Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen has withdrawn from the United Cup mixed-teams tournament, saying she will instead to focus on preparing for the Australian Open.

Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker recorded the first successful free kick field goal since 1976.

The Australian Open will embrace one of the fastest growing sports in the world when it hosts the inaugural AO Pickleball Slam on the final weekend of next month's tennis major with $100,000 in prize money.

Last year, a pickleball league was launched at New England's largest prison. Now, more than 40 facilities have adopted the sport -- and inmates say it has changed their lives.

The identities of 15 "highly abusive account authors" were reported to national law enforcement and about 12,000 posts or comments were alerted to social media platforms this year in a new attempt to stop cyberbullying of tennis players and officials.