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The standout athlete was about to play her first match at the DC Open in Rock Creek Park. It marked her debut as an adult in a big-league tennis tournament.

DeHart Hubbard became the first Black athlete to win an individual gold medal in 1924. His family is making sure his story isn’t forgotten.

Petr Korda won the Washington event 32 years ago. On Sunday, his son rallied past Flavio Cobolli, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.

After advancing to the semifinals for the first time, the Hyattsville native suffered a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Sebastian Korda in his eighth appearance at his hometown tournament.

Marie Bouzkova knocked off the top-seeded Belarusian and will face Paula Badosa in Sunday’s final in a matchup of unseeded players.

Washington’s annual professional tennis event begins Monday at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park.

The latest edition of the Nationals’ summer concert series saw the pop star and thousands of her fans blend with a baseball crowd for a buoyant summer night at the ballpark.

Two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas trailed by as many as 15 points and had to overcome Atkins’s career-high 36 points as Washington fell, 89-77.

Barbora Krejcikova bounced back from a tough second set to beat Jasmine Paolini in the third and capture her second Grand Slam win.

After his rookie season with the Wizards was cut short by an injury, Coulibaly is healthy and was officially selected this week to play for France at the Paris Games.

Despite going head-to-head with the Paris Games, the D.C. event has a strong field of players focused on the hard-court season with the U.S. Open looming.

Irvin allowed just one hit and one walk to go with eight strikeouts while Jesse Winker’s pinch-hit solo shot gave the Nationals all they needed to beat the Mets.

The former Washington player scored in the 19th minute as North Carolina prevailed, 1-0.

With Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George in the fold, the Wizards’ youth movement has arrived.

Carrington was one of three players the Wizards added in the first round of the NBA draft, and he will be playing close to home.

Mays made his affiliated professional baseball debut in Hagerstown, Md., in 1950, and his experience in the segregated city stayed with him.

The reserve forward had 23 points and nine rebounds in a 97-69 rout of Dallas. The teams will meet again Sunday.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have gotten most of the national attention, but Mystics rookie Edwards is quickly earning the respect of her teammates.

An early penalty proves too much for Washington to overcome in its NWSL opener on the road.

The Wizards hung with the Cleveland Cavaliers before a late lapse left them with a 114-105 defeat at Capital One Arena.