Palfrey's comments triggered a fierce reaction from team officials and the Australian Olympic Committee.

Sabalenka sent down 34 winners to the 13 of the 23-year-old American in the tie.

Rafiqul Islam Kamal, one of the finest hockey players Bangladesh has ever produced, has paid rich tribute to veteran coach Fazlul Haque, who passed away in Dhaka on Wednesday. To Kamal, Fazlul was a ‘member of the family’ and a ‘dedicated soul for Bangladesh hockey’.

Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 percent of her body, the acting head of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Rift Valley city of Eldorect where she was being treated, had told reporters on Tuesday.

Medvedev still leads their head-to-head 7-6, although the Italian Sinner has won six of their last seven meetings.

World number one Jannik Sinner reached his first US Open semi-final on Wednesday with a four-set victory over 2021 champion and two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev.

Jessica Pegula became the fourth American to reach this year's US Open semifinals on Wednesday by stunning world number one Iga Swiatek as Jack Draper broke through to his first Grand Slam last-four.

Sinner is the only top-four player left in the men's draw following the exits of Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev.

Nepal gave their first-ever Paralympic medallist a hero's welcome Wednesday as cheering crowds turned out for taekwondo star Palesha Goverdhan's return home.

Veteran hockey coach Fazlul Haque, popularly known as Ostad Fazlul among his pupils and in the hockey fraternity, passed away this morning in Dhaka.

Paralympic heavyweights China dominated the swimming events on Tuesday, winning four golds and claiming two podium clean sweeps to extend their advantage in the overall medal table.

The 23-year-old Italian is the only man to have made the quarter-finals of all four majors this season.

Top seed Swiatek, who won the title two years ago, showcased her all-court game in a straightforward 6-4, 6-1 win over Russian Liudmila Samsonova to open the evening session at Arthur Ashe Stadium and warned she was only going to improve.

As a child, Challis came across a video about a dolphin named Winter, whose tail was amputated after she got caught in a crab trap.

Turkey's Olympic pistol sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec has filed to trademark his nonchalant stance at the Paris Games that went viral around the world, his coach told AFP on Monday.

The youth and sports ministry will take initiatives to revive the young generation’s interest in sports across the country, adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said after a meeting with sports editors of different media houses at the National Sports Council (NSC) auditorium today.

The 20-year-old's exit means Serena Williams remains the last woman to successfully defend the US Open title back in 2014.

Keeping sights on the Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 2025, Bangladesh U-21 national hockey team yesterday started gearing up for the upcoming Men’s Junior Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Muscat, Oman from November 11-19 at BKSP.

Four-time French Open champion Swiatek was equally dominant as Sinner as the top-seeded Pole eased into the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Alexei Popyrin insisted that his shock US Open triumph over defending champion Novak Djokovic was "not unbelievable" and that winning his maiden Masters title in Montreal on the eve of the tournament "was way bigger".