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2008-10-09 07:50:00

HONG KONG (AFP) - Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams will spearhead a new World Team Challenge in Hong Kong next year as part of their warm-up for the Australian Open. The January 7-10 tournament will feature four teams representing Europ

2008-10-09 07:44:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India at the Chinnaswamy stadium here on Thursday. The tourists left out off-spinner Jason Krejza from the 12 announced on Wednesday to giv

2008-10-09 02:48:00

LONDON (AFP) - Theo Walcott has been giving his England team-mate Rio Ferdinand a sense of deja-vu ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan and the Manchester United defender has only just worked out why. Walcott has an inner confidence

2008-10-09 00:21:00

MOSCOW (AFP) - French Open champion Ana Ivanovic slumped to another dispiriting defeat on Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by unseeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova. Serbian golden girl Ivanovic, who rose to the world number one spot a

2008-10-09 00:03:00

VIENNA (AFP) - Fernando Gonzalez fought off five match points before defeating Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 7-6 (13/11), 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Austrian Open on Wednesday. The number two seed from Chile, who the day before had needed 138 m

2008-10-08 23:10:00

VIENNA (AFP) - Fernando Gonzalez fought off five match points before defeating Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 7-6 (13/11), 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Austrian Open on Wednesday. The number two seed from Chile, who the day before had needed 138 m

2008-10-08 22:47:00

LONDON (AFP) - England skipper John Terry, who has been suffering from a back injury, is still a doubtful starter for Saturday's World Cup qualifier with Kazakhstan at Wembley. England's medical staff will continue to assess the Chelsea defender's fitness

2008-10-08 22:32:00

MOSCOW (AFP) - French Open champion Ana Ivanovic slumped to another dispiriting defeat on Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by unseeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova. Serbian golden girl Ivanovic, who rose to the world number one spot a

2008-10-08 20:14:00

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No CEO gets to their lofty perch without a healthy dose of narcissism. But when watching the first episode of the new online series "Back on Topps," it might appear that Michael Eisner has not only fallen in love with hi

2008-10-08 20:09:00

LONDON (AFP) - Danny Cipriani's club Wasps have confirmed he was involved in a training ground bust-up with Josh Lewsey following reports the star flyhalf had been knocked out by his team-mate. Reports claimed the 20-year-old golden boy of English rugby h