Karin Knapp

Last chance for Pistorius

newsobserver.com     Jul 16, 2008   186 related          

Oscar Pistorius will run in the 400 meters today at Lucerne, Switzerland, knowing he must run the fastest time of his life to persuade South African selectors to include him in the Beijing team that they'll announce the next day.                

Olympics notebook

heraldnet.com     Jul 16, 2008   8 related          

Associated Press CYCLING: Pedro Pablo Perez, a star Cuban cyclist who competed at the Sydney Olympics, was in a coma after a car crash and will miss the Beijing Games. The 31-year-old rider sustained "cerebral ... lacerations...                

The Buzz: Poker finalists now wait

kansascity.com     Jul 16, 2008          

Dennis Phillips, a 53-year-old amateur poker player from a St. Louis suburb, surged to chip lead in the World Series of Poker, as the tournament on Tuesday skimmed down to the final nine players. They will meet at the...                

Tsonga, Koubek, Knapp pull out of Oly tennis

cnn.com     Jul 16, 2008   17 related          

LONDON (AP) -- Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Stefan Koubek and Karin Knapp have withdrawn from the Olympic tennis tournament because of injuries on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Tsonga, who lost to Novak Djokovic in...                

Tsonga heads Olympic tennis withdrawals

cnn.com     Jul 15, 2008   2 related          

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of Olympic tournament Top-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi withdraws from the Austrian Open Sixth-seeded Florent Serra defeated in the opening round of Dutch Open LONDON, England (AP)...                

Sports Minute: Hamilton impressive in runner-up finish...Spectrum going down...Rest day at the Tour

kvoa.com     Jul 15, 2008          

Associated Press - July 15, 2008 10:03 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Twins first baseman Justin Morneau (MOHR'-noh) won last night's All-Star Home Run Derby, but it was Josh Hamilton who stole the show in Yankee Stadium. The Texas...                

French Open ratings: Rafael Nadal and Svetlana Kuznetsova head up the stars for the stars

sportingo.com     Jun 3, 2008   181 related          

This time next week, we'll know if Nadal is a four-time winner at Roland Garros and if Maria Sharapova is still on course for a Grand Slam of the major titles. On the eve of the second week of the French Open, Gregory Lanzenberg...                

Tennis: Career slam eludes Sharapova

nationalpost.com     Jun 3, 2008   155 related          

With the quarter-finals firmly in her sights at Roland Garros, Maria Sharapova stumbled on the red clay again. In letting match point slip away in a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2 loss to Russia’s Dinara Safina on Monday, a career slam eluded...                

Ginepri last American man left in French Open

cnn.com     Jun 2, 2008   97 related          

PARIS (AP) -- Robby Ginepri is easy to spot at the French Open in his oh-so-American getup: Black baseball cap turned backward and sleeveless T-shirt. Even more remarkably, he is into the fourth round at the clay-court Grand Slam,...                

Fed Ex masterclass denies Ancic repeat performance

thenews.com.pk     Jun 2, 2008   4 related          

PARIS: Roger Federer turned a potentially tricky outing against Mario Ancic into a stroll in the park on Saturday, beating the Croatian 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the French Open. Ancic holds the distinction of being the...                

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