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Karolina Pliskova shattered Serena Williams's bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title Thursday, her 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win setting-up a US Open final against new world number one Angelique Kerber. The win for Czech 10th seed Pliskova meant the 34-year-old American was deposed as the...

Defending champion Serena Williams has been knocked out of the Rio 2016 Olympics after she was defeated by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in the third round of the women's singles. She lost 6-4 6-3 to Svitolina, who currently ranks as number 20 in the world. Her struggles were highlighted by five...

Three-time doubles gold medalists Venus and Serena Williams have lost their first-ever Olympics doubles match. The tennis champions have won gold in the doubles matches at London 2012, Beijing's 2008 Games and at Sydney's Olympics in 2000. They were favorites to take home their fourth gold...

The 2016 Wimbledon Women winner, Serena Williams, has in harsh tone replied US Republican Presidential Nominee, Donald Trump after he referred to her as his ‘favorite black American woman friend.’ Trump on twitter announced that he had quite a lot of black American friends and that Serena, who...

Sport as a physical activity is not the exclusive reserve for males, there are women who have distinguished themselves as wonderful athletes. It is not surprising that they earn more than the male folks in the sporting activity they are engaged in. Below are the top ten highest paid sports women...

Two days after her stunning loss to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final, Serena Williams scored a different win on Monday, when Forbes Magazine reported she has overtaken Maria Sharapova as the world's highest-paid sportswoman. Williams earned $28.9 million over the past 12 months. That...

World Tennis Star, Serena Williams has made herself ill after eating dog food hours before reaching the last eight of the Italian Open. According to BBC, the world number one tried "a spoonful" of food meant for her dog, Chip, before beating fellow American Christina McHale in straight sets in...