Robert Lewandowski smashed home a rebound to earn Barcelona a 2-1 win against Athletic Bilbao in an absorbing LaLiga clash on Saturday.
Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 champion, will need to shake off a run of poor form if he is to mount a challenge.
Iga Swiatek cemented her position as the undisputed queen of clay
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
India's top-ranked tennis player Sumit Nagal officially qualified for the Paris Olympics and advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the ATP 125 Perugia Challenger
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Romania face tough test against experienced and motivated Ukraine
Twice Olympic 800 metres finalist Donato Sabia has died from COVID-19 at the age of 56, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday. CONI said in a statement that Sabia had been in the intensive care unit of the San Carlo hospital on Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, for "a few days."
Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 victory over Brentford, while Newcastle drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to deposit in its account the compensation given by Italy for the kin of two Indian fishermen killed by Italian Marines off the Kerala coast in February 2012.
Rafael Nadal trailed in the second set before overcoming No. 5 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain.
The 22-year-old, nicknamed the "French Michael Phelps", carried the expectations of a nation into his first event but he simply crushed his rivals in a swim of four minutes and 2.95 seconds that broke the Olympic record and flirted with his own World record mark.
Iga Swiatek will be looking to join a select band of players who have lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup four times
Caruana kept his slender half point lead going in to the final round in the 10-player round-robin tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
Images from the US Open men's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and his Croatian partner Mate Pavic beat Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-5 6-3 in the final.
'There are a number of things we still have to improve because we thought we were better than we were in too many situations.'
Imane Khelif, the boxer at the centre of a gender dispute, beat Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in a Women's 66kg welterweight semi-final at the Paris Games on Tuesday to progress to the final at Roland Garros.
Jana Novotna, who lifted the Wimbledon title 26 years ago in 1988, tragically died in 2017 following a battle with ovarian cancer aged 49.
Arjun's throwback selfie.. Sanju Baba remembers his father... Karishma's in Spain...
Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return to Roland Garros on Sunday
Alcaraz will face German Alexander Zverev or two-time runner-up Casper Ruud of Norway on Sunday.
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
From India's neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood, presidents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Iran, Seychelles and prime ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mauritius have sent congratulatory greetings to Modi.
France overcame a slow start to beat neighbours Belgium 2-0 for their first points of the Nations League campaign.
Djokovic skipped the Madrid Open this year to focus on the Grand Slams and the upcoming Paris Olympics, but plans to compete in Rome.
Adam Peaty hopes to emulate retired American great Michael Phelps, the only swimmer to win gold in the same event at three successive Games, at the Paris Olympics.
The unseeded Indo-Canadian pair defeated their fancied rivals 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in a round of 16 tie of the ATP Masters 1000 event.
Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport has been condemned by anti-racism group Fare for using the headline "Black Friday" along with a picture of players Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku to preview Friday's match between Inter Milan and AS Roma.
Real Madrid said their participation in the tournament was never in question.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
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'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it was very, very, prominent.'
Gauff cruises past Zidansek to reach French Open third round
Djokovic's injury was the latest in a series of unfortunate events for the 37-year-old
The Serbian had to save two set points in the first set before finding his groove to reach his 10th title clash in Rome and remain on course to win his 36th ATP Masters 1000 crown and overtake Rafael Nadal on the all-time list.
The Indian defenders had another good day in office as they didn't put a foot wrong to deny Italy any open chance.
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
It was an emotional win for Aryna Sabalenka, who missed Wimbledon last month due to a shoulder injury.
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