Dinara Safina needed only 56 minutes to eliminate Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday. She’ll play Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic for the championship of the $2 million Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.After two weeks of grueling — and winning — tennis, Pennetta didn’t feel so good. She had blisters on her feet, a [...]
Adidas equips national fotball teams of for example Germany, Argentina and Spain as well as clubs like AC Milan, Chelsea FC and Bayern Munich.The world’s second-largest sports goods maker Adidas (ADSG.DE) expects sales in South Africa to grow at a double-digit rate in the years to come thanks to the football world cup in the [...]
Federer has won the Wimbledon title five times and was beaten in an
epic five-set final last year by world number one Rafael Nadal.The Swiss maestro completed a career grand slam when he beat Robin Soderling in the final of the French Open on Sunday.Roger Federer was
not playing only Robin Soderling at Roland Garros on Sunday. [...]
The crowd at the French Open final had a sense of what might be coming
next when Dinara Safina’s first serve hit the middle of the net
traveling at a shockingly low speed. There was a collective gasp at the
sight of the world’s top player as she fell apart.Safina had not won a set in losing last [...]
The 46-year-old Moyer is the 44th player to win 250 games, and only the
11th left-hander to joint he exclusive list. It was his sixth try at
250 after going winless in his last five outings while allowing 38 hits
and 26 earned runs in 24 1-3 innings.Jamie Moyer beat the Nationals on Sunday to notch his 250th [...]
Manchester, England (Sports Network) – John O’Shea’s goal in the 17th minute gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Michigan State survived its national-semifinal rumble with Connecticut last night, pulling away in the final minutes for an 82-73 triumph.
The Spartans, relentlessly rebounding, defending and pursuing loose balls, wore down the Huskies with the help of two subs, Detroit native Durrell Summers (10 points, six rebounds) and guard Korie Lucious (11 points). Michigan State’s bench [...]
Miguel Tejada received probation and community service for lying to Congress about performancing-enhancing drugs.
In January 2008, Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate Tejada, who told congressional staff members in 2005 that he had never taken steroids, had never seen players take steroids and had never heard other players talk about steroids. However, Tejada’s name [...]
While the discussion of whether or not he’s a Hall of Famer will continue for at least the next five years, I was wondering if our readers had any thoughts about Schilling from a fantasy perspective. The strikeouts were huge — over 3,000 of them — and he did have three 20-win seasons with the [...]
Japan beat Korea, 5-3, in an electrifying 10-inning game Monday night in Los Angeles to defend its World Baseball Classic title.
The night belonged to the twos. With two on and two out and two strikes on him, Ichiro Suzuki smacked a two-run single to center and 22-year-old Yu Darvish–product of Iranian-Japanese parents– pitched a scoreless half [...]