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Tennis ATP $3.5 MILLION MASTERS At Rome Championship Singles Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Championship Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 tiebreak. WTA $1.34 MILLIION GERMAN OPEN At...
Beneath the Peak of Zebulon Pike in July of 1995, Dawn Coe-Jones was breathing laboriously. ... She is the only player in U.S. national women's soccer team history to play every minute of its 1995, 1999 and 2002 World Cup matches and in the 1996 and 2002 Summer Olympics....
For generations, the idea of a woman returning to professional sports after giving birth, much less to compete at a top level, had few reference points.Tennis great Evonne Goolagong Cawley seemingly stood alone for years as the one shining example, though others had done it before her. Margaret...
This Mother's Day, some moms will be spending time with their kids. Others will be training for a shot at Olympic glory. And, as Amy Rosewater found out, the balancing act between "mommy" and "athlete" is no easy task. ... At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the Games were...
Stanislas Wawrinka rallied past eighth-seeded James Blake 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-1 at the Rome Masters Friday to reach his second semifinal in two weeks. "It's my first Masters Series semifinal, so I'm very pleased," Wawrinka said. ... ... Stanislas Wawrinka rallied past...
Serena Williams 17-match winning streak ended Friday with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) loss to Dinara Safina in the German Open quarterfinals. ... The 17th-ranked Russian pressured Williams' backhand, the same tactic that worked a day earlier in an upset of top-ranked Justine...
The stunning Russian and former world No.1 will attempt to complete a career Grand Slam at the French Open. But can she triumph on the clay? ... The stunning Russian and former world No.1 will attempt to complete a career Grand Slam at the French Open. 'The Russian star...
Former Wimbledon champions Amelie Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport will play the Wimbledon tuneup event in Eastbourne. ... Davenport won the Eastbourne grass-court tournament in 2001 and Mauresmo was runner-up to Justine Henin last year. Their participation in the June...
Put an American teenager in Moscow and while she can value its culture and thrill to the grandeur of the Kremlin, she still is going to represent teenage America. ... In Moscow, Vandeweghe practiced with U.S. team members Vania King, Ahsha Rolle and Liezel Huber. Other...
He's the embodiment of charisma but Younes El Aynaoui had virtually disappeared from the tennis circuit after myriad injuries derailed his career. The Moroccan veteran, though, stormed back onto the scene last week, reaching the BMW Open semifinals. ... is out to prove he...
