Coco Gauff said she is excited and a little nervous to meet fellow U.S. flag bearer LeBron James for the first time when the pair carry the Stars and Stripes on a boat down the Seine at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Briton Andy Murray, the first male tennis player to claim two Olympic singles gold medals, said that he will play the final event of his glittering career at the Paris Games before heading into retirement.

Team Fiji Table Tennis rep Vicky Wu isn’t worried about creating history at the Paris Olympic Games for Team Fiji.

Rafael Nadal reached his first final in two years on Saturday, beating qualifier Duje Ajdukovic 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Swedish Open in Bastad as the 22-time grand slam winner continues his preparations for the Paris Olympics.

Rafa Nadal upset Briton Cam Norrie 6-4 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals in Bastad, mounting a terrific second-set comeback in an encouraging display for the Spaniard’s fans ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Rafa Nadal warmed up for his bid for another Olympic medal at the Paris Games with a doubles win at the Swedish Open in Bastad as the Spaniard returned to competition for the first time since May.

Five players from the United States are ranked in the Women’s Tennis Association’s top 15 for the first time in two decades, the USTA said.

Perhaps there should be no surprise that a 37-year-old with a suspect right knee would be trampled into the Wimbledon Centre Court dust by a 21-year-old force of nature.

As a precocious 12-year-old tennis novice, Barbora Krejcikova had scribbled into her notebook that her ambition was to win the French Open.

A month ago, Italian sport fans may have thought they would be seeing their team defend their European Championship title in soccer this weekend – but they will have other reasons to cheer as two of their tennis stars stand on the brink of history.

Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz returned to the semi-finals with an enthralling comeback but there will be no blockbuster showdown with Jannik Sinner after the world number one was dragged the distance and dumped out.

Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev edged out ailing world number one Jannik Sinner in a grinding five-set battle to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the second successive year.