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By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's hopes of winning Wimbledon for the first time in over a decade and staying on track for the calendar year Grand Slam will meet a familiar adversary in Novak...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia since February, a senior State...

By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden State Warriors will be even better next year when they begin their title defense, head coach Steve Kerr said on Wednesday, sending a warning to the...

By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - American athletes said there were no easy answers on the matter of transgender participation in elite sport, days after World Athletics said they were reviewi...

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been named an honorary starter for the WNBA All-Star Game next month in Chicago. Griner, 31, arrested in Russia in February and detained there since, is a se...

By Ramiro Scandalo BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Eight people who took care of soccer legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, according to a ruling released on Wednesday follo...

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to "make a deal" to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner who has been detained...

By Steve Keating (Reuters) - PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan accused the Saudi-back LIV Invitational Series of attempting to buy the game of golf on Wednesday then went on the offensive, unveiling l...

Benjamin Bonzi of France made quick work of No. 3 seed Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-4, 6-1 in 68 minutes on Wednesday at the Mallorca Championships in Mallorca, Spain. Shapovalov had six double faults...

Camila Giorgi recorded a 7-5, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza of Spain in a third-round match at the Rothesay International on Wednesday at Eastbourne, England. Giorgi, a 12th-ranked Italia...