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NEW YORK: Sweat-drenched competitors battled through suffocating conditions as sweltering heat gripped the second-round action at the US Open on Wednesday (Aug 29) before a lightning warning in the evening session suspended play in the outer courts.
Nigeria-born British athlete Divine Iheme looks ready for the grand stage, having impressed one and all with his breathtaking speed on the track. Iheme could be a name that fans would be singing for a long time, after the 14-year-old ran the 100m in a stunning 10.30 seconds at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, breaking the previous record of 10.51 seconds set by Jamaican speedster Sachin Dennis. Only two years ago, when he was aged 12, Iheme was covering the 100m distance in 11.3 seconds. The teenager has made significant progress, to clock 10.30 seconds, breaking the 'world record' in that age group.
It's nothing new for tennis players to worry aloud about their sport's overcrowded calendar, too-tough season and too-short off-season.
NEW YORK : Sweltering conditions gripped the U.S. Open on Wednesday, testing spectators and competitors alike as athletes tried to wrap up their second-round matches quickly.
Paralympic Games medals have become harder for Canadians to win, which makes them precious in Paris.
NEW YORK : Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen survived an early scare to overcome Russia's Erika Andreeva 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 in sweltering conditions on Wednesday to move into the third round of the U.S. Open.
:Irishman Eddie Dunbar won the 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday, mounting a well-timed attack in the last kilometre and fending off his chasers to triumph in the mountains around Padron.
NEW YORK : Big-hitting Frances Tiafoe and former finalist Madison Keys did their bit to boost American hopes at the U.S. Open when they both booked their tickets into the third round in convincing fashion on Wednesday.