Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a girl named Adira River Ohanian, and along with husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed the new...
Five-time champion Venus Williams returned to Wimbledon a quarter of a century after her first win on the All England Club lawns but was unable to...
World number one Novak Djokovic will be able to compete at the U.S. Open this year after the U.S. government said on Monday it will end...
Becker has commentated at Wimbledon for the BBC According to BBC report, tennis great Boris Becker , who in 1985 at age 17 won the men’s...
Defending champion Rafael Nadal remains a doubt for the French Open after pulling out of next week’s Monte Carlo Masters with an ongoing hip injury. The...
List of Australian Open women’s singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated): 2023 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) bt Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 4-6 6-3 6-4...
Novak Djokovic will look to rise above the drama that has engulfed him at Melbourne Park and claim a record-extending 10th Australian Open title on Sunday...
Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena...
Novak Djokovic shrugged off controversy involving his father to reach a record-extending 10th Australian Open final on Friday and set up a blockbuster decider with Greek...
Elena Rybakina won a duel of Grand Slam champions to reach her first Australian Open final and will battle Aryna Sabalenka for the title after the...
Self-described “obnoxious soccer mom” Victoria Azarenka was ordered to take off her Paris St Germain shirt at the Australian Open on Thursday before bowing out of...
Michael Mmoh who is the son of former Nigerian tennis star, Tony Mmoh is afraid he will wake up and realise his run to the Australian Open third...
Defending champion Rafa Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open second round on Wednesday after aggravating a hip problem during his 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat to...
Scorching heat halted outdoor matches, sent fans scurrying for shade and tested the endurance of players on a sweltering second day at the Australian Open, before...
Four times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said on Wednesday that she is expecting her first child, days after withdrawing from the Australian Open. The 25-year-old said...
Two-times champion Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Australian Open, organisers of the year’s first Grand Slam which begins on Jan. 16 said on Sunday...
World number one Carlos Alcaraz will not play in the Australian Open after picking up a right leg muscle injury during pre-season training, the Spaniard said...
Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams pulled out of this month’s Australian Open due to injury, the organisers of the season’s first Grand Slam said on...
Novak Djokovic was grateful for a warm welcome from Australian fans, after he cruised through his first singles match in the country since being deported in 2022 with...
Former world number one tennis player Martina Navratilova said on Monday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. The Czech–American is considered among one...
Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation in...
Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia on Tuesday, nearly a year after he was deported from the country, ahead of his bid for a 10th men’s singles...
Serena Williams on Monday said she has not retired from tennis and that the chances of her returning are “very high” after she previously indicated that...
Two-times major winner Simona Halep of Romania has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood-booster roxadustat, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said...
Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at the Australian Open as neutrals while Novak Djokovic would also be welcome to play if he...
Novak Djokovic said he wants his biggest rivals to be by his side when he brings the curtain down on his career, much like Roger Federer’s...
Novak Djokovic produced a stunning performance to thrash Frances Tiafoe in his first match since winning Wimbledon in July then teamed up with Matteo Berrettini to...
Pictures and videos of Federer and Nadal – who shared one of tennis’s most enthralling rivalries – crying together after combining for Team Europe in a...
Roger Federer’s trophy-laden career ended with defeat on Friday, but for once the result hardly mattered as the Swiss maestro headed into retirement with tears in...
Some of the most iconic moments of Roger Federer’s glittering career featured Rafa Nadal across the net but on Friday his great Spanish rival will be...
Roger Federer’s decision to retire from tennis is a “sad day” for sport, his great rival Rafael Nadal has said. Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion,...
Germany grabbed their first Davis Cup victory over France since 1938 when Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz won the deciding doubles rubber in a tiebreaker in...
Serena Williams may have decided to step away from tennis but on Wednesday teased that there could be more to her illustrious career when she singled...
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz claimed his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday and became the youngest man to ascend to the world...
The stakes could not be higher in Sunday’s Flushing Meadows final between Spanish teenaged phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz and Norwegian Casper Ruud, with the U.S. Open...
Ons Jabeur struggled to hold back the tears after losing a second consecutive Grand Slam final on Saturday, but while the Tunisian said her U.S. Open...
World number one Iga Swiatek swept to a 6-2 7-6(5) victory over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to clinch her maiden...
Casper Ruud reached the US Open final and closed in on the world number one ranking with a four-set victory over Karen Khachanov on Friday. Ruud...
Australian Margaret Court believes she does not get as much credit as she deserves for her 24 Grand Slam singles titles from anyone in the tennis...
A defiant Serena Williams bid an emotional good-bye to the U.S. Open with a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday, in what may have been...
Ajla Tomljanovic admitted to feeling “a little bit like the villain” after she beat her idol Serena Williams on Friday at the U.S Open in what...
Serena Williams’ dreams of a fairytale finish to her glittering career were left in ruins on Friday as the tennis icon was sent crashing out of...
Rafa Nadal overcame a horrid start and a bloody nose to beat Fabio Fognini 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 and reach the third round of the U.S...
The U.S. Open turned over Arthur Ashe Stadium to the Williams sisters on Thursday for a prime-time first round doubles match that could have been Serena’s...
Playing more like a world number one than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams turned back the clock on Wednesday to stun world...
Emma Raducanu, who made a dream run to the U.S. Open title last year, suffered a nightmare 6-3 6-3 first round loss to Frenchwoman Alize Cornet...
After missing the entire North American hardcourt season, American Danielle Collins showed no signs of rust battling past twice U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka 7-6(5) 6-3...
Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3...
Serena Williams will kick off what is likely to be the last event of her farewell tour on Monday at the U.S. Open where she will...
Serena Williams and older sister Venus have accepted a doubles wildcard for the U.S. Open, tournament organisers said on Saturday. The Williams sisters are two-times doubles...
Former world number one Novak Djokovic will miss the U.S. Open after he said on Thursday that he will not be able to travel to New...
Serena Williams begins what is expected to be her final U.S. Open with a match against Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic but things could get tough quickly for...
Serena Williams enters her final U.S. Open as a long shot to take home the trophy but her title as the biggest earner in the history...
Serena Williams may have planned retirement her way but the American must be prepared to accept the goodbyes as well as the losses and exit the...
Former U.S. Open champions Venus Williams and Dominic Thiem were handed wildcard entries into this year’s final Grand Slam tournament, the United States Tennis Association (USTA)...
Serena Williams’ farewell tour suffered another bump in the road on Tuesday with a 6-4 6-0 opening round loss to Emma Raducanu at the Cincinnati Open,...
Britain’s Emma Raducanu said her victory over 23-times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams at the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday has given her confidence a boost just...
The first stop on Serena Williams’ farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell 6-2 6-4 to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the...
Serena Williams’ decision to bow out has left tennis staring at the beginning of the end of the sport’s golden era, a dreaded but inevitable prospect...
Thinking too much about the elusive 24th Grand Slam title to equal Margaret Court’s record did not help Serena Williams’ quest, the American great admits as...
Following are reactions to Serena Williams announcing on Tuesday that she plans to retire from the sport following the U.S. Open: FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE BILLIE...
Serena Williams said on Tuesday she was “evolving away from tennis” and planned to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following...
Three-times winner Serena Williams moved into the Toronto Open second round with a 6-3 6-4 win over Spain’s Nuria Parrizas Diaz on Monday while Wimbledon champion...
Serena Williams will have her work cut out for her when the Toronto Open kicks off next week as the 23-time Grand Slam champion begins her...
There is a petition circulating to allow Novak Djokovic to play at the U.S. Open but the Serbian appears likely to miss the entire North American...
Venus Williams was disappointed not to give the crowd the win they wanted on Monday after the former world number one suffered an opening round defeat...
Former world number one Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. that begins next week,...
Williams, who returned to competition last month after a year-long absence, was added to the entry list for the Aug. 29-Sept. 11 Grand Slam in New...
Former world number one Naomi Osaka’s coach Wim Fissette said on Wednesday that the pair had ended their partnership after working together since 2019. Japan’s Osaka...
Almost 12,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to work with the country’s government to allow Novak Djokovic...
Novak Djokovic stayed serene amid a frenzied atmosphere to tame fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing final on Sunday, lifting a seventh Wimbledon trophy and...
Newly crowned Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina broke down in tears on Saturday (July 9) after she was again confronted by questions over her Russian roots. Rybakina,...
Order of play on the main show court on the final day of the Wimbledon championships on Sunday (play starts at 1300 GMT, prefix number denotes...
In a year when Russian players were banned from Wimbledon, Moscow-born Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to defeat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 3-6 6-2 6-2...
Rafa Nadal’s hopes of completing a rare calendar year Grand Slam ended on Thursday when the Spaniard pulled out of his highly-anticipated Wimbledon semi-final showdown against...
Rafael Nadal overcame a scare in his Wimbledon opener on Tuesday (June 28), fighting back from dropping the third set and falling a break down in...
Playing her first singles match for a year after injury, Serena Williams’ opening-round Wimbledon loss to Harmony Tan on Tuesday was hardly her most unexpected defeat,...
Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a second straight Wimbledon first-round exit as she was stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a late-night Centre Court epic...
The world’s most famous queue began streaming into the All England Club on Monday as the gates opened at the start of the 135th edition of...
Serena Williams’ doubles campaign at Eastbourne International has ended due to an injury to her partner Ons Jabeur, organisers said on Thursday. Tunisian Jabeur, ranked third...
Serena Williams, an indomitable force for the best part of two decades, launches her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam at Wimbledon next week...
Serena Williams returned to tennis after a year away with a doubles win at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday and while the American great reaffirmed her...
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will head into next week’s tournament as the men’s top seed with Russian world number one Daniil Medvedev banned from taking part...
Serena Williams made a winning return to action at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday as she and partner Ons Jabeur came from a set down to...
Former world number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Wimbledon due to a left Achilles injury, the four-times Grand Slam champion said on Saturday. Japan’s...
Serena Williams will resume her quest for an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles title at this month’s Wimbledon after making her long-awaited return to the Tour...
Russian and Belarusian players will be allowed to compete at the U.S. Open this year but only as neutrals, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced...
French pair Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic recovered from a set down to beat Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 2-6 6-3 6-2 on Sunday and...
Rafael Nadal regained his aura of invincibility on clay on Sunday by brutally crushing Casper Ruud to lift the French Open trophy for an incredible 14th...
American teenager Coco Gauff was still struggling to hold back the tears hours after losing the French Open final to Poland’s Iga Swiatek on Saturday...
World number one Iga Swiatek confirmed her dominance of women’s tennis by sweeping aside American teenager Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 to claim her second French Open...
Rafael Nadal reached his 14th French Open final on Friday (June 3) when Alexander Zverev was forced to quit their semi-final after suffering a sickening right...
Eighth seed Casper Ruud rallied from a set down to beat an error-prone Marin Cilic 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 on Friday to become the first Norwegian...
Iga Swiatek is one step away from a second French Open title in three years but the world number one will face a unique challenge on...
Talks of an end to Rafael Nadal’s reign proved premature once again as the claycourt king stayed on course for a record-extending men’s 22nd Grand Slam...
Wimbledon will drop the titles “Miss” and “Mrs” before the names of female winners on its honour roll to match the men’s boards in an attempt...
Rafa Nadal produced an imperious show on Wednesday to secure his 300th Grand Slam match victory, dismantling local hope Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-1 6-4 to book...
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka’s participation in Wimbledon was in doubt on Monday after the Japanese player said the decision by the sport’s authorities to...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka crashed out of the French Open in a 7-5 6-4 first-round loss to American Amanda Anisimova on Monday, a year after her dramatic...
Players were disappointed about the absence of ranking points at Wimbledon this year but had grudgingly accepted the governing bodies’ decision, Tunisia’s world number six Ons...
Highlights of the first day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Sunday (times GMT): 1515 AUGER-ALIASSIME SURVIVES, ISNER THROUGH Canadian...
Twice French Open finalist Dominic Thiem crashed out of the tournament in the first round on Sunday, losing in straight sets to Bolivian world number...
Wimbledon had its ranking points stripped by the ATP and WTA Tours on Friday over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus at this...
Novak Djokovic admits he will be fired up by the fiasco of his high-profile deportation from Australia when he targets a record-equalling 21st major on his...
Rafa Nadal was knocked out of the Italian Open after the 21-times major winner was beaten 1-6 7-5 6-2 by Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the last-16...
World number one Novak Djokovic said on Sunday that he was “heartbroken” after his former coach Boris Becker was sent to prison earlier this week in...
Boris Becker’s thunderous delivery earned him the nickname ‘Boom Boom’ as a 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 1985 but on Friday, aged 54 and bust, the German...
Former world number one Maria Sharapova on Tuesday used the occasion of her 35th birthday to announce that she was pregnant with her first child. The...
Russian players will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report in sports industry news...
Former world number one Serena Williams hinted on Thursday that she could make her long-awaited return at Wimbledon in June, exactly a year since she last...
Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker told a London court he felt “shocked” and “embarrassed” after being declared bankrupt just days before the 2017 tournament at the...
Naomi Osaka was rattled by a heckler early in her second round match against Veronika Kudermetova on Saturday and never recovered as she fell 6-0 6-4...
Four months after 97-year-old amateur Leonid Stanislavskyi’s dreams came true when he played with 21-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal, the Ukrainian is enduring his worst...
A summary of some measures taken by sports federations following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing...
Russian Daniil Medvedev said he wanted to promote peace around the world after a “roller-coaster day” when he was confirmed as the world’s top tennis player...
Novak Djokovic will play Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at the Dubai Tennis Championships in the Serbian’s first match since he was deported from Australia in January over...
Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine. Speaking exclusively to the BBC,...
Andy Murray will not play at the French Open and will instead focus on preparing for Wimbledon in the summer. It is the second year running the 34-year-old...
French Open champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova added the Australian Open’s women’s doubles title to their resume on Sunday, with a 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 win...
Ash Barty cracked open her first beer as Australian Open champion live on television after the world No. 1 ended the nation’s 44-year wait for a...
Two-time Grand Slam winner Ashleigh Barty will face off against Danielle Collins in the women’s singles final, and the Aussie could become the first home champion...
Rafa Nadal stood one win away from a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title after overpowering Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3...
For moments during his riveting opening round win on Tuesday at the Australian Open, Andy Murray was under the impression that he was being booed by...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has left the door open for Novak Djokovic to compete at next year’s Australian Open despite the tennis superstar facing an...
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic flew out of Australia on Sunday after a court upheld the government’s decision to cancel his visa, capping days of drama over...
Novak Djokovic’s hopes of playing at the Australian Open were dashed Sunday after a court dismissed the top-ranked tennis star’s appeal against a deportation order. Three...
World tennis number one Novak Djokovic’s bid to win a record-breaking 21 men’s Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open without a COVID-19 vaccination hangs in...
Tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic was included in the Australian Open official draw on Thursday, although uncertainty remained about whether the government will cancel the top...
An Australian judge ruled on Monday (Jan 10) that Novak Djokovic be released from immigration detention, finding the government’s decision to revoke the tennis star’s visa...
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic contracted COVID-19 last month but was not experiencing symptoms and had written clearance from Australia’s immigration department before travelling to...
The detention of world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic has drawn attention to the plight of scores of asylum seekers who are housed in the...
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after authorities said he did not meet COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Soon after the decision,...
World No. 1 men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday (Jan 6) amid a storm of protest about a decision to grant...
Novak Djokovic was left stranded at an Australian airport overnight, caught in a political maelstrom over whether to honour the World No. 1’s medical exemption from vaccine requirements...
Rafa Nadal said on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from his comeback appearance at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in...
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said on Sunday that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her, and that a social media post she had...
The Women’s Tennis Association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from public...
Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased...
The International Olympics Committee said Sunday (Nov 21) its president had had a 30-minute video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, as international pressure mounted...
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been a matter of international concern for weeks, attended a tennis tournament in Beijing on Sunday, according to...
China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday stuck to its line that it wasn’t aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing a...
Serena Williams has spoken out about the well-being of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts became unknown two weeks after the athlete had accused a former...
The head of the Women’s Tennis Association says that he is willing to pull tournaments out of China if tennis star Peng Shuai remains unaccounted for...
Fears are growing about the safety and whereabouts of a Chinese tennis star, who has remained unheard from since she accused a former Chinese official of...
The Women’s Tennis Association on Sunday called on China to investigate allegations of sexual assault made by Peng Shuai against a former Chinese vice premier, while...
Naomi Osaka said on Friday (Nov 5) on social media she is “back” on the tennis court after making a tearful US Open exit two months ago...
Former world No.1 tennis doubles player Peng Shuai, one of China’s biggest sporting stars, has publicly accused a former Chinese vice premier of forcing her into...
Unvaccinated athletes will be able to take part in next year’s Australian Open after undergoing 14 days of quarantine, the WTA Tour has told its players,...
Novak Djokovic will not be able to enter Australia to defend his Australian Open title unless he is fully vaccinated for COVID-19, the country’s immigration minister...
Unvaccinated tennis players and other athletes are unlikely to get visas to enter Australia, a government official said on Tuesday, putting Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title...
The University of Ilorin, venue of the sixth National Youth Games is already in competition mood as the commencement date for the games approaches. The Federal...
Nigeria’s youth and sports development Minister, Sunday Dare has remarked that his ministry will ensure fairness and a level playing field for all those aspiring to...
The Nigeria Ministry of Youth and sports Development has released the time table for election into the boards of sports federations in the country. The elections will hold...
Novak Djokovic’s loss in the US Open final on Sunday (Sept 12) denied him a calendar-year Grand Slam but the Serbian world No. 1 said he...
Factbox on Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final on Saturday (Sept 11) to win her first Grand Slam...
Britain’s royal family saluted the new queen of tennis, Emma Raducanu, on Saturday (Sept 11) after she completed her fairy-tale run from the qualifying rounds to...
Emma Raducanu’s journey to US Open champion at the age of 18 is even more remarkable given the Briton was the shy youngster who felt she...
Novak Djokovic reached the brink of completing the first men’s singles calendar-year Grand Slam since 1969 on Friday (Sept 10) by defeating Tokyo Olympic champion Alexander...
British teenager Emma Raducanu reached the US Open final as her meteoric rise continued with a stunning straight-set win over Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari in...
Canadian teen Leylah Fernandez never stopped believing she could beat Naomi Osaka, not even when the four-time Grand Slam champion was serving for the match, and...
Belinda Bencic, playing with a new found sense of freedom after winning a gold medal in the singles competition at the Tokyo Olympics, breezed past Dutchwoman Arantxa...
Naomi Osaka overcame a slow start to beat Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-1 on Monday (Aug 30) as the world No. 3 got her US Open...
Former world No. 1 Serena Williams has pulled out of next week’s US Open, saying on Wednesday (Aug 25) that her torn harmstring has not completely healed ahead...
A tearful Naomi Osaka briefly left a press conference in Cincinnati on Monday (Aug 16) after her relationship with the journalists was put under the spotlight...
Novak Djokovic maintained his Golden Slam bid by thumping Japanese hope Kei Nishikori to reach the men’s Olympic tennis semi-finals, while his chief gold-medal rival Daniil Medvedev...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in the third round of the Tokyo Games on Tuesday (July 27),...
Novak Djokovic defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets to reach the third round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Novak Djokovic cruised through Round 2 of the...
Defending champion Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from the French Open due to mental issues and skipped Wimbledon, and Roger Federer, who missed the Olympics with a knee...
Switzerland’s Roger Federer became the latest big name in tennis to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics after the 20-times Grand Slam champion said on Tuesday (July...
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic made it 329 weeks as world number one after collecting his third Grand Slam title of the year, when the new ATP...
Serena Williams dropped out of the WTA top 10 for the first time in more than two years when the new rankings were released on Monday...
Novak Djokovic overcame Matteo Berrettini, the Italian slugger with the build of a heavyweight boxer, to capture his sixth Wimbledon title on Sunday (July 11). The...
Ashleigh Barty joined an illustrious list of Australian names etched on Wimbledon silverware as she beat Karolina Pliskova in a nerve-shredding final to become the first...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic absorbed a barrage of powerful hitting from Canadian Denis Shapovalov to reach his seventh Wimbledon final on Friday (July 9) with a...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a rocky third set to defeat American qualifier Denis Kudla to reach the last 16 at Wimbledon for the 13th time...
Roger Federer became the oldest man in 46 years to reach the Wimbledon third round on Thursday (July 1) with a straight sets win over Richard...
Tennis great Serena Williams limped out of Wimbledon in tears on Tuesday (June 29) after her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles crown...
Defending women’s singles champion Simona Halep has pulled out of Wimbledon due to injury, the world No. 3 Romanian said on Friday (Jun 25). “It is...
Men’s defending Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will face British teenage wildcard Jack Draper in his opening match but Simona Halep, the women’s winner at the last...
World number three Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this month’s Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who won the Wimbledon...
Japanese star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon, her agent confirmed on Thursday (June 17), weeks after the world number two pulled out of the French Open citing...
This year’s Wimbledon men’s and women’s singles finals will be played with full crowds in attendance on Centre Court, the All England Club said on Monday...
Japan’s world number two Naomi Osaka has secured her place at this year’s delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games following the release of the tennis rankings. The...
Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas has revealed that he was hit with news of his grandmother’s death just minutes before his epic five-set French Open final loss...
For the second time in six years Novak Djokovic is halfway to a calendar year sweep of all four Grand Slam titles after winning the French Open...
Novak Djokovic claimed a 19th Grand Slam title and became the first man in 52 years to win all four majors twice when he came from...
Barbora Krejcikova became the first player since Mary Pierce in 2000 to win the singles and doubles titles at the French Open on Sunday (June 13)....
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut became the first French pair to win their home Grand Slam twice when they defeated Kazakhs Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev...
Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open on Saturday (June 12), defeating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech...
Novak Djokovic handed 13-time champion Rafael Nadal only his third defeat in 16 years and 108 matches at the French Open on Friday (June 11) to...
Claycourt king Rafael Nadal overcame a wobbly start to subdue Italian teenager Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0, on Monday (June 7) and book a place in...
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal come face-to-face with the future of tennis on Monday (June 7) as the French Open moves on from the shock exits of...
Serena Williams’ latest quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title ended with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat by Kazakh 21st seed Elena Rybakina in the French...
Roger Federer said on Sunday (June 6) he was withdrawing from the French Open despite having reached the fourth round, opting to focus on his primary...
Roger Federer has said he will assess his further participation in the ongoing French Open after a gruelling 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 win...
Less than 12 hours after the Nigerian government announced an indefinite suspension of twitter in Nigeria, the action has been effective as the tweets by sporting...
Paris police on Friday (June 4) detained Russian player Yana Sizikova over the suspected fixing of a doubles match the French Open last year, a police and...
French Open organisers on Wednesday (June 2) said that a men’s doubles team had tested positive for Covid-19 and been removed from the tournament. The two...
Serena Williams continues her latest bid for an elusive 24th Grand Slam singles crown on Wednesday (June 2) at a French Open now without two of...
Japan joined leading figures in tennis in rallying around Naomi Osaka on Tuesday (June 1) after the world No. 2 withdrew from the French Open in...
Naomi Osaka said Monday (May 31) she was withdrawing from the French Open following the bitter fall-out from her decision to boycott all media activity at...
Serena Williams will be part of history again on Monday (May 31) when she plays in the first French Open night-session match, while her fellow veteran...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka, 23, could be thrown out of the French Open if she continues to boycott post-match news conferences at the tournament, the board of...
Fourth seed Dominic Thiem blew a two-set lead to be dumped out of the French Open in the first round by Spanish veteran Pablo Andujar on...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka said Wednesday (May 26) that she will not take part in press conferences at the forthcoming French Open, believing that some post-match inquests...
Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 defeat by Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the Italian Open second...
French Open fans must show they are free from Covid-19 if they want to be among the small number of spectators allowed to attend this year’s...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Italian Open on Wednesday (May 12) after a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 second-round loss to American Jessica Pegula in the...
Tennis sensation, Naomi Osaka, 23, has just showed off her toned abs in a green string bikini on Instagram. She credits her fit body to three-hour tennis...
Only the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which has a special status as a parastatal under the sports ministry is spared as 31 of 32 sports federations...
The Wimbledon Championships will become a 14-day tournament from 2022, with matches set to be played on Middle Sunday, traditionally a day off at the grasscourt...
Novak Djokovic crashed out of his own tournament after Russia’s Aslan Karatsev beat him 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday (April 24) to reach the Serbia Open...
This year’s French Open tennis tournament has been postponed by a week due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis...
Serena Williams will not compete at this week’s Miami Open as the 23-times Grand Slam singles champion recovers from oral surgery, the Associated Press reported on...
Naomi Osaka moved up one spot to second in the WTA rankings released on Monday following her success at the Australian Open, as she won her fourth Grand...
Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 to win a record-extending ninth Australian Open title on Sunday (Feb 21). The win at Rod Laver Arena...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka promised on Saturday (Feb 20) not to be weighed down by “pressure and expectation” after her latest Grand Slam victory sparked talk she could...
Naomi Osaka gave Jennifer Brady a lesson in Grand Slam tennis as she cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 win to claim her second Australian Open title...
Naomi Osaka’s ascension has been an uncomfortable climb at times, but the 23-year-old’s zen-like mentality and increased gravitas on and off the court leaves her well...
Naomi Osaka emphatically ended Serena Williams’s latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown with a straight-sets demolition in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday (Feb...
Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from two sets down to stun Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday (Feb 17), ending his bid for a...
Serena Williams came through a huge test of her Australian Open title credentials to beat Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in a high quality quarter-final and reach...
Rafa Nadal threw a blanket over the fire of Fabio Fognini to cruise into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic faces a fitness battle to continue in the Australian Open after suffering what he described as a “muscle tear” during a five-set...
The intensive and highly structured closed-camping activities put in place by the Lagos State Sports Commission for Team Lagos athletes in readiness for the 20th National...
Reigning champion Sofia Kenin crashed out of the Australian Open in the second round on Thursday (Feb 11), slumping to a 6-3, 6-2 defeat at the...
Serena Williams pulled out of the Yarra Valley Classic on Friday (Feb 5) with a right shoulder injury, few hours after her quarter-final victory in the Australian...
A record number of 592 athletes drawn from nine Nigerian military and paramilitary agencies are taking part in 15 sports at the fourth edition of the...
Four more Australian Open participants, including one player, have been recorded with Covid-19 infections and more cases may come to light as testing continues, officials said...
Scottish tennis player Andy Murray has tested positive for Covid-19, STV said on Thursday, adding that he is still in good health. The Scottish broadcaster said...
World No.1 Ashleigh Barty and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will spearhead the two WTA tournaments in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, with the...
Six-time champion Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Australian Open as he continues to work his way back to fitness from two knee operations earlier this...
Britain’s former world No. 1 Andy Murray has been awarded a wild card for February’s Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Sunday (Dec 27)....
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this month’s ATP Player Council elections citing the governing body’s new rule that would make it a “conflict...
Maria Sharapova’s secret is out. The five-time Major champion announced on Instagram that she is engaged to British millionaire Alexander Gilkes, 41. The retired Russian tennis...
The Australian Open has been pushed back three weeks with the men’s qualification event moved to Doha in Qatar due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has...
The Australian Open is likely to be delayed by a week or two as negotiations between organisers, the tennis tours and the Victoria government over health...
The 2021 Australian Open could be postponed after concerns were raised over tennis players’ ability to arrive in Australia and complete the mandatory quarantine period before...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The National Sports Festival in Nigeria will be held in Benin in two phases owing to the observance of the Covid-19 prevention protocols....
Novak Djokovic suffered his heaviest defeat in a three-set match on Friday (Oct 30) when he was knocked out of the Vienna ATP tournament by lucky...
BY SMARTS EBHODAGHE It is no longer news that the 20th National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 was postponed just a few days to the commencement...
All is now set to honour 60 Nigerian sports icons and personalities that have won laurels for Nigeria and those that have made meaningful impact on sports...
Spain’s Rafael Nadal demolished world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 in the French Open final to claim a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam...
Securing a first Grand Slam title is supposed to be an arduous undertaking but 19-year-old Iga Swiatek crowned an extraordinary fortnight to win the French Open...
Rafael Nadal moved within one win of a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title by reaching the French Open final with a comfortable 6-3 6-3 7-6(0) victory...
Novak Djokovic targets a 10th Roland Garros semi-final on Wednesday (Oct 7) as he faces Pablo Carreno Busta, the man who was on the other side...
Serena Williams said she has been “underpaid (and) undervalued” as a Black woman in tennis, applauding the Black Lives Matter movement for shining a light on...
French prosecutors on Tuesday (Oct 6) said they have opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a women’s doubles match at the French Open. The prosecutors’...
US Open winner Dominic Thiem navigated a testing first-round French Open tie against former major champion Marin Cilic on Monday (Sept 28). Thiem, the runner-up to...
Serena Williams finds it “weird” having to stay in a hotel during the French Open despite owning an apartment in Paris but the American is keeping...
World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a sluggish start to lift his fifth Italian Open title on Monday (Sept 21), defeating Argentine Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3...
Top men’s seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the final of the Italian Open for the 10th time on Sunday (Sept 20) with straight sets win over...
Clay court king Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Italian Open on Saturday (Sept 19), falling to a straight sets defeat to Argentine Diego Schwartzman in...
Less than two weeks after getting defaulted from the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic lost his cool again midway through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German...
By HOWARD FENDRICH Fifteen hours after Dominic Thiem collapsed on the court as the U.S. Open champion — his mind weary, his legs weak — he...
BY ANDREW DAMPF Novak Djokovic learned “a big lesson” after being disqualified from the U.S. Open for unintentionally hitting a line judge in the throat with...
Naomi Osaka capped a transformative US Open with another Grand Slam title and a challenge to the millions watching across the globe on Saturday (Sept 12)...
Japanese star beats veteran for 2nd title and 3rd Grand Slam while pushing against racism Naomi Osaka had just come back to secure a second US...
Austria’s Dominic Thiem, who beat German Alexander Zverev 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6) to win the US Open title on Sunday (Sept 13), is the first...
Dominic Thiem produced a remarkable fightback to beat German fifth seed Alexander Zverev 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (6) to win the US Open for the...
Serena Williams has pulled out of the Italian Open starting on Monday due to an Achilles injury, the former world number one confirmed on Saturday (Sept...
Today, with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, second-ranked Rafael Nadal and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer all out of the picture, the 27-year-old, Dominic Thiem...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win the US Open on Saturday (Sept 12) and clinch her...
Dominic Thiem of Austria defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to reach the final of the US Open on Friday (Sept 11). The second seed...
Serena Williams was beaten 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the semi-finals of the US Open by Victoria Azarenka on Thursday (Sept 10), denying her the chance of...
Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka renew their rivalry on Thursday (Sept 10) when they go head-to-head in the semi-finals to determine who is mother superior at...
Her breathing loud enough to hear in an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third-set deficit a point from growing to 3-1 against someone who beat her...
Serena Williams booked a place in the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday (Sept 7) with a hard-fought, three-set win over 15th seed Maria Sakkari....
BY NEIL SHEFFERD World number one Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open after hitting a line judge with a ball during his round of...
Serena Williams overcame an early scare to defeat fellow American Sloane Stephens and move into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday (Sept 5)....
Men’s world number one Novak Djokovic has resigned as President of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Players Council to form a new players’ association, leading...
Wimbledon champion Simona Halep will skip the U.S. Open, saying Monday she is putting her health first and prefers to stay in Europe amid the coronavirus...
Novak Djokovic confirmed on Thursday (Aug 13) he will play at the US Open, ending speculation about his presence at the first Grand Slam tournament since...
BY HOWARD FENDRICH Defending champion Rafael Nadal will skip the U.S. Open because of the coronavirus pandemic, putting on hold his bid to equal Roger Federer’s...
Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters was among four major title winners given wildcards on Thursday (July 30) into the WTA field for a US Open...
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty pulled out of the US Open on Thursday (July 30) over fears about the coronavirus pandemic in a major blow for...
A group of celebrities led by Hollywood star Natalie Portman has founded a women’s professional soccer team set to debut in 2022, the women’s pro soccer...
Wimbledon was hailed as a “class act” on Friday after the tournament agreed to award £10 million (S$17.6 million) in prize money to the 620 players...
On this date, 11 July 2015, Serena Williams at 33 years beat Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon Women’s Tennis to become the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 9 July 1877, the first ever Wimbledon tennis championship began. The tournament, which is now 143 years old, began as...
World No 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coronavirus. It is alleged that the tennis star must have been infected after his Adria Tour...
Serena Williams led the from the front by becoming the first major player to confirm that she will play at the US Open after its dates...
When Venus Williams first stepped onto a tennis court in Oakland for her professional debut in 1994, the Rolling Stones were playing a concert next door...
Despite major challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) is set to announce this week that it will hold the 2020 US Open...
The chairman of Edo 2020 National Sports Festival Committee, Tonobok Okowa has debunked the story making around concerning the new day for the National Sports Festival...
Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer has confirmed he will be sidelined until next year after undergoing a second knee operation in a matter of...
World number one Novak Djokovic described the strict hygiene restrictions under which the US Open is likely to be played as “extreme” and a cap on...
Two-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka joined the chorus of athletes condemning the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police,...
Swiss’ Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top Forbes’ list of sports big-earners since it was created in 1990 The Swiss, who will turn...
UK’s Daily Mail has reported that Japan’s Naomi Osaka has surpassed Serena Williams as the world’s highest-paid female athlete, raking in $37.4million (£30.1m) in prize money...
BY MICHAEL HOUSTON Roger Federer has donated $1 million (£826,000/€924,000) to provide meals for families in Africa affected by school closures in place to stop the...
US superstar Serena Williams says she is ready to play “real tennis” after the enforced rest of coronavirus quarantine, “I really look forward to getting back...
French tennis chief Bernard Guidicelli admitted Sunday (May 10) that Roland Garros, already controversially pushed back four months due to the coronavirus, could be staged behind...
Novak Djokovic faces a dilemma if it becomes compulsory for players to get vaccinated before they can begin competing once the tennis season resumes following the...
Rafael Nadal celebrates the 15th anniversary of his first Monte Carlo Masters title on Sunday (April 19), a victory which sparked a breakthrough season, a maiden...
Wimbledon chief Richard Lewis admitted on Thursday (April 2) that he feared the remainder of the 2020 tennis season could be wiped out. Tennis has been...
Former champion Roger Federer said he was “devastated” that Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War II because of the coronavirus. Wimbledon...
The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War II as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports event off the calendar...
Wimbledon organisers will announce the cancellation of the grasscourt Grand Slam this week due to the coronavirus pandemic, German Tennis Federation (DTB) vice-president Dirk Hordorff has...
Tennis great Serena Williams says she is “on edge” as she practices social distancing recommended by health experts in a bid to slow the spread of...
Wimbledon could be postponed or even cancelled after All England Club chiefs called an “emergency meeting” for next week to discuss whether to go ahead with...
Tennis great Roger Federer on Wednesday (March 25) donated one million Swiss francs (S$1.48 million) to help support his “most vulnerable” Swiss compatriots through the coronavirus...
French Open organisers said it was unthinkable for them to cancel the 2020 edition of the clay-court Grand Slam after they received a barrage of criticism...
Novak Djokovic hailed Maria Sharapova as a “legend” with “the mind of a champion” after the Russian superstar announced her retirement from tennis at the age...
One of the greatest women tennis players, Maria Sharapova has retired. According to the Daily Mail in UK, the Russian has given up the uneven struggle...
World No. 41 Anastasija Sevastova handed Serena Williams a shock first Fed Cup singles loss on Saturday but Latvia eventually fell 3-2 to the United States...
Former world No. 1 Serena Williams must rethink her approach to Grand Slams after her latest bid to win a record-equalling 24th Major singles title came...
Novak Djokovic battled through intense pressure from Dominic Thiem to reassert his dominance at the Australian Open on Sunday (Feb 2), claiming a record eighth title...
Sofia Kenin shed a few tears and needed to find a way to keep her emotions in check during an epic final against Garbine Muguruza, but...
An Australian Open that has seen the men’s establishment shaken by young talent comes to a fitting close today when defending champion Novak Djokovic takes on...
A strict vegetarian diet, spiritual guru and family hugging-sessions aren’t methods employed by most athletes, but they have helped Novak Djokovic turn himself into one of...
American Sofia Kenin counter-punched her way back from a set down against Garbine Muguruza to win her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with...
Dominic Thiem overcame Alex Zverev 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(4) to reach his first Australian Open final on Friday (Jan 31) and set up the ultimate test...
Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev will vie to reach their first Australian Open final on Friday (Jan 31) after shocking the old guard to reach the...
Dominic Thiem ended six years of Grand Slam frustration against Rafa Nadal on Wednesday (Jan 29), with a seismic 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)...
American 15-year old sensation, Coco Gauf who beat Venus Williams on Monday at the Australian Open has expressed belief that she can beat anyone after second...
Roger Federer pulled off one of the greatest escapes of his career Tuesday, saving seven match points to come from two sets down and beat Tennys...
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic led the tennis world in mourning “mentor” Kobe Bryant on Monday (Jan 27) after Melbourne Park awoke to the news that...
Roger Federer regained control after a slow start against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics to march into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2,...
Coco Gauff’s bid for history at the Australian Open ended in tears in the last 16 on Sunday (Jan 26) as the 15-year-old crashed out in...
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova secured her first career victory in seven attempts over world No. 2 Karolina Pliskova on Saturday (Jan 25) as the Australian Open lost another...
Roger Federer looked defeat full in the face before rallying in the 10-point tiebreaker to edge local battler John Millman in a five-set thriller on Friday...
Defending champion Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the Australian Open this Friday (Jan 24), falling 6-3, 6-4 in a stunning upset by American teenage sensation...
Roger Federer will need to avoid a second Grand Slam upset at the hands of home favourite John Millman if he wants to bring up 100...
Serena Williams has been sensationally knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round by China’s Wang Qiang this Friday (Jan 24), torpedoing her bid...
Ruthless Swiss master Roger Federer kept intact his 20-year record of reaching at least the third round of the Australian Open after crushing Serb Filip Krajinovic...
Serena Williams admitted she was frustrated and not at her best as she fought off a stubborn Tamara Zidansek to reach the Australian Open third round...
Fifteen-year-old prodigy Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to reach the Australian Open third round on Wednesday (Jan 22), setting up a mouthwatering meeting with...
Cooler temperatures and clearing skies following torrential rain on Wednesday (Jan 15) allowed officials to continue the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open on Thursday, with...
Serena Williams is the firm favourite to win the Australian Open as she again bids for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title. The 38-year-old American...
Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday (Jan 15) as smoke from bush fires continued to...
Novak Djokovic inspired Serbia to victory in the inaugural ATP Cup team event in Sydney after defeating his long-term Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in singles on...
Serena Williams ended a three-year title drought and donated her winner’s cheque to victims of the Australian bush fires in an emotional WTA Auckland Classic final...
Top seed Serena Williams overcame windy conditions to reach the semi-finals of the Auckland Classic on Friday with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund....
Rafael Nadal came back twice from a break down against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka to put Spain into the ATP Cup quarter-finals in Australia. According to BBC,...
Novak Djokovic said Australian Open organisers should consider delaying the first Grand Slam of the year if haze from bushfires raging around the country threatens players’...
Former tennis world No. 1 Maria Sharapova will open her 2020 campaign in Brisbane after being awarded a wild card by the organisers, the five-time Grand...
Novak Djokovic says the main source of his motivation at this stage of his career is securing a lasting legacy rather than simply trying to win...
Serena Williams is determined to come out swinging at the Australian Open next month and is taking tips from Mike Tyson on how to pack a...
All the world’s top 50 men and women players, bar Victoria Azarenka, have confirmed they will start the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the...
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone has been given the all clear following a “tough battle” with cancer, the 39-year-old Italian has said. The 2010 Roland...
DUNCAN MACKAY Maria Sharapova seems to have admitted that she will miss next year’s Olympics in Tokyo, after committing herself to playing a tournament in California...
BY DUNCAN MACKAY. Swissmint has announced it is dedicating a commemorative coin to Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer – the first living person to receive the...
Gerard Pique who recently completed his 500th match for FC Barcelona is happy with the way the inaugural Davis Cup he and his investment company Kosmos...
Rafael Nadal sent Spain’s Davis Cup semi-final against Britain on Saturday into a deciding doubles rubber with a 6-4, 6-0 thrashing of Dan Evans in Madrid....
BY DAN PALMER Tennis ace Naomi Osaka is to confirm her Japanese citizenship in order to represent the host nation at next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic...
Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has relocated his office to the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. According to a press release from...
BY MIKE ROWBOTTOM. Roger Federer has planned his schedule up until next year’s Wimbledon, but has not yet decided whether to compete at the Tokyo 2020...
The Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr. Kweku Tandoh, has applauded the Grassroots and Youth Development department of the Sports Ministry, headed by Dr....
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Rabat 2019 African Games reached the crescendo as the skies of the Prince Moulay Abdella Stadium in Rabat were ignited. The 12th edition of...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT. As the curtain falls on the 12th African Games tonight in Rabat, Team Nigeria places second as at close of most events...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT, MOROCCO Just one week on the saddle, Nigeria’s new Sports Minister has promised a holistic reform in the sector that unites all...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Veteran journalist and former media adviser and Chief of Staff to the former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives...
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigeria contingent to the 12th Africa Games scheduled to hold in Rabat, Morocco to stay clear from performance enhancing drugs urging...
Serena Williams and Japan’s Naomi Osaka booked a rematch of last year’s US Open final in the WTA Toronto quarter-finals after straight-set triumphs. Reigning US and...
BY PATRICK O’KANE Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after failing a drugs test during the...
It was a first Wimbledon title win for Romania’s Simona Halep, but it was a failed record equaling bid for Serena Williams as Halep produced a...
MICHAEL PAVITT. Second seed Naomi Osaka was the major casualty on the first day of Wimbledon as the women’s second seed crashed out to Kazakhstan’s Yulia...
Rafael Nadal is the 2019 French Open champion after defeating Dominic Thiem in four sets to claim the title on Sunday. It is his third consecutive...
BY DANIEL ETCHELLS Top seed Novak Djokovic and Spanish star Rafael Nadal are comfortably through to the second round of the French Open after picking up...
BY NANCY GILLEN World number one Novak Djokovic is seeking a fourth consecutive Grand Slam win as the French Open gets under way in Paris this...
Twenty-three time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams plans to compete at the French Open despite withdrawing from the Italian Open with a knee injury. The American,...
BY LIAM MORGAN The men’s singles tennis final at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo has been reduced to best-of-three sets, the International Tennis Federation (ITF)...
Serena Williams retired from her third-round match at Indian Wells while trailing Garbine Muguruza 6-3 1-0. The 37-year-old won the first three games of the match...
Serena Williams has voiced her support for the US women’s football team in their legal battle for equal pay. All 28 members of the national squad...
The former Director-General of the National Sports Commission Mallam Alhassan Yakmut has been appointed Team Nigeria’s Chief de Mission to the 12th Africa Games in Rabat...
Swiss sensation, Roger Federer has claimed a historic landmark in his career after he won his 100th title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas...
Roger Federer began his latest quest for a 100th ATP title with a battling 6-4 3-6 6-1 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of...
“It will be a festival of tennis’, so claimed soccer star, Gerard Pique whose private company has the assignment of revamping the Davis Cup. He was...
Serena Williams has made her way back to the Top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time since the birth of her daughter in...
The Nigeria Football Federation has dismissed in its entirety, a video documentary released online by some faceless elements, which quoted outlandish figures as having been misappropriated...
BY DAVID OWEN La Liga has agreed to sponsor the Davis Cup, the reformatted men’s team tennis competition whose first new-look edition will culminate in November...
Naomi Osaka recovered after wasting three championship points and reasserted herself down the stretch to win the Australian Open for a second consecutive Grand Slam title,...
Serena Williams has sensationally departed the Australian Open, falling to Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic in a three set thriller after succumbing to what appeared to...
Serena Williams pulled off an astounding victory at the Australian Open on Monday against Romania’s Simona Halep, who is ranked as the number one in the...
Maria Sharapova has been called a ‘cheat’ and ‘pathetic’ over toilet break tactic in her match with Australia’s Ash Barty. Less than an hour before she...
Serena Williams is inarguably one of today’s most exciting tennis players to watch — not solely because of the energy she brings to her matches, but also...
BY MICHAEL PAVITT. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and the United States’ Serena Williams will head into the Australian Open as favourites to win the opening Grand...
Roger Federer’s Switzerland beat Serena Williams’ USA as the two tennis greats met on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia....
The United States lost to Greece at the International Tennis Federation Hopman Cup in Perth despite Serena Williams returning from a knee injury to win her singles...
Tennis greats Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time when Switzerland face the USA in the Hopman Cupon New Year...
World number one Novak Djokovic won a fourth Mubadala World Tennis Championship title on Saturday, coming back from a set down to beat Kevin Anderson 4-6,...
Croatia football captain Luka Modric was named Balkan Athlete of the Year on Thursday, becoming only the second soccer player to scoop the prize after Bulgaria’s...
Serena Williams has described the new changes to the ‘Special Ranking’ rule introduced by the WTA for 2019 as “great” and believes the move will encourage...
After an intense five days of technical tutoring and competition, winners have emerged from the maiden edition of Ikoyi Club Lawn Tennis competition for Secondary Schools...
As part of its commitment to promote tennis game development in Nigeria, the tennis section of the Ikoyi Club is set to host the maiden edition...
Novak Djokovic ruined Roger Federer’s ambitions of a 100th career title as he outlasted his great adversary 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (3) in an epic Paris...
Wimbledon, according to Daily Mail, are calling time on extreme marathon matches by capping fifth sets with tiebreaks at 12-12. The All England Club’s mind was...
Serena Williams may be guilty of in-match coaching as claimed by officials at the US Open. According to a report by Howard Fendrich, an AP tennis...
Tennis great, Rafael Nadal will play in the Davis Cup that has been significantly changed by Gerard Pique whose business company has been recruited to help turn...
Maria Sharapova has confirmed she is dating a good friend of Prince William and Prince Harry. According to a British weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news,...
FC Barcelona are reportedly dissatisfied with Gerard Pique’s active involvement in tennis as it may affect his performances and physical conditions. In February this year, the International Tennis Federation...
Anastasija Sevastova has beaten U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 Saturday to reach the China Open final. The 20th-ranked Latvian will face the winner of...
US Open champion Naomi Osaka overcame her emotions to roar back and defeat unseeded Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a roller-coaster China Open quarter-final on...
Serena Williams and Carlos Ramos, the umpire whom she accused of sexism in the wake of the US Open final last weekend, are likely to be...
The dust has not settled yet on Saturday’s heated exchanges the defeated Serena Williams had in the US Open final. The celebrated tennis star lost to...
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic on Sunday night, Monday in most parts of Africa, emerged the US Open men’s champion after the 31 year old beat Juan Martin...
Ladies women tennis sensation, Serena Williams is always in the news. According to Associated Press, she has been fined a total of $17,000 for three code...
The French Open organizers have announced that they will no longer allow Serena Williams to wear her skin-tight black catsuit at the Grand Slam event. According...
Tennis star, Serena Williams has revealed that her coach told her to stop breastfeeding to improve her tennis, saying the advice was “hard to take from...
According to Sporting News, Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon celebrations have been cut short with a shocking attack on his family. Djokovic’s grandfather-in-law, Miloslav Radisavljevic, has been found...
Tennis sensation, Serena Williams has said that she is a victim of “discrimination” as she is the most drug tested American tennis player. The 23-time...
The support coupled with the unique atmosphere created by the Lagos fans continued to prompt top table tennis across the world to be willing to be...
Rafael Nadal survived a stunning fight back from Alexander Zverev to win a record eighth Italian Open. Nadal cruised to the first set before defending champion...
The International Tennis Federation has hired FC Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, to help turn Davis Cup into ‘World Cup’ for tennis. Thus, the Davis Cup will...
Former tennis great, Boris Becker has lost five of his six Grand Slam trophies and is appealing for the public’s help to locate them. The German,...
Glamour lady and tennis star, Serena Williams has put to bed a baby girl weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. According to New York Daily News, “Mom...
Returning Maria Sharapova is having a splendid return to grand slam as she ousted the number two seed of the US Open, Simona Halep. According to...
It’s his 19th major win overall, but eighth Wimbledon feat. He is now a man of history, winning the grand slam more than any person since...
At 37, she could have been the oldest Wimbledon women’s champion since 1994, but the younger Spaniard, Garbine Muguruza at 23 proved swifter. Twice, it appeared...
Spanish-Venezuelan, Garbine Muguruza, winner of the French Open last year has added another title as she out-powered the more popular Venus Williams to win the Wimbledon...
Roger Federer on Friday evening qualified for the prestigious Men’s Singles of Wimbledon final holding on Sunday. It will be his 11th Wimbledon final duel and...
It is tenacity of purpose in display. Marin Cilic of Croatia finally gets to the Wimbledon final match after having made efforts 10 times in the...
The last time Venus Williams was in the finals at Wimbledon, it was 2009, and she lost to her sister, Serena. Thursday, she got to the final...
At age 37, Venus Williams has moved closer to the 1994 record of Martina Navratilova as the oldest Wimbledon finalist. Navratilova was 38 when she got...
Defending Champion, Andy Murray on Wednesday crashed out at the quarter finals of Wimbledon after losing in a five set game to 24th seeded Sam Querrey...
It is her 20th appearance at the All England Club’s Wimbledon Tennis Championship and she has reached the semi-finals for the 10th time. That is Venus...
Venus Williams, who last, won the women’s singles title at the Wimbledon nine years ago on Monday advanced to the quarter final stage by beating 19-year-old...
The travails of Maria Sharapova appear not to have ended. The tennis star who recently returned to action after drug-related suspension may have been ruled out...
Serbian tennis great, Novak Djokovic, Friday took a surprised decision as he sacked his entire coaching crew. More bizarre was also the decision of the 12-time...
A novelty is gaining ground in Brazil as use of local rescue dogs instead of ball boys at the Brazil Open tennis tournament in São Paulo. According...
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