Earlier that morning, while the grounds were still quiet, children and adults with disabilities were the ones in the spotlight at Flushing Meadows. They learned the basics of tennis, from how to volley to how to hit a backhand, and put them on display at the Court of Dreams clinic.
Sumit was rarely in any trouble throughout the three rounds against Jordan’s Mohammad Alhussien in the men’s 75kg first round to win 5:0, while Neeraj had to dig deep into her reserves to outlast Finland’s Krista Kovalainen and eke out a 3:2 verdict.
On a landmark day for captain Harmanpreet Singh, who won his 250th cap, India scored through seasoned Manpreet Singh (17’), Sukhjeet Singh (19’), Shilanand Lakra (24’), and Vivek Sagar Prasad (38’). Meanwhile, Shafiq Hassan (2’) found the back of the net for Malaysia.
At her postmatch news conference, four-time major champion Osaka pulled her latest U.S. Open Labubu — a shiny, silver one — from the pocket of her black jacket and introduced the creature to reporters, saying, “Her name is Althea Glitterson,” a tribute to Althea Gibson, the tennis champion who broke the sport's color barrier 75 years ago.
Canada will get its first look today at a national report examining how abuse and maltreatment are handled in sport, and where protections for athletes are falling short.
The Future of Sport in Canada Commission, created by the federal government in 2023 after athletes spoke out about systemic abuse, is led by commissioner Lise Maisonneuve, the former chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.
It is releasing its first report after hearing from Canadians through consultations in a dozen cities, as well as written submissions and survey responses.
The report is expected to detail jurisdictional gaps that leave most complaints outside federal oversight.
Currently, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport investigates only cases tied to national, federally funded programs, leaving lower levels to their own patchwork systems.
The commission’s findings are meant to guide debate and shape solutions at a September summit in Ottawa.
In front of a sold out crowd of 26,000 attendees, Whitecaps hosted two time world cup winner and Indian cricketing legend Yuvraj Singh along with Thomas Muller, FIFA world cup winner from Germany.
