With his game in fine form and a slew of past champions sidelined with injuries, Daniil Medvedev said he is feeling confident as he prepares to try to win his first major title at the upcoming US Open.

Daniil Medvedev ready to seize US Open opportunity

Babar Azam missed out on a hundred but Fawad Alam may yet have the chance to reach three figures after the pair lifted Pakistan from a horrific start to end day one of the second Test against the West Indies in relative comfort at 212 for four at Sabina Park on Friday.

Babar Azam, Fawad Alam lead Pakistan recovery in sweltering second Test against West Indies

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, who will return to action this weekend after a month-long ban, said on Friday that while her positive cannabis test kept her from competing at the Tokyo Olympics she is happy it bought attention to her sport.

Sha'Carri Richardson glad her ban brought attention to sprinting

Delhi Capitals, the current table topper of Indian Premier League 2021, have departed for UAE on Saturday (August 21) to play the remainder of the 14th edition of IPL.

Delhi Capitals leave for UAE for remaining leg of Indian Premier League 2021

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was recently spotted playing a game of football with teammates during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League 2021 re-start.

IPL 2021: MS Dhoni and CSK teammates 'kick-starting the day' with a game of football - see pics

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the skipper of Chennai Super Kings announced the resumption of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League in a grand style. The official handle of IPL shared a video that features MS Dhoni in a completely different look — hair coloured blonde, glitzy clothes and he can be seen telling people when the second leg of IPL 2021 will resume.

Watch: MS Dhoni announces return of IPL 2021 in a never-before-seen avatar

What happens at Lord's, doesn't stay at Lord's! Besides some terrific performances, the second Test between India and England of a five-match series saw plenty of heated on-field verbal exchanges between players from both sides that riled up the already-existing rivalry.

Watch: Virat Kohli and Mohammed Siraj's gesture when James Anderson walked out to bat goes viral

Indian athlete Amit Khatri on Saturday won the silver medal in 10,000m race walking event at the ongoing World Athletics U20 Championship in Nairobi. Amit clocked 42 minutes 17.

World Athletics U20 C'ship: India's Amit Khatri wins silver in 10,000m race walk

Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan was spotted with the country's flag painted on his face during a match of the inaugural edition of The Hundred. The spinner, who is currently in England, recently expressed his concerns over the safety of his family back home amid political chaos in Afghanistan.

The Hundred: Rashid Khan's pictures with Afghanistan's flag painted on his face go viral

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic organisers on Saturday (August 21) announced several national Paralympic Committees had withdrawn from the Games, while one more positive COVID-19 case was detected amongst Paralympic athletes already residing in Japan.

Several more countries withdraw from Paralympics, new COVID-19 case among athletes

Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi pounds the heavy bag as part of her training routine, but she fears female athletes still in her homeland may have already lost their fight to compete now that the Taliban are back in power.

'I feel miserable': Afghan karate champion fears it's game over for female athletes

The Tokyo Paralympics will be held under "very difficult" circumstances, organisers said on Friday, with hospitals in the host city overstretched as Japan battles its worse wave of COVID-19 infections, driven by the Delta variant.

Paralympics: Organisers say situation 'very difficult' as hospitals stretched by COVID-19 cases

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