Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep registered her first win since May on a rain-affected day at the Cincinnati Masters, as world number one Ashleigh Barty’s second-round match was postponed due to wet weather.

first competitive match since that injury ended in defeat as she went down to Danielle Collins of the United

States at the Canadian Open in Montreal.But Halep, a three-time runner-up in Cincinnati, ensured she

The seeded players entered the second round of squash’s British Open in Hull today, with two falling victim to upsets in the men’s competition, while third seed Camille Serme of France withdrew from the women’s event with injury.

Eain Yow will face 2018 British Open champion Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia after his victory over the United

States’ Todd Harrity in straight games.In the bottom half of the draw, sixth seed and world number seven

their first matches of the tournament.World number one and top seed Nour El Sherbini of Egypt beat the United

States' Olivia Fiechter in straight games in the women's tournament ©PSA In the women’s competition

States’ world number 20 Olivia Fiechter in straight games, 11-8, 11-2, 11-6.She will face the world

Cuba are set to defend their title at the Men’s North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) Continental Volleyball Championship, which begins tomorrow at Durango in Mexico.

Cuba have been drawn in a strong looking Pool B alongside the United States, runners-up at the previous

Guatemala.Hosts Mexico feature in Pool A, alongside Canada, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago.The United

States are being led for the NORCECA continental tournament by Josh Tauniga, an alternate for the team

The first champions have been crowned at the United World Wrestling Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia

States, who overcame Mustafo Akhmedov of Tajikistan 7-4.

@kadir8caliskan6 pic.twitter.com/487YoKuV4A— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 17, 2021Iran

States who beat Stanislav Novac of Moldova by technical superiority 18-8, and Stanislav Svinoboev of

technical superiority.Finally, in the 97 kilograms category gold went to Braxton James Amos of the United

States who beat Polat Polatci of Turkey 11-4.Bronze medals in the division went to Deepak Deepak of

The Organising Committee has been formed for the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, featuring five bodies and chaired by Alessandro Ciro Sciretti.

December 11 to 21 across 10 sports, and the following edition has been awarded to Lake Placid in the United

States in 2023.

The 2021 Formula Kite PanAmerican Championships are set to take place tomorrow in Cabarate in the Dominican Republic for the first time with the event lasting until August 22.

competitors from Brazil, Colombia, France, Guadeloupe, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United

States and Dominican Republic are set to participate.Italian athlete Sofia Tomasoni has been tipped

Ken Eriksen, the coach of the United States softball team at Tokyo 2020, has said his experience in Japan

The United States claimed silver in the softball competition at Tokyo 2020 after losing 2-0 to hosts

Some of the new Olympic sports last week received an interesting back-handed compliment from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a pressure group which claims more than 6.5 million members and supporters worldwide.

Sweden’s Monaster "tore the tendons of both front legs and had to be killed"; and Slippery Slim from the United

States fell at the pond and "was lying in such an unfortunate position that in his efforts to rise to

Stefanos Tsitsipas says he will not get a COVID-19 vaccine unless it becomes mandatory to compete on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.

allowed to attend qualifying rounds at this month's US Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic.However, the United

States Tennis Association plans to admit the full capacity for the main draw of the tournament.

The coronavirus-hit World Athletics Under-20 Championships begin in Nairobi tomorrow, but several leading nations will be absent because of the pandemic.

The United States, Britain, Australia, Japan and Germany - half of the top 10 on the medals table when

Relations between the two sides of weightlifting’s big divide have worsened in the past few days as the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has refused to change course despite strong warnings about its future from inside and outside the sport.

before and even during the weightlifting competitions of Tokyo 2020, aimed at achieving consensus".The United

States, Finland and Germany argued for the reformers in negotiating the "compromise Constitution" with

Naomi Osaka, who lit the Olympic Cauldron at Tokyo 2020 but has only played in one tournament since withdrawing from the French Open amid controversy over her stance of not fulfilling all media obligations to guard her mental well-being, was left in tears at a pre-Cincinnati Masters press conference.

a tight battle with American Madison KeysDaria Kasatkina, which ended 7-5, 6-4.Jessica Brady of the United

States progressed 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) against Ekaterina Alexandrova and 15th seed Elise Mertens of Belgium

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) British Open began in Hull today, with Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam overcoming England’s wildcard entry Georgina Kennedy in the first match on the Glass Court.

the world number 36 triumphed 15-13, 14-12, 13-15, 9-11, 11-6 to set up a second round tie with the United

States’ world number five Amanda Sobhy.World number one Nour El Sherbini of Egypt is also in the top

half of the draw, and will face Olivia Fiechter of the United States in the second round after the world

place across five men’s freestyle weight categories to decide the first finalists on day one of the United

Ziraddin Bayramov for gold, after the wrestler from Azerbaijan overcame Beau Reynald Bartlett of the United

States 6-2.Day 1 highlight from the 2021 Junior World Championships #WrestleUfa_____#uww #wrestling

#کشتی #борьба #koshti #lutte #lucha #कुश्ती #レスリング pic.twitter.com/rwdmnJXKwY— United World

superiority against Baliyan Gourav of India.Finally, in the 97 kilograms category Braxton James Amos of the United

States won the first semi-final by beating Deepak Deepak of India 9-1.Amos will face Polat Polatci of

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has revealed a new format for the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), which will feature two pools of eight before an expanded final knockout stage.

round.Brazil beat Poland in the 2021 men’s final, after Russia had won it in 2018 and 2019, while the United

States beat Brazil in the women’s final to clinch their third successive title.