- Sharapova, who had revealed in April that she was pregnant, is among only 10 women to complete the career Grand Slam by capturing all four major singles crowns at least once.
- Kerley, who set a world lead of 9.76sec when winning the US trials on the same Hayward Field track o go eighth in the all-time fastest list, had a slick start and cruised through the line without seeming to break sweat.
- Lawyers defending WNBA star Brittney Griner told judges at the Khimki court of the Moscow region Friday that Griner was prescribed medical cannabis for "severe chronic pain."
- The two most successful women basketball clubs in the country will clash on Sunday with bragging rights on the line. Both teams have hundred percent winning starts to their campaigns
- Gallagher was a pillar of Patrick Vieira's Palace last season, scoring eight goals in 38 games to be named Player of the Season by the team's supporters
- The player was diagnosed with cancerous soft tissue, Sarcoma that affected his knee in 2021 after what doctors had initially thought to be a knee injury the year before
- Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to help clear a visa issuing logjam that is threatening to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the event that starts on Friday.
- The retired American sprinter, one of athletics’ all-time top performers, has been among the most vocal critics of the manner in which issuance of visas had been handled
- Basaksehir is known for its close ties with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was best man at Ozil's wedding in 2019 to a former Miss Turkey, Amine Gulse
- Tokyo beat competition from the Kenyan capital as well as Poland and Singapore with the announcement coming ahead of this year’s event which begins on Friday in Eugene, Oregon
- South African police say a championship belt given by American professional boxer Sugar Ray Leonard to the country's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, has been stolen.
- Leos are third in the standings with 85 points, nine behind leaders Menengai Oilers with Oppal confident they can topple them and take the championship
- Elsewhere Murang’a Seal dislodged Fortune Sacco from number two on the log thanks to their 3-1 thumping of struggling Mombasa Elite at the Mbaraki Sports ground.
- The England international had a frustrating and disappointing 2021/22 campaign, dropped by Gareth Southgate from the national team amid a form dip at the Old Trafford club
- Both Son and Kane had every move cheered raucously by a 64,000 sellout crowd at Seoul's World Cup Stadium, even when just warming up on the touchline during the first half
- Hope had been high among rugby fans in Kenya, after an impressive showing in the quarter final saw us brush aside neighbors Uganda 42-7 to book a semi-final date with Algeria
- The Wimbledon open doubles junior champion went on to request for more modern tennis courts to be built across the country in order to nature more talent to join her in the global world.
- Raphinha spent two seasons at Elland Road, scoring 17 goals and providing 12 assists after they signed him from Ligue 1 outfit Rennes for £17 million
- The revelation in a new BBC documentary could have raised questions about Farah's UK citizenship, but the interior ministry said it was taking no action
- The drug found in the 28-year-old's system, GW1516, "modifies how the body metabolizes fat," and the World Anti-Doping Agency has said it poses a health risk to athletes, AIU said in a release
- A few others among them the Athletics Kenya President Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei are also yet to get their visas with a number of journalists also missing out
- Angella Okutoyi, the tennis player who made history by becoming the first ever Kenyan to win a Grandslam, has labeled the available sports infrastructure in the country as wanting.
- The world championships begin in Eugene, Oregon on Friday and ends on July 24, before the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, UK four days later.
