Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return during the men's singles first round match against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia at the 2017 US Open tennis tournament in New York, the United States, Aug. 29, 2017.
China-born American Jay Shi made history at the Chinese National Games here on Monday simply by starting the men's 50m pistol competition at the Tuanbo Lake Shooting Range.
Former two-time world marathon champion Abel Kirui of Kenya has dismissed critics, saying he remains strong to retain his Chicago marathon title on October 8.
Chinese star shuttler Lin Dan will continue to build on his legend status by fighting for his fourth consecutive men's singles gold medal at the National Games when the badminton event will start on Wednesday, only three days after his World Championships loss to Denmark's Viktor Axelsen.
The prosecutor's office in Germany's Dortmund has launched prosecution proceedings against German-Russian Sergei W. who allegedly committed a bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team's bus in April.
2006 champion Maria Sharapova knocked out No.2 seed Simona Halep of Romania in a three-set thriller to advance into the second round while all the Chinese players advanced in the Day 1 actions of the US Open on Monday.
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