Tennis

Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport was an easy second-round winner Saturday at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open. The 32nd-seeded three-time major titlist Davenport, playing in Miami for the first time in f ...

Lleyton Hewitt wins after opponent pulls out late with thigh injury

Lleyton Hewitt, playing singles for the first time since losing in the Davis Cup last September, beat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic at the Adelaide International on Tuesday after Tipsarevic retired late with a thigh injury. The former top-ranked Australi ...

Slovenia¡¯s Srebotnik, Sugiyama of Japan take doubles title at Rogers Cup

TORONTO (CP) _ Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Ai Sugiyama of Japan found almost instant success as a doubles duo when they decided to team up this past March. Now they have their first title together. Srebotnik and Sugiyama captured the doubles ...

Baghdatis' old confrontation pops up

The pepper spray had barely cleared from the air before firestorm No. 2 hit when local media pounced on footage from last year of former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, who was waving a flare and hanging out with supporters from ...

Venus advances to round of 16

MELBOURNE -- Eighth-seeded Venus Williams survived her toughest test at the Australian Open to beat Indian Sania Mirza, 7-6, 6-4, today to reach the fourth round. Mirza produced a superb performance but American Williams eventually wore her down to r ...

Jankovic puts brakes on Serena Williams

MELBOURNE, Australia -- First glances, as it turned out, were utterly deceiving at the Australian Open. Seventh-seeded Serena Williams showed up on Day 1 looking fit and eager, and at great ease, joking about dispensing relationship advice. As for Je ...

The field could be catching Federer

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The first sign or two of weakness in Roger Federer -- practically invisible to the naked eye -- is detectable by that vaunted Serbian eyesight. Or at least with the help of Janko Tipsarevic's hip glasses. The original seed of ...

Tsonga takes a giant leap by overwhelming Nadal

MELBOURNE, Australia -- After Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France used sheer power and audacious shot-making he called ridiculous to brush aside second-seeded Rafael Nadal in the semifinals here, some experts -- among them TV commentator and former champion ...

Officials investigate irregular betting on ATP match in Poland News by

LONDON (AP) _ Tennis officials are investigating suspiciousbetting patterns on a match in which top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ofRussia retired with an injury against a low-ranked opponent at anATP tournament in Poland. In an unprecedented move, Briti ...

Nadal has to fight to win Mercedes Cup, his 6th tournament this year News by

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) _ Rafael Nadal dropped serve three timesand had to sweep five straight games to win the Mercedes Cup with a6-4, 7-5 win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Sunday. The top-seeded Spaniard hadn't previously dropped serve ...

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Golf

Romero breaks through for first win in New Orleans
Romero breaks through for first win in New Orleans

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Andres Romero closed with rounds of 65 and 68 on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans by a single stroke. Romero, ...

Nick O'Hern ends winless drought, takes Australian PGA in playoff News
Tales from around the PGA Tour as the 2007 season gets set to start News
Wie headed toward her worst round ever despite good conditions at Sony Open News

Basketball

English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics
English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics

GENEVA (AP) _ Britain's hopes of qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics are in jeopardy because of a dispute between national auth ...

Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers see benefits of playing in Europe News by
Ex Pacer star Reggie Miller condemns Stephen Jackson for firing gun
Phil Jackson returns to Lakers after hip replacement surgery

Football

Premier League round-up
Premier League round-up

Arsenal's second trip to the North East in the space of five days ended in disappointment again as they lost their unbeaten domestic record to Middlesbrough, wh ...

Tennis

Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match
Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport was an easy second-round winner Saturday at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open. The ...

Cricket

Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests
Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) _ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the defending World Cup champion team will improve further by playing challenging games like Su ...