Just days after crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round, the 24-year-old posted a picture on his Instagram of himself growing up in Canberra. The tennis star played basketball for the ACT.

Nick Kyrgios got his US Open campaign off to a winning start with a straight sets victory over Steve Johnson, but irked his opponent after responding to calls from the crowd.

MIKE DICKSON IN GENEVA: Alex Zverev made up for the loss of an injured Rafael Nadal when he carried Team Europe to victory in the Laver Cup on Sunday night for the third time in its three editions.

The tennis bad boy's Dodge Demon, one of only four in the country, was badly damaged after crashing into the pole in Bonner, ACT, on Saturday afternoon.

Nick Kyrgios has pledged $200 for every ace he hits this season to victims of the ongoing Australia bushfires.

Kyrgios hasn't made a quarter-final at a major in five years, with just four fourth-round appearances since his final-eight showing at the 2015 Australian Open.

The Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50 gala brought out a bevy of celebrities in Hollywood on Thursday.

On Tuesday Serena Williams showed out to usher in a new era of female tennis players. The 37-year-old was out in Soho for the Queen of the Future event and brought her daughter Olympia.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Twelve months ago a fast-rising young opponent - not to mention a vigilant umpire - turned the US Open final into something of a nightmare for Serena Williams.

Former world number one, Williams, 37, walked into the plush Lotte New York Palace, in Midtown, Manhattan, with two-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. clinging to her side.

The tennis pro, 37, was glammed up to the max in a slinky black dress for the Citi Taste of Tennis at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on Thursday.

Tennis star Serena Williams, 37, has opened up about how Meghan Markle, 38, travelled with four-month-old son Archie Harrison to watch her play in the US open final in New York in September.

Tiggy Pettifer, his and William's former nanny, and Mark Dyer, his minder, were asked by the the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to be their newborn's godparents ahead of July christening.

'I think right now, you can't think of style and not think of Jennifer Lopez,' said the athlete. 'She's just a little bit ridiculous and beyond amazing. She's always been stylish.'

In the string of TikTok videos the tennis superstar spoke honestly about her mental health struggles.

Serena Williams recently revealed she is struggling with anxiety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But the tennis star seemed to be in better spirits on Tuesday while she posted videos to Instagram.

Serena Williams returned to TikTok with another video in a Snow White costume, after making her debut on the app talking about her anxiety in a tutu last month.

Serena Williams posted an ingenious social media clip on Wednesday in which she simulated a tennis game on grass against herself.

Darts legend Raymond van Barneveld has crashed out of the 2020 Darts World Championship in the first round at the hands of Darin Young.

Fallon Sherrock became the first woman to win a World Championship match when she beat Ted Evetts last month, and Barry And Hearn believes it has put darts back on the global map.

JORDAN SEWARD: Peter Wright has been a long, hard road to the top. He finally accomplished his dream by beating van Gerwen 7-3 to win the World Darts Championship

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe watched on as reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo helped Milwaukee Bucks beat Charlotte Hornets in the first-ever NBA game to held in Paris.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: British women have been tipped to make history in Tokyo, with the head of Team GB boldly predicting that 2020 will be 'the year of the female Olympian'.

British Cycling was subjected to a UK Sport review into the culture of its elite programme in 2016, but the sheer scope and breadth of this look into UK Athletics is thought to be unprecedented.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: New levels of bemusement were attained with this week's revelations of how he changed his story about an L-carnitine infusion to USADA investigators.

The World Snooker Championship is the latest major sporting event to be postponed because of the coronavirus. Judd Trump was due to start the defence of his title at the Crucible on April 18.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Sir Steve Redgrave has told Sportsmail that delaying the Olympic Games until the summer of 2021 'makes a lot of sense'.

Three more events scheduled for May were postponed on Friday, but Diamond League organisers have claimed they're committed to delivering an 'extensive season' in 2020.

Raymond van Barneveld triumphed over Phil Taylor in a stay-at-home darts match which raised £15,000 for the battle against coronavirus.

The Scot, a two-time winner of the World Championships at Ally Pally, was scheduled to take part in the event from the comfort of his own home in Somerset, but is now unable to.

On just the second evening of the tour, world No 57 Luke Woodhouse hit a 113.9 average and also beat Ted Evetts and Rowby-John Rodriguez to ensure a 100 per cent record in Group Two.

O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion and his dad was spreading the word from when he was just a small child, including to one of the country's greatest ever footballers.

The Tour de France is in doubt once again after French prime minister Edouard Philippe said there could be no mass sporting events in the country until September.

A wide-ranging review of UK Athletics has heard that the under-fire organisation 'couldn't get any worse' - and has raised specific concerns about its ethics.

Kim Kardashian was at her wits' end on Monday, after her youngest daughter, Chicago, two, stained her expensive white sofa.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is currently studying to become a lawyer, and has now said that following in the footsteps of her late father Robert Kardashian has always been a dream.

McDonald's debuted a new commercial called 'Famous Orders.' It includes Kim's order at the chain: a burger, fries, a six-piece nugget with honey, apple pie, and a vanilla shake.

She is mom to four kids with husband Kanye West: daughters North, six, and Chicago, two, and sons Saint, four, and Psalm, nine months.

She spent a whirlwind 24 hours in Paris with husband Kanye West, arriving Monday and leaving the following day. And while in the City of Love, Kim Kardashian took a romantic elevator ride..

Kim Kardashian has been working hard to promote her SKIMS underwear. And on Tuesday the 39-year-old pinup from Calabasas, California was at it again.

Kanye West revealed that the death of 'one of my best friends' Kobe Bryant was 'a game changer for me.' Kobe died aged 41 this January with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.

The singer, 32, has opened up about the bizarre feud she got in with the rap legend after telling one of their mutual friends that the 42-year-old hip-hop star is 'weird'.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: In the midst of all this, in the midst of the lockdown and my dad in a care home no one can visit any more and my mum reaching for her shopping.

England star Sancho was a member of City's academy and trained alongside De Bruyne but moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2017 before he had made a first-team appearance.

Gotze looks set to leave Borussia Dortmund when his contract expires on June 30, with a host of clubs across Europe expected to fight it out for the 2014 World Cup winner.

With football across Europe suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the American is using his spare time to hone his skills, doing keepy-uppys whilst moving in tune to Drake's new single.

Borussia Dortmund star and former Manchester United transfer target Erling Haaland has revealed what he looks for in a club when weighing up a potential transfer.

Toulouse defender Ruben Gabrielsen revealed that Erling Braut Haaland came back a completely different player from an injury lay-off when the pair were at Molde. 

The winger has just 19 goals in three years after making the £135.5million move from Borussia Dortmund to the Nou Camp in 2017.

The French striker joined the Scottish Premiership champions in July 2018 for a reported fee of £9million, having also spent the previous campaign on loan at Parkhead.