NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters): Serena Williams survived a third-round scare at the U.S. Open to topple 2017 champion Sloane Stephens 2-6 6-2 6-2 and keep alive her bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand S
REYKJAVIK, September 6 (Reuters): England's Raheem Sterling converted a 90th minute penalty to snatch a 1-0 win away to Iceland in their opening Nations League match on Saturday after the home side the
STOCKHOLM, September 6 (Reuters): A slice of luck and a moment of individual brilliance during a mazy run from Kylian Mbappe gave France a gritty 1-0 win away to Sweden in their Nations League A Group 3 cl
NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters): Second seed Dominic Thiem staved off a spirited fightback from Marin Cilic to beat the former champion 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Op
New Delhi, September 6 (IANS): Defending champions Mumbai Indians will face three-time winners Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi in the opening match of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the r
NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters): Doubles top seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos were withdrawn from the U.S. Open on Saturday, hours before they were due on court after Mladenovic received a COVID-1
NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters): Seventh seed Madison Keys retired from her third-round clash with France's Alize Cornet early in the second set on Saturday with a neck injury.
Keys was trailing 7-6
Dimapur, September 5 (MExN): Mughaho Awomi emerged as the Champion in open category while Kunvuto Awomi of Coraggio School Kohima bagged the Under-16 title in the 1st Sumi All Nagaland Online Open Chess Tournam
LOUDENVIELLE, France, September 5 (Reuters): Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France, a 141-km mountainous trek from Cazeres-sur-Garonne on Saturday as fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot ef
Tokyo, September 5 (IANS): An employee with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee has tested positive for Covid-19, it was announced on Saturday.
A Tokyo 2020 statement said that the man in his 30s, employed a
LONDON, September 5 (Reuters): Formula One champions Mercedes spent 333 million pounds ($442 million) in winning both titles last year but still reported a profit, according to the team's published 201
(Reuters): Barcelona fans will be celebrating the fact they will get to watch their beloved Lionel Messi for another season after he announced he would be staying at the Nou Camp on Friday.
But the resu
(Reuters): Serena Williams continues her push for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam trophy when she takes on Sloane Stephens on Saturday in an all-American clash of former U.S. Open champions.
Williams
(Reuters): A look at the records of Americans Sloane Stephens and Serena Williams before their third-round match at the U.S. Open on Saturday:
SLOANE STEPHENS
Age: 27
WTA ranking: 39 (Highest rank
(Reuters): England produced a brilliant comeback to beat Australia by two runs on the final ball of their first T20 international in Southampton on Friday after the visitors looked to be cruising to victor
(Reuters): West Bromwich Albion have signed winger Grady Diangana from West Ham United after a successful loan spell, the newly-promoted Premier League club said on Friday.
Diangana has agreed a five-ye
NEW YORK, September 5 (Reuters): Former champion Naomi Osaka survived a third-round scare before grinding out a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2 victory over fearless Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk to reach the last 16 of
(Reuters): The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday it will consider amending rules to punish stakeholders who withdraw funding after the United States threatened to pull its contributions unless
BRUSSELS, September 5 (Reuters): Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, smashed the world record for the women's one-hour race by more than a lap when she ran 18,930 metres during the Brussels Diamond
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The State’s Department of Youth Resources & Sports (YRS) during its coordination meeting held here today discussed at length on the feasibility of hold