Japan’s Naomi Osaka pulverized Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals Wednesday in her first match since her historic U.S. Open triumph.
Naomi Osaka showed how deep her Japanese roots run: She went to watch Japan’s national sport of sumo and said she liked it. Osaka is in Tokyo this week to play in the Pan Pacific Open, just a week after she won the U.S. Open to become the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.
BornaCoriekept his cool to prevail in a thrilling winner-takes-all duel with fellow young gun Frances Tiafoe Sunday and steer Croatia into the final of the Davis Cup for the second time in three years with a monumental 3-2 victory over the U.S.
Understudy Sam Querrey came from the verge of two sets down to pull off a remarkable four-set victory over Croatia's talisman Marin Cilic and draw the United States level at 2-2 in their Davis Cup World Group semi-final in Zadar on Sunday.
Marin Cilic gave Croatia a stranglehold over the United States as he beat Frances Tiafoe 6-1 6-3 7-6(5) to put the hosts 2-0 ahead in their Davis Cup...
Naomi Osaka said Thursday Serena Williams’s row with the umpire during the U.S. Open final had not altered her feelings about winning a Grand Slam, largely...
Naomi Osaka said Serena Williams's row with the umpire during the U.S. Open final had not altered her feelings about winning a Grand Slam largely because she...
An Australian newspaper defiantly republished a controversial cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams on its front page Wednesday, slapping aside “politically...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s first Champions League appearance for Juventus lasted only 29 minutes as the competition’s record scorer was sent off but his side opened...
Tottenham’s bright start to the season is a distant memory after Mauricio Pochettino’s men slumped to their third consecutive defeat against Inter Milan in...
Lebanon collapsed to a 63-60 loss in their World Cup qualification battle against New Zealand Monday after being in the lead for most of the game in Rotorua.
Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade will play a final season for the Miami Heat, announcing his decision in a YouTube video entitled “One Last Dance.”
American swimmer Michael Phelps says the U.S. Olympic Committee should do more to help Olympians transitioning into retirement, saying they are all too often...
A homeless man attacked and killed a top amateur golfer from Spain who was playing a round near her university campus in central Iowa and had left her body in...
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes won big in Singapore Sunday and the signs are looking ominous for title rival Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton eased to victory from pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix Sunday as the Mercedes driver extended his championship lead over...
Umpire Carlos Ramos has made his first public statement since the U.S. Open, saying he was “good” despite the firestorm of controversy that followed his...
Novak Djokovic was once the sick-note Serb whose undoubted promise was at the mercy of a variety of frustrating aches, pains and assorted strains.
For Novak Djokovic, a season that got off to a gloomy start is heading for a brilliant finish after he dismissed Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to...
Naomi Osaka began the U.S. Open having never made it past the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament and seeded 20th.
Serena Williams’s claim that the code violations that sparked her meltdown in the U.S. Open final were sexist stirred debate, with WTA Tour Chief Executive...
A clinical Novak Djokovic dismissed Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 to collect his third U.S. Open title on Sunday, giving him 14 Grand Slams to move...
Japan celebrated Naomi Osaka’s victory over Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final, with fans putting her stunning success down to a steely focus and humble...
Serena Williams’ dispute with the chair umpire during the 2018 U.S. Open final is the latest issue she’s had with match officials at the Grand Slam tournament.
Serena Williams’s claims of sexism during her spectacular U.S. Open final meltdown follows similar controversies at the season’s three other Grand Slams.
Serena Williams thought she was treated harsher by the chair umpire in the U.S. Open final than a man would have been.
Serena Williams has been fined $17,000 by the U.S. Tennis Association in the wake her outburst during a controversial U.S. Open final loss to Japan's Naomi...
Naomi Osaka became Japan's first Grand Slam singles champion after she thumped Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 in a controversial U.S. Open final Saturday, with the...
Defending champion Rafael Nadal retired from his U.S. Open semifinal because of a painful right knee after dropping the opening two sets, putting Juan Martin...
Six-time champion Serena Williams swept aside Anastasija Sevastova Thursday to reach a ninth U.S. Open final, where she’ll be facing Japanese trailblazer...
World No. 1 and defending champion Rafael Nadal will put his weary body on the line against a merciless Juan Martin del Potro Friday with a place in the U.S....
Novak Djokovic put aside all of it, from his opponent's unheard-of, middle-of-a-set chance to change out of sweat-soaked clothes and shoes, to consecutive...
Defending champion Rafael Nadal survived an epic U.S. Open quarterfinal confrontation to defeat battling ninth seed Dominic Thiem 0-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6...
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman in 22 years to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam Wednesday when she defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-1 in the...
Serena Williams powered her way to within two victories of a seventh U.S. Open title Tuesday and while she refused to look ahead there are many willing to do...
Serena Williams powered her way to within two victories of a seventh U.S. Open title on Tuesday and while she refused to look ahead there are many willing to...
They came, they saw, they flopped – again.