Factbox: Novak Djokovic – player profile
Form guide for Serbia’s Novak Djokovic ahead of his U.S. Open final against Argentine Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Factbox: Juan Martin del Potro – player profile
Form guide for Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro ahead of his U.S. Open final against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Factbox: U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka
Factbox on Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who beat American Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 to win the women’s U.S. Open title on Saturday:
Factbox: List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions
List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions since tennis turned professional in 1968:
Osaka beats Serena to win first Grand Slam title
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title when she beat Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday.
Athletics: Price power gives Americas early lead in Continental Cup
DeAnna Price of the United States beat world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk in the hammer throw on Saturday, helping lift the Americas into the lead on the first day of the Continental Cup.
Angels’ Ohtani to hit through remainder of season
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani will delay his decision on whether he will undergo Tommy John surgery until the end of the season, he told reporters Friday.
Carroll: ‘Don’t care’ about Wilson favoritism report
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll shrugged off a report Friday that alleged he contributed to fractures within the team in recent years by showing favoritism toward quarterback Russell Wilson.
Japan charmed by ‘new heroine’ Osaka after Grand Slam breakthrough
Naomi Osaka is hogging the headlines for all the right reasons in her native land after she became the first Japanese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final, with one major newspaper hailing her as “a new heroine Japan can be proud of”.
MLB roundup: Dodgers edge Rockies in pivotal opener
Yasiel Puig hit a home run in his return from suspension, and Clayton Kershaw pitched six strong innings as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers closed the gap on the first-place Colorado Rockies with a 4-2 victory Friday night.
