American has become an unstoppable force. Last year she became the first woman to win a "three-peat" of all-around golds at the worlds.
Country's top ranked female racqueter Dipika Pallikal, who became the first Indian squash player to break into top-20 in the world rankings, suffered a first-round defeat to Kasey Brown of Australia to bow out of the US Open in Philadelphia.
The 23-year-old studied at Harvard before turning professional on the tennis tour and Serena thinks he has got it all.
The greatest pound for pound welterweight boxer of all time Floyd Mayweather has delivered the ultimate backhanded compliment to former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in a rant about racism in the sport, saying her to be 'a good looking woman, when she put it on'.
Manavi Kapur goes behind the scenes to find out what it takes to be a successful woman wrestler.
Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honoured in Queen's New Year List.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he didn't have the authority to demand Mori's resignation, the Jiji news agency reported.
The wrestler became the World No 1 in the 65kg category
Mitchell, 27, becomes only the second Canadian to win an Olympic track cycling gold after Lori-Ann Muenzer took the women's sprint title in 2004.
Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to young India to find out who their LGBTQ heroes are.
Chinese female gymnasts who competed at this year's Beijing Olympics were not underage, the sport's governing body said.
South Africa reacted angrily on Friday to a report that tests on its world champion runner Caster Semenya had found she was a hermaphrodite, threatening a "third world war" over the affair. Athletics' governing body declined to confirm the report in Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper, which said the 18-year-old runner had both male and female sexual characteristics.
Tasha Schwikert, 33, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and her sister Jordan, 32, described themselves as Nassar victims during a news conference at a Los Angeles law firm.
While a billion hearts would pray for all the participants to do well, all eyes would be set on the duo of Deepika Kumari/Atanu Das, the four shooters and Mirabai Chanu to open India's medals count.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The 23-time Grand Slam champion has retorted to former tennis ace John McEnroe's comments, saying she would struggle on the men's circuit.
America has never in its history before had a female President and Vice President so it remains to be seen what formal title -- 'Second Gentleman, Second Husband' -- will be given to the first male spouse of an elected leader.
Several events were postponed or rescheduled, including Nordic combined, biathlon and Alpine skiing, and more than 60 tents were damaged by winds with a speed of seven metres per second as organisers warned of flying debris.
Clashes erupted in Srinagar on Sunday between the youth and security forces near the venue of the first-ever international half marathon in Kashmir valley.
The International Olympic Committee will issue guidelines this week aimed at protecting athletes and visitors from Zika, a mosquito-borne virus spreading rapidly across South America months before the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
China said on Monday it regretted that two Indian athletes were blocked last week from going to China but defended measures it has put in place in response to a border dispute which led to the ban on the pair travelling.
Images from Saturday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
Tennis star Venus Williams said she was heartbroken by the death of a man in a two-car crash in Florida that a police report blamed on her driving, breaking her silence about the fatal accident three weeks after it occurred.
Can you guess even one of them?
Nada Albedwawi dreams of one day swimming on a relay team but she knows that can only happen if enough other Emirati women take the plunge. In a socially conservative region, where women's competitive sport faces significant cultural obstacles, the only female swimmer competing for the United Arab Emirates at the Rio Olympics remained undaunted on Friday. "My main goal is to break down these barriers, these gender barriers, and pave the way for other female swimmers," said Albedwawi after her 50m freestyle heat. "Especially in our country, people are reluctant to start something new.
Serbian Djokovic, who 12 months ago had elbow surgery, won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2018, before lifting this year's Australian Open crown, to add to his tally of Grand Slam singles titles and reclaim top spot in the rankings.
Currently the men's and women's Tours operate independently, although there are a handful of events featuring male and female draws, one of which is the Madrid Open that will be played as a 'virtual tournament' next week. Mat Wilander says the break will be much tougher for the younger players such as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev than the likes of world number one Novak Djokovic, Federer and Nadal.
When the North Korean athletes took over, it became a more austere affair.
They cheer, dance and sing in perfect unison. But these are not your ordinary cheerleaders.
Fighting in the American professional circuit could soon be reality for budding Indian pugilists as a new boxing firm will be scouting for fresh talent in the coming days.
South African track star Oscar Pistorius should serve at least 10 years in prison for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year, the state prosecutor said at the close of the athlete's sentencing hearing on Friday.
The winners for the year 2019 are from fields as diverse as agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation and wildlife conservation, armed forces and education.
The International Judo Federation -- which lists Russian President Vladimir Putin as its honorary president -- will allow the sport's Russian squad to participate in the Olympics, its head told Reuters on Tuesday.
Winston, who won the Heisman Trophy last year as the nation's top college football player, is accused of violating the university's standards during an December 2012 incident, which his lawyers have maintained was a consensual sexual encounter.
'People taunted me, saying 'You are a woman, why are you wrestling?'
There are moments at the Olympic Games that have a sporting significance, and then there are those that leave an indelible mark on humanity.
Four Olympic weightlifting champions from Kazakhstan, including the sport's most celebrated figure Ilya Ilyin, are among 10 lifters to have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the London 2012 Olympics after their samples were reanalysed.
It's time to move on from fights and dances and clich, says Kshmaya Daniel.
