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BWF World Championships 2022: Akane Yamaguchi Retains Her Women's Singles Title

Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, beating China's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14. The top-seeded Yamaguchi, who won her first world title last year in the Spanish city of Huelva, had to dig deep to see off the challenge of Olympic champion Chen. Chen was bidding to become the first player from badminton powerhouse China to win a women's singles world title since 2011. China has won a total of 15 women's singles world titles -- five times more than any other country -- but number four seed Chen was the nation's first women's world finalist since 2014.

SA's Reto battled nerves to win long-awaited 'dream come true' LPGA Tour title

Paula Reto has finally tasted victory in her 157th start on the LPGA Tour as the South African clinched the CP Women's Open at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Sunday.

I'm the IOA president, asserts Adille Sumariwalla

"I'm the president, that's all. There's nothing to discuss," the former sprinter, who's president of the Athletics Federation of India since 2012, told reporters on Monday at the announcement of a sponsor tying up with AFI to support India's women athletes. Brushing off some of the IOA officials' statements which objected to his claim, Sumariwalla said, "You can say what you want." When told there was a court order that status quo be maintained at the IOA, he shot back: "Show me the court order.