Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova recovered from a slow start to beat Romanian teenager Sorana Cirstea 7-6, 6-1 to reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Jamaican 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell is not the world's best sprinter, retired 200 and 400 record holder Michael Johnson said. That honour, he said, goes to American world champion Tyson Gay. "Asafa Powell is a great talent but he can never get it done. He's failed time after time at the championships."
A gruelling off-season training regime in Australia paid off for Ana Ivanovic when she fought back from the brink of defeat to beat France's Virginie Razzano 6-1 2-6 7-5 at the Sydney International on Tuesday.
China continued to put up dominating performances in the pool, this time taking gold in women's 10 metre synchronized diving on Tuesday. Slovenian Judoka Tina Trstenjak became her country's second Olympic champion in the sport.
Racing driver Ralf Schumacher has teamed up with a subsidiary of German erotic products firm Beate Uhse in a joint venture aimed at the Slovenian market.
The world number one beat China's Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-2 in the third round.
Much to the dismay of Tour de France organisers, a cloud of doping suspicion will hang over their race, and in particular over triple champion Alberto Contador, when the 2011 edition begins on Saturday.
Unseeded Venus Williams marched into the Family Circle Cup semi-finals by beating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4 7-5 on Friday.
Moser Baer India has acquired 40 per cent equity stake in Slovenia-based Solarvalue Proizvodnja from Germany based Solarvalue AG for an undisclosed amount, giving it an assured supply of solar grade silicon for its photo voltaic business.
The Russian faces unseeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova in the semi-finals of the Zurich Open.
Ivan Ljubicic and Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open.
The Swiss beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 7-6, 6-3 in their quarter-final match the Rogers Cup.
Russia's Vera Zvonareva rounded off a week of upsets with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini criticised his players' attitude and concentration after they were knocked out of the Intertoto Cup by Slovenian side NK Maribor 3-2 on aggregate.
They were beaten by Shinobu Asagoe and Katarina Srebotnik in the doubles final of the Bausch and Lomb Championships in Florida.
Jelena Jankovic's bid for a fourth straight title ended on Thursday when the world number one lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the Zurich Open. The Serb was playing her opening match of the week after receiving a first-round bye but showed little sign of having benefited from her brief rest since winning in Moscow.
Ana Ivanovic became the second high-profile player to tumble out of the Kremlin Cup in two days after losing to Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6.
The victory earned the Belgian a quarter-final meeting with Russia's Dinara Safina at the Diamond Games.
The Indian ace beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in just 37 moves at the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
Manchester City are in danger of an early exit from Europe after a shock 1-0 home defeat by Danish side Midtjylland in their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first-leg match on Thursday.
The French second seed was humbled by Slovenian qualifier Katarina Srebotnik at the Zurich Open.
Davenport saved two match points to beat Hantuchova and reach the quarter-finals of the Zurich Open.
The only former champion in the women's draw, Serena Williams, was ousted in the second round of the French Open.
The Malaysian Hindus used to be Indians hundreds of years ago. Now, they are as Malaysian as any ethnic Malay.
Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first seeded casualty at the US Open after he was beaten by fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
Kenenisa Bekele won his third straight 10,000 metres world title on Monday with teammate Sileshi Sihine pacing him and finishing second in a dramatic victory for Ethiopia
Briton Kelly Holmes deposed friend and training partner Maria Mutola as women's 800 metres Olympic champion.
With only the first three sure to qualify for Saturday's semi-finals, Devers squeezed through as the fourth next-fastest.
Juventus scraped a 2-2 draw with Swedish underdogs Djurgarden, while Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 win at Graz AK in the Champions League's third qualifying round.
Hours after she returned to Earth onboard shuttle Atlantis after a record 195-day stay in space, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams was chosen Person of the Week by a leading US television network.
"Right now I am mentally and physically tired," said Clijsters after being beaten in the Swisscom Challenge semi-finals by Jelena Dokic.
The Belgian top seeds remained on course to meet in the final of the Swisscom Challenge.
Defending champion Patty Schnyder also reached the last eight by upsetting third seed Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-2.
Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out of the Swisscom Challenge after a 7-6 7-5 defeat to Paola Suarez.
Despite a dismal year, Dokic ranked 25th in the world did enough to defeat American Rubin, ranked 10th in the world.
The twice Wimbledon champion scored an easy victory over Katarina Srebotnik
Syriza lawmakers walked the corridors telling reporters the government might not survive the night.
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