Top seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine on a sweltering Court One to get her quest for a first Wimbledon title up and running with a 6-1 7-5 win on Monday.

Two-time Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur broke down in tears before retiring from her first-round match against Viktoriya Tomova on Monday.

Carlos Alcaraz starts his bid for a third successive Wimbledon men's title, while volatile women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka will be in the spotlight as the grass-court Grand Slam gets underway on Monday.

British tennis players come under the spotlight at Wimbledon like nowhere else and the full glare will be trained on world number four Jack Draper as he leads a sizeable home assault at the All England Club starting on Monday.

Raducanu and Alcaraz practiced together at Wimbledon on Friday as part of a sponsors commitment and will play alongside each other at Flushing Meadows in September in the mixed doubles.

Parting company with two of your team days before Wimbledon might not sound ideal but world number one Jannik Sinner has played down any negative impact as he prepares for the grass-court Grand Slam.

Novak Djokovic admits Wimbledon offers him the "best chance" to make history as he chases a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title in the twilight of his glittering career.

Bangladesh are eying semifinal berths in both men’s and women’s events of U-18 Asia Cup hockey, which will be held in Dazhou, China from July 3-13.

Bangladesh have been pitted alongside last edition’s runners-up France as well as hockey powerhouses Australia and South Korea in Group F of their debut campaign in the upcoming Junior World Cup Hockey, the draw for which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday.

Carlos Alcaraz will start his Wimbledon defence against Fabio Fognini while world number one Jannik Sinner faces a potential semi-final clash against Novak Djokovic following Friday's draw.

Miami Open champion Jakub Mensik, 19, and 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca are two teenagers McEnroe could envision breaking into the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry, as well as big-serving American Ben Shelton.

Holger Rune has put the mangled rackets that have borne the brunt of his frustration in matches over the years up for sale among a collection of items in his new online store which he hopes will help charitable causes.

Teenager Abdur Rahman Alif stole the spotlight by winning gold at the Asia Cup Archery Stage-2, especially after senior archers Ruman Sana and Abdur Hakim Rubel migrated to the USA

A grandmaster chess tournament is set to begin in Bangladesh. The event, titled the Zia Memorial Grandmaster Chess Tournament, honours the memory of the late Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman.

The Finals between two small-market teams was light on star power but delivered on thrills.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and handed out 12 assists and the Thunder's swarming defense finally proved to much for a Pacers team that lost talisman Tyrese Haliburton to a leg injury just seven minutes into the contest.

This will be the 20th NBA Finals Game 7 in league history.

In a landmark moment for Bangladesh archery, 19-year-old Abdur Rahman Alif claimed his first international medal by winning the recurve men’s individual event at the Asia Cup Stage-2 in Singapore on Friday.

Carlos Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on Thursday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat.