The life of an athlete isn't easy. The struggle to get to the top, and then maintaining that position, is quite arduous.

Perfection in sport, as in life, is pretty much impossible. But there are days when athletes get as close to it as can reasonably be expected. For Simona Halep, that day came six years ago in the 2019 ...

Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion who was ranked world No. 1 in women's tennis singles for 64 combined ...

Simona Halep’s tennis career has ended. Fittingly, it came in her native Romania, with the 33-year-old losing in the opening round of the Transylvania Open to 72 nd -ranked Lucia Bronzetti, 6-1, 6-1.

Paula Badosa reveals she admired Maria Sharapova's tennis a lot when growing up but admits she absolutely wasn't ready to be labeled the next Sharapova. During her junior career, the Spaniard achieved ...

Simona Halep once opened up about her emotions after losing to Maria Sharapova in the first round of the 2017 US Open. This was the year the latter had returned from a doping suspension.

Cam Smith has gone on the attack over the Australian Open format, saying exactly what he thinks about the dual-gender event. Taking his heavy criticism of last year’s event into 2025 ...

Graf is also one of only two players in history to win the career Silver Slam as she has finished runner-up at all four ...

Kournikova, meanwhile, insists “marriage isn’t important to me” but now goes by Anna Kournikova Iglesias, wears a diamond ring and matching eternity band as of 2017 and has been introduced as his ...

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The U.S. Open is expanding to 15 days this year, shifting to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era that began in 1968. Fans who subscribed for ticket ...

2015 — Lydia Ko, 17, becomes the youngest golfer, male or female, to be ranked No. 1. She shares second place at the LPGA Tour’s season opener, where she finishes a shot behind Na Yeon Choi.

Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scores an NHL-record seven goals in a 10-6 victory over the Toronto St. Patricks. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Red Burman in the fifth round at ...