Politics behind Russia's athletics ban, says Kuznetsova The Times Of India LONDON: Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova blamed politics for the decision to ban her country's track and field athletes from the Rio Olympics and said it was unfair to group them all together as doping cheats. | Russia's track and field team have been suspended from international competitio...
Wimbledon: Roger Federer continues to see off home hopes with ease The Independent Andy Murray had company for longer than usual at a Grand Slam tournament but after five days here the Scot is in his usual situation as the last Briton left standing. On a day when Tara Moore’s defeat to Svetlana Kuznetsova ended British interest in the women’s singles, Roger Federer left Murray...
Net Talk: The week in tennis Sporting Life With Wimbledon ongoing, there's only time for a quick look back and forward this week. | Next week I'll take a look back at the action in SW19. | Apologies for the lack of column in recent weeks - had plenty of annual leave to use up before the end o...
The Latest: Kerber advances to quarterfinals at Wimbledon Atlanta Journal The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): | ___ | 12:50 p.m.Misaki Doi of Japan warms up before her women's singles match against Angelique Kerber of Germany on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, London, Monday, July, 4, 20...
Fiery but friendly Nick Kyrgios next up at Wimbledon for Andy Murray Topix Andy Murray will face Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios in the last 16 on Monday as part of a bumper day of action for fans. The Scot will battle the youngster in the final match on Centre Court, after Roger Federer and Serena Williams both grace ten...
Radwanska v Cibulkova - court three BBC News Check out the latest live scores, order of play and watch live video from up to eight courts. | 9 more available today | Choose from our full range of coverage | View all | Watch live Radwanska v Cibulkova - court three | Summary | Live reporting | B...
Manic Monday: Wimbledon's Week 2 starts with 16 R4 matches Colorado Springs Gazette LONDON (AP) — Week two of Wimbledon starts with the busiest day in Grand Slam tennis, with all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches on Monday's schedule. | After rain delays forced organizers to schedule matches on the middle Sunday for only t...
‘France will give all to beat Germany’ Modern Ghana By CitiFMonline | France manager Didier Deschamps says his players will give everything to defeat Germany – “the best side in the world” – and reach the Euro 2016 final. | Hosts France beat Iceland 5-2 in Sunday’s quarter-final at the Stade de France to set up a last-four tie with world champions Germany, who beat Ital...
Wimbledon: Sam Querrey knocks out defending champion Novak Djokovic The Irish Times Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon before the second week after Sam Querrey defied the odds and an overnight rain delay to cause a huge shock in the third round on Saturday. | World number one and defending champion Djokovic has been near enough unbeatable over the last two years but Querrey found a way on Court One. | After opening a two-set lead ...
