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In a match that lasted nearly three and a half hours. hell play marin cilic in the 3rd round. in the womens singles of the canadian open in toronto there were second round defeats for anett kontaveit and 0ns jabeur. but world number one, iga swiatek is through. she cruised into the last 16 with a straight sets win over australias ajla tomljanovic. swiatek is looking to regain the form thats seen her win six tournaments already this year, before her long winning streak came to an end at wimbledon...

The 40—year—old said she didnt like the word retirement, but its clear shell be calling time on her glittering career which has seen her win the most singles grand slam titles of anyone in the open era. canada said goodbye to her in the early hours of this morning and it will fittingly be the united states where she plays next and probably finally at the us open later this month. it was a lot of emotions. obviously i love playing here, i have always loved playing here. and yes, i wish i coul...

On tuesday, the ao—year—old said she didnt like the word retirement, but made it clear shell be calling time on her glittering career, which has seen her win the most singles grand slam titles of anyone in the open era. canada said goodbye to her in the early hours of this morning and it will fittingly be the united states where she plays next and probably finally at the us open later this month. it was a lot of emotions. obviously, i love playing here — ive always loved playing here. and,...

In the mens singles in montreal, there was an early exit for local favourite denis shapovalov,who was beaten by australias alex de minaur. theres just one place between them in the world rankings, and that was reflected in a very tight match which de minaur won in two hard—fought sets. he came through 7—5, 7—5, and plays the number 16 seed grigor dimitrov next. and later on wednesday, the winners of the european champions league and europa league go head to head in the super cup. real madr...

Chloe birch of england. not such good fortune for the indian mens hockey team though. they were comprehensively beaten 7—0 by the defending champions, australia, who continued their dominance in the sport. england did manage to secure bronze though, beating south africa 6-3. though, beating south africa 6—3. elsewhere, the singaporean duo won gold in the womens doubles table tennis. they beat the australian pair 3—0. in the mens singles, indias sharaf kamal at chanter beat englands liam pi...

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Temperature on all involved. sylvia lennon spence, bbc news. the commonwealth games came to a spectacular close last night, after 11 days of competition. jane dougall rounds up the action from birmingham. the sport continued on the last day of the commonwealth games here in birmingham, with another 12 gold medals up for grabs was not there was a great day for india in the badminton. there was a huge win in the womens singles for pv sindhu. she was the pre—competition favourite and managed to c...

Serena Williams won her first singles match since last year’s French Open with a first-round victory over world number 57 Nuria Parrizas Diaz in...

Support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. serena williams is warning us to brace. she heavily implied that shell retire soon in a vogue magazine article out today. she writes this, im here to tell you im evolving away from tennis toward other things that are important to me. a few years ago i quietly started serena ventures, a venture capital firm. soon after that i started a family. i want to grow that family. it was released one day after she won finger first singles match ...

A taliban sniper, a british army interpreter, a youtuber, lets remind ourselves what serena williams has achieved. 23 grand slam singles titles — the most of any woman in the open era — 39 combined major titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. four olympic gold medals in singles and doubles, 186 consecutive weeks at number one, a joint—record with chris evert, and $94 million in prize money. im shattered even thinking about it. the tennis journalist stephanie myles is in montreal. wh...