Tennis
Restaurant accident sidelines Serena
WORLD No.1 Serena Williams will miss three tournaments in the lead-up to the US Open after stepping on broken glass at a restaurant.
Nine dumps Wimbledon for footy
CHANNEL 9 has dumped Wimbledon after almost 40 years as it clears the decks for an all-out assault on footy's $1 billion TV rights.
Aussie pair win first doubles title
AUSTRALIAN duo Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione have won their first ATP doubles title with victory in the final of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Serbia, Argentina coast into semis
ARGENTINA and Serbia wrapped up quarter-final victories on the road in the Davis Cup to join France and the Czech Republic in the tournament's last four.
Hewitt loses 'come on' battle
AUSTRALIAN tennis star Lleyton Hewitt has lost a legal battle over his famous "come on" catchcry.
Woodies enshrined in Hall of Fame
AUSTRALIAN doubles greats Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde headed a class of seven players inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Defending champions Spain sent packing
DEFENDING champions Spain were knocked out of the Davis Cup as France claimed an historic victory over the four-time winners in the quarter-finals.
Ball forced to retire in heatwave
HEATWAVE conditions were too much for Davis Cup player Carsten Ball on a tough day for Australians at the ATP Hall of Fame grasscourt tournament in Rhode Island.
Injured Berdych to miss cup tie
LOSING Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych has ruled himself out of the Czech Republic's Davis Cup quarterifinal against Chile because of an abdominal muscle injury.
Beaten junior tennis ace aiming high
FORGET the entree, Australian tennis ace Benjamin Mitchell is hungry for the main course.
Serena 'no match' for the blokes
WIMBLEDON champion Serena Williams admits she couldn't beat any man in the world top 100.
Mitchell loses junior final
AUSTRALIAN qualifier Benjamin Mitchell has fallen one win short of becoming Wimbledon junior champion.
Nadal reclaims All England crown
RAFAEL Nadal has thumped Tomas Berdych in straight sets to claim a coveted second Wimbledon crown.
Double blow for teary Zvonareva
VERA Zvonareva was left distraught and broke down in tears on court after losing two Wimbledon finals in one day.
New star in Mitchell family household
GOLD Coast tennis ace Benjamin Mitchell says there's one good way to out-shine his TV star brother and become the biggest celebrity in the family household.
Serena wins fourth All England title
MORE dominant than ever, Serena Williams collected her fourth Wimbledon crown on Saturday with a storming win over shellshocked Russian Vera Zvonareva.
Berdych makes short work of Djok
WIMBLEDON giant-killer Tomas Berdych has moved into his maiden grand slam final with an ominous straight-sets triumph over Novak Djokovic.
British hopes shattered by Nadal
RAFAEL Nadal has shattered British hopes of a drought-breaking home Wimbledon triumph with a clinical straight-sets win over Andy Murray.
Williams, Zvonareva into final
WORLD No.1 and defending champion Serena Williams has seen off unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova to advance to her sixth Wimbledon final.
Aussie junior courts greatest glory
HOLD the phone, an Australian might win Wimbledon after all! Queenslander Benjamin Mitchell has made the semi-finals of the boys' event.
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Mixed emotions in Perth homecoming
AFTER 19hrs of travelling and more than six weeks on the European circuit, I finally returned home to Perth this week, writes West Australian Matt Ebden.
Groth books date with Williams
JARMILA Groth has stormed into a fourth-round Wimbledon showdown with world No. 2 Venus Williams.
Romanian spits at Wimbledon crowd
ROMANIAN Victor Hanescu spat at the crowd and pulled out of his Wimbledon match. Aussie Lleyton Hewitt won his round.
Ruthless Hewitt through to final 16
LLEYTON Hewitt's threatening march towards a second Wimbledon title has continued, with the Australian posting a resounding straight sets win over 21st seed Gael Monfils.
Isner finally wins 11-hour epic
IT'S over. John Isner has won the longest match in tennis history, claiming the final set 70-68.
Russian snubs Aussie whinger
SVETLANA Kuznetsova refused to shake Anastasia Rodionova's hand after losing to the Russian-born Australian at Wimbledon.
Hewitt storms into third round
LLEYTON Hewitt has stormed into Wimbledon's third round with a cerebral display of grasscourt tennis.
Sam vows to improve
SAM Stosur is resigned to dealing with anything and everything that comes with a top-10 ranking.
59-59! Wimbledon epic sets records
AMERICAN John Isner and France's Nicolas Mahut are locked together at 59-59 in the final set of an extraordinary match at Wimbledon.
Molik run at All England all over
ALICIA Molik's Wimbledon is over, with poor serving and unforced errors consigning her to the All England scrapheap once again.
Disaster day for Aussies at Wimbledon
WESTERN Australia's Casey Dellacqua has joined Sam Stosur to be tumbled out of Wimbledon while Anastasia Rodionova posted her best grand slam result.
'Lucky' Fed survives huge scare
ROGER Federer has dodged a Wimbledon bullet, clambering to an unconvincing first-round victory.
Lleyton leads Wimbledon charge
LLEYTON Hewitt has come from a set down to beat a dangerous first-round opponent and join a swelling band of Australian winners at Wimbledon.
Grass can be greener for Stosur
NO copping out, Samantha Stosur says it's finally time to stand up and be counted at the spiritual home of tennis.
Time has come for rejuvenated Molik
FAR from content just to be back after a three-year absence, Alicia Molik is hoping to have the best Wimbledon ever.
Doctor urged Hewitt to give it away
LLEYTON Hewitt, who kicks off his Wimbledon campaign tonight, was urged to retire two years ago because of severe hip problems.
Hewitt pleads for 'decent' Cup venue
LLEYTON Hewitt has implored Tennis Australia to choose Sydney or Melbourne as the venue for Australia's World Group playoff against Belgium in September.
Revived Hewitt ready for Wimbledon
LLEYTON Hewitt says he is injury free, moving as well as ever and has returned to title contention at Wimbledon after staving off enforced retirement.
Luckless Lleyton faces draw from hell
LLEYTON Hewitt received few favours at Friday's Wimbledon draw, but he's at least been spared a first-week match with Roger Federer.
Wimbledon women's singles
DRAW for the first round of the Wimbledon women's singles tournament, which gets underway on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Wimbledon men's singles
DRAW for the first round of the Wimbledon men's singles tournament, which gets underway on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Stosur's golden grasscourt run over
SAM Stosur's was eliminated in the AEGON International semi-finals 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 by Ekaterina Makarova.
Stosur on track for Eastbourne final
SAM Stosur's star continues to rise after the French Open finalist reached the AEGON International semis at Eastbourne.
Dokic weeps as Wimbledon over
JELENA Dokic broke down in tears after blowing match point to crash out of Wimbledon qualifying overnight, but West Australian Matt Ebden continued his grass-court charge.
Stosur, Clijsters ease through
AUSTRALIA'S Sam Stosur and fifth seed Kim Clijsters reached the last eight of the Eastbourne International with contrasting performances overnight.
Wimbledon singles seedings
SEEDINGS for the men's and women's singles for Wimbledon:
Tomic silent on wildcard snub
STUNG by his Australian Open controversies, Bernard Tomic is refusing to criticise officials after a Wimbledon snub.
Seedings lift boosts Hewitt
LEYTON Hewitt's Wimbledon prospects have soared after the 2002 champion was catapulted into the top 16 seedings for next week's tournament.
Ebden heads Aussie win-fest
WEST Australian grand slam contender Matthew Ebden has powered through his first round of the Wimbledon qualifiers, defeating Spain's David Marrero 6-4 6-4.
Hewitt downs Federer to win Halle Open
AUSTRALIA'S Lleyton Hewitt beat six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer for the first time in 16 matches to win the Gerry Weber Open title in Halle, Germany.
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Aussies sent 'Pak-ing' at Headingley
AUSTRALIA had one of the darkest days in its Test cricket history when it folded meekly for 88 against Pakistan at Headingley overnight.
Aussie wickets tumble
PAKISTAN has ripped through the Australian top order on the first day of the second Test in Leeds.
Hilfenhaus, North are fit to play
BEN Hilfenhaus and Marcus North looked set to take their place after shaking off fitness concerns on the eve of Australia's second Test against Pakistan.
Boomers lose key big men for worlds
BOOMERS coach Brett Brown may be forced to change his team's style for the world championships in Turkey after losing two, possibly three, of his premier big men.
Rollers land gold at world champs
THE Australian Rollers have paid tribute to their past players after defeating France 79-69 to claim their first men's wheelchair basketball world title.
Hot air over LeBron defection
NBA boss David Stern believes LeBron James could have handled his move from Cleveland to Miami better, but says no complaints have been filed.
Video replay stuns FIFA again
FIFA has been embarrassed again with a perfectly good goal being disallowed in an error by a linesman in what was almost a replica of England's non-goal in the World Cup.
Gunners coaching bid for Schwarzer
ARSENAL has offered Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer a player-coach role in a bid to lure him away from Fulham, according to a British report today.
English clubs 'must help' Aussie Cup bid
EVERTON coach David Moyes says more English Premier League clubs should be heading down under to promote Australia's bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
