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Bowls: Defending champion among big scalps
Dunedin :: New Zealand | about 12 hours ago
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Gallop, a Marlborough product but now with Wellington's Eastbourne club, started with two easy wins but was downed in the third round by the Auckland centre representative, Pakuranga's Neil Fisher, 21-9. National representative Ali Forsyth was another...
Tags: Aucklander Justin Goodwin, defending champion, national representative, Colin Rogan, New Zealand, Dunedin, allnews, Auckland, Bowls
Federer breezes into semis as Djokovic rallies
Basel :: Switzerland | 17 days ago
Credibility World number one Roger Federer breezed into the Swiss Indoors semi-finals Friday but the home crowd's hopes of an all-Swiss final were dashed when Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer overcame Evgeny Korolev 6-3 6-2 and will face...
Tags: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Marco Chiudinelli, Radek Štěpánek, world number, ATP Player Council, djokovic reach, matches points, Evgeny Korolev, defending champion
Venus battles back to make final
Doha :: Qatar | 24 days ago
Credibility The American looked to be on her way out after dropping the first set and facing break points in the second. But despite struggling with unforced errors and needing treatment on her knee, Williams battled back for a 5-7 6-3 6-4 victory. Serena Williams...
Tags: Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, all-Williams Doha, Jelena Janković, Holder Williams, China, defending champion, Serbia, Sony Ericsson Championships
Kaymer and Allenby lead in Spain
Madrid :: Spain | about 1 month ago
Credibility R Allenby (Aus), M kaymer (Ger) -11 S Garcia (Spa, after 15 holes) -10 S Kapur (Ind), JM Olazabal (Spa, after 14) Selected others: -6 C Montgomerie (Sco, after 14) -4 D Clarke (NI, after 14) -3 J Rose (Eng) Germany's Martin Kaymer grabbed a share of...
Tags: Robert Allenby, Sergio García, Martin Kaymer, Spain, Castello Masters, Hobbling Kaymer, defending champion, tour rookies, champion tour, champion sergio, Madrid
Garcia leads as Cabrera ruled out
Saint George :: Bermuda | about 1 month ago
Credibility Sergio Garcia took the lead on the wind-affected first day of his home Castello Masters with one of his main rivals already out of the event. Garcia, the defending champion, shot 63, but Masters winner Angel Cabrera missed his start time despite dashing...
Tags: Sergio García, Angel Cabrera, Laird, defending champion
Wozniak wins in Moscow
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Canadian tennis player Aleksandra Wozniak moved on at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Tuesday, advancing after opponent Sara Errani withdrew with an injury. Wozniak was leading 6-1 when the match was halted because of Errani's shoulder injury.
Tags: Jelena Janković, kremlin cup, Moscow, Wayne Odesnik, Victor Hănescu, Yaroslava Shvedova, defending champion, Kazakh Shvedova, Serbian, champion jelena
NCAA: Hermida is Player of the Week
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
Credibility To shine in a team loaded with stars, one must have extraordinary guts and skills. Count in talent, too. Borgie Hermida proved he possesses all these traits as he stole the spotlight from his more celebrated teammates by powering the defending champion...
Tags: San Beda College, Borgie Hermida, Rome Dela Rosa, WNCAA, defending champion, champion san
Turiaf, Parker lead France to win
Warsaw :: Poland | 2 months ago
Credibility R onny Turiaf had a double-double and Tony Parker added 17 points Wednesday to help lead France to a 69-64 win over defending champion Russia and finish the group phase undefeated at the European basketball championship. The loss means Russia could be...
Tags: France, Russia, Ronny Turiaf, Tony Parker, basketball championship, european basketball, champion russia, Poland, defending champion, parker added
Serena easily moves on to quarterfinals
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Serena Williams, trying for her third Grand Slam title this year, breezed into the U.S. Open quarterfinals Sunday with a 1 hour, 4-minute straight-set victory...Williams hit 27 winners and eight aces in the fast-moving match. The American star, who won...
Tags: Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Daniela Hantuchová, U.S, Safina, Slovakia, clijsters renew, grand slams, defending champion
Relief as Jepkosgei is reinstated to competition
Dublin :: Ireland | 3 months ago
Credibility There was high drama at Berlin’s Olympiastadion on Sunday when defending World 800 metres champion Janeth Jepkosgei saw her hopes of a successful title defence almost go up in smoke after she was tripped in the opening round, falling outside the qualifying...
Tags: Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei, champion jepkosgei, defending champion, jepkosgei reinstated, South Africa, Caster Semenya, champion janeth
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