A 25-year-old state-level tennis player, Radhika Yadav, was shot dead in her Gurugram home allegedly by her father.

Recall 2025: Brainwashed Father Kills His Tennis Player Daughter, Radhika Yadav

Missing the July 27-August 7 event leaves the reigning US Open champion only one major tuneup, at Cincinnati in August, before she tries to defend her crown on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.

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A team led by Professor Zhao Jieliang at the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has built the world’s lightest insect brain controller, which can be strapped to the bee's back. 

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The incident happened on Thursday afternoon when she was alone in the kitchen on the first floor, preparing something special for her mother. Radhika's mother, Manju Yadav, was unwell and resting in her room on the ground floor when her father shot her.

Radhika Yadav murder: Tennis player was preparing surprise for her mother when father shot her - Shocking details emerge

Popular tennis player Boris Becker has been jailed for 2.5 years by London Court. The six-time grand slam champion was earlier found guilty of hiding around 3 million dollars worth of assets to avoid paying debts

Popular tennis player Boris Becker jailed for hiding assets

Activists handing out “Where is Peng Shuai” T-shirts at the Australian Open say they will take their campaign to other grand slams and not cease until they are satisfied of the Chinese tennis player’s safety.

Activists hand out “Where is Peng Shuai” t-shirts at Australian Open

Peng Shuai, the Chinese Tennis star who allegedly disappeared after accusing a top Chinese politician of sexual assault has reportedly released an email. The details of the statement seem to be twisted and sketchy.

Peng Shuai case: Chinese media releases email claiming sexual assault allegations are not true

WION in an exclusive conversation spoke to Indian tennis player Leander Paes. Paes is a man who single-handedly put India back on the Olympics podium.

Indian tennis player Leander Paes on WION Broadband Olympics Edition

Wrestler KD Jadhav had won India a first individual Olympic medal at the 1952 Olympic Games. The wait for an Indian to get back on the podium in an individual sport lasted 44 years before Leander Paes ended the drought at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Paes beat Brazil's Fernando Meligini in three sets to create history and he takes Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo through the highs and lows of that match and the emotions that followed.That win saw Paes emulate his father Vece Paes who had won an Olympic Bronze in 1972 with the Indian Hockey team. The Paes' are just the second father-son duo from India to win Olympic medals after Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand and his son Ashok Kumar.

WION Broadband Olympics Edition: Paes' triumph against the odds at Atlanta

Leander Paes gave India hope with a determined run into the semifinals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. At a time when Indian players struggled to win Grand Slam matches, Paes defied the odds by storming into the semis. Paes'charge was eventually ended by top seed Andre Agassi but not before the Tennis great was made to work hard for the win. Paes speaks to Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo on the emotions of that match and how an injury almost derailed his medal hopes.

WION Broadband Olympics Edition: How Paes made Agassi work hard for the win

Tennis in the time of coronavirus serves up a new sort of court as World Club players take their game to Munich's now empty squares and boulevards.

Urban tennis conquers city squares in corona times

Mahesh Bhupathi, Former tennis player speaks on PV Sindhu's historic victory in BWF World Championships

Mahesh Bhupathi on PV Sindhu's historic victory in BWF World Championships

Mahesh Bhupathi, Former tennis player speaks on PV Sindhu's historic victory in BWF World Championships. Listen in!

Mahesh Bhupathi speaks on PV Sindhu's historic victory in BWF World Championships

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has denied compatriot Lleyton Hewitt's allegations that he had made threats against the former world number one and his family, local media reported on Friday.

Tomic denies Hewitt allegations, calls him 'liar': Report

Prominent women sportspersons in Pakistan have demanded better financial incentives and more exposure at the domestic and international level on par with men. In a first of its kind development, Pakistan's top women tennis players recently wrote a letter to the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) demanding a raise in the prize money given to them in national tournaments.

Pakistan women sportspersons demand better financial support and exposure

44-year-old Paes and Bopanna downed a fighting Chinese pair

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Anderson was in imperious form as he defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) in the final

Tennis player Kevin Anderson wins Abu Dhabi exhibition

Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna dies at 49

'To be number one in the world, it sounds amazing,' she said

Germany's Kerber is new world number one

Williams equaled Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 Grand Slam titles with her victory at Wimbledon earlier this month

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The player made the offensive comment on being asked how he felt about waiting for his opponent Fernando Verdasco to arrive on court

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Tara Moore is the first British woman to reach the second round at Wimbeldon

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