Billie Jean King is the recipient of the 2,807th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which came into being in the 1960 at the Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street
Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has been booked in Bengaluru for raping a woman multiple times on the pretext of marriage.
Argentine star, Alejandro Darío Gómez, or Papu Gomez received a two-year ban for testing positive for taking a banned substance.
We have talked about them and a lot from all around the globe in today’s sports wrap.
If King is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, she will join other athletes who have received the honour, including golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson, and Arnold Palmer.
Notably, this is the 50th anniversary of when the 1973 US Open became the first major sports event to pay women and men equal prize money.
Billie Jean King founded the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in 1973 and campaigned for equal prize money for women and men.