The final golf major of the year is due to start tomorrow with the Women's Open set to take place in the English village of Walton-on-the-Hill.

has helped her climb to third in the world.Olympic champion and world number one Nelly Korda of the United

States is still seeking her second major triumph following on from the Women's PGA Championship in 2021

Hong Kong pulled back a two-run deficit to beat South Korea 9-8 in a thrilling finale to the opening match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup Group A in Thunder Bay, Canada.

win.It was the first time they had been ahead in the match since the bottom of the second inning.The United

States beat Australia 3-2 and had good reason to be grateful to pitcher Elise Berger.In her 84 pitches

/J6hIywRBTB— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) August 9, 2023In the third inning, three consecutive hitters gave the United

States the advantage and though the Australians scored twice in the sixth, they were unable to make

States face South Korea.Mexico and Australia, who both lost their opening encounters, meet in the afternoon

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Georgia claimed men's water polo bronze after beating the United States ©FISUThe Chengdu 2021 Closing

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to call for a national holiday for Australia if the nation reaches the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, but has been warned not to "jinx" the progress of the team, known as "The Matildas."

the Matildas can pull off a win in the World Cup, then that would be extraordinary and I reckon the states

We'll work with the other states in the Commonwealth to get the right date," Minns insisted."

Australia won the Americas Cup in Fremantle.It was the first time since its inauguration in 1851 that the United

States had lost the historic sailing trophy.Syndicate leader Alan Bond and skipper John Bertrand became

Two events in the past week or so have conspired to remind me of the time when I thought I was on the brink of answering one of sport's great unanswered questions.

One was Swedish footballer Lina Hurtig's penalty in Melbourne that sent the mighty United States crashing

Lina Hurtig scored the decisive penalty for Sweden that knocked out defending champions the United States

World Boxing is calling for candidates to run for Presidency as the governing body - a rival to the International Boxing Association (IBA) - seeks to establish an Executive Board.

World Boxing was launched in April and is seeking International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition.The United

States, Switzerland and New Zealand have so far quit the IBA to seek World Boxing membership.Argentina

Britain's Kieran Reilly and Hannah Roberts of the United States clinched the BMX freestyle park titles

Former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has crashed out of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup in what is one of the shocks of the event so far in Azerbaijan.

tiebreak after Rajabov badly misplayed in a rook and queen endgame before the second ended in a draw.The United

States' Fabiano Caruana defeated Turkey's Mustafa Yılmaz 2-0 to qualify for round four.He was the only

Every day at the College of Physics and Sports in Stockholm, visitors walk past an Olympic gold medal winner with scarcely a second glance.

art critic Pierre Jeanneret wrote in the British Olympic Association Report of the competition.The United

States Olympic Committee had, however, decided against participation because "'of the lack of interest

Floridian city of Coral Gables to prepare for its 2026 World Cup which is due to take place in the United

States, Canada, and Mexico.

Former United States President Donald Trump mocked Megan Rapinoe following her miss in the American team

Former United States President Donald Trump taunted Megan Rapinoe following her penalty miss in the

Asian champion Ahora Khateri starred for Iran at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships as the country won the team titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, while Japan topped the charts in the women's bouts.

freestyle category.Khateri's triumph helped Iran to 156 points in the freestyle team rankings to beat the United

States to first place on 126.Japan's Yamato Ogawa became the nation's first under-17 world champion

- Koharu AKUTSU 🇯🇵46kg - Natsumi MASUDA 🇯🇵53kg - Sakura ONISHI 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/y33uFqHOfR— United

Strictly speaking, the exit of the defending champions United States from the FIFA Women’s World Cup

But there were some obvious pointers.Most obvious, perhaps, was the United States failure to win the

Top-two ranked open tournament players Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura progressed to the fourth round at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, but world blitz champion Bibisara Assaubayeva is out of the women's event.

Tari to progress by 1.5 points to 0.5.In the other half of the open draw, second seed Nakamura of the United

States went through by the same scoreline by winning his second game against Benjámin Gledura of Hungary

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won his first road race gold medal at the Cycling World Championships despite the best efforts of protesters to put a stop to the race.

elimination race win, defending her title from 2022.Frenchwoman Valentine Fortin and Jennifer Valente of the United

States settled for silver and bronze respectively.Portugal's Iúri Leitão secured the overall men's omnium