Twice world champions Australia have fallen to an all-time low of 10th in the world rankings after Italy's victory over Scotland at the weekend bumped the Azzurri up to ninth.

Rugby: Two-time world champions Australia slump to new low in world rankings as Italy rise

Novak Djokovic eventually tamed Danish debutant Holger Rune with a 7-6(4) 6-7(1) 6-3 victory in his opening round robin match at the ATP Finals to seal the year-end number one ranking for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday.

ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic beats Holger Rune to go on top of year-end world rankings

On Tuesday (May 16), Aditi Ashok created history by becoming the first Indian female golfer to enter the top 50 in the world rankings following her T5 place finish at the LPGA Founders Cup.

Golf: HISTORIC! Aditi Ashok creates history, becomes first Indian female golfer to enter top 50

Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell said on Wednesday (October 12) that the world rankings system will become inaccurate and irrelevant if points are not awarded for events on the LIV Golf Series.

World rankings inaccurate if LIV events snubbed, says former US champion Graeme McDowell

Indian badminton player PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped to the sixth spot in the latest BWF Rankings while Parupalli Kashyap moved up by five positions to make his way in the top 25 rankings.

Badminton World Federation rankings: PV Sindhu slips to 6th position, Parupalli Kashyap breaks into top 25

Kiki Bertens moved up to the fourth spot in WTA ranking after defeating the former world number one Simona Halep in the final of Madrid Open on Saturday. Bertens needed 1 hour and 28 minutes to beat Halep 6-4, 6-4 in order to win the trophy in the Spanish capital.

'It feels really unbelievable,' says Kiki Bertens after moving up to 4th spot in world rankings

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