Federer, Haas reach Hamburg quarterfinals Herald Tribune HAMBURG, Germany - Top-seeded Roger Federer cruised past Czech qualifier Jan Hajek 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to reach the German Tennis Championships quarterfinals. | The four-time Hamburg champion is playing his first tournament since losing in the second round of Wimbledon. | Federer won only three of 13 ...
India needs dedicated coaches, academies: Milkha Newstrack India Tweet | New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India's legendary athlete Milkha Singh Thursday stressed the importance of employing coaches on contract basis and setting up dedicated sports academies in every state if the country wants to improve in athletics. | Milkha, the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Gam...
Troicki to appeal 18-month blood sample ban Stuff Serbian former world number 12 Viktor Troicki will appeal to the Court of Arbitration (CAS) against the 18-month ban slapped on him by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for refusing to provide a blood sample at this year's Monte Carlo Masters...
Ken Bates steps down as club president leaving Leeds United after almost nine years The Daily Telegraph Ken Bates's unpopular reign at Leeds United is over after he stepped down as the club's president, effectively severing all ties with the Championship club. | Out of here: Ken Bates has left Elland Road much to the delight of the Leeds United fans&nb...;
The Joy of Six: sporting rivalries The Guardian Now we can argue about this or you can just submit to the facts: there has been no finer rivalry in tennis or any other sport. Between 1973 and 1988 Evert and Navratilova played one another 80 – eighty – times, 60 of them finals, 14 of them Grand...
Serbian Viktor Troicki handed 18-month ban Stuff Serbia's former world number 12 Viktor Troicki has been handed an 18-month suspension by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after violating doping regulations. | The ITF said on Thursday that the 27-year-old, a Davis Cup team mate of world num...
Fabregas stays‚ says new Barca coach The Himalayan | Added At: 2013-07-26 9:29 PM | Last Updated At: 2013-07-26 9:29 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To View your saved article(s)please Click Here » | Close | REUTERS | Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (left) and Alexis Sanchez in a training se...
Marion Bartoli pulls out of Stanford The Times Of India STANFORD: Reigning Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has pulled out of next week's WTA tour Stanford tournament with a strained hamstring. | The withdrawal of former winner Bartoli robs the event of another top draw, coming just three days after world number two Maria Sharapova pulled out with an injury. | "The injury has not completely healed," Ba...
