Czech player Bartunkova, 20, sent down four aces to beat the former world number one 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 35 minutes. "I focused on myself, to be calm," Bartunkova said. "She's a legend... so I'm really happy that I won the match," she said of...

The schoolgirl, who looks poised to take the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics by storm, won the 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 400m IM in Games-record times to underline her rare talent. She is already the youngest swimming world championships...

AFP picks out five athletes who starred and look primed to make an impact at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Yu Zidi, swimming (China) The 13-year-old Chinese prodigy won all three of her individual events with ease, and all in Games-record times. ...

Sullivan, who is poised to join English Premier League side Manchester City next year, netted a superbly taken goal in the 62nd minute to double the USA lead at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale. At 17 years and five days, Sullivan beat Mathis Alb...

As Japan experiences ever more frequent extreme heat, tree cover that can help lower temperatures is shrinking rather than growing in Tokyo, bucking a trend among many major world capitals. Morimoto wants that to change. Last year she launched a ca...

Kyiv is under increasing attack from Russian missiles and drones, which are targeting key infrastructure including the energy sector vital for power and heating as winter approaches. "I travelled to Kyiv today because Ukraine needs all our support ...

His Canadian opponent was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury to his upper right thigh in the first game of the second set. Defending champion Alcaraz will play fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar for a place in the final after the world number 64...

More than 17,000 athletes and officials, a bigger number than the Olympics, descended on Nagoya and Aichi prefecture for the continent's premier sporting spectacular. Chinese swimming sensation Yu Zidi, just 13, stole the show in the pool with thre...

Czech player Bartunkova, 20, sent down four aces to beat the former world number one 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 35 minutes. "I focused on myself, to be calm," Bartunkova said. "She's a legend... so I'm really happy that I won the match," she said of...

The schoolgirl, who looks poised to take the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics by storm, won the 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 400m IM in Games-record times to underline her rare talent. She is already the youngest swimming world championships...