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Tipsarevic to Kremlin Cup final Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, returns the ball to Ilya Marchenko of Ukraine during a semi-final match at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Oct.

Hooker Cameron Smith has denied revenge is on the minds of the Australia players ahead of today's Four Nations clash against New Zealand.

Lee stars in New South Wales title triumph HYDERABAD: New South Wales Blues stunned Trinidad & Tobago by 41 runs to win Friday night's Champions League Twenty20 final in Hyderabad.

The Vancouver, B.C., stadium hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Games will get a roof worth about a half-billion dollars after the Olympics.

Defending champion and second seed Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the Kremlin Cup on Friday, the Serb defeated 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals by local hope Alisa Kleybanova.

MOSCOW: Home favourite and third-seed Mikhail Youzhny cruised into the ATP Kremlin Cup second round with a straight-set win over Horacio Zeballos of Argentina on Monday.

Enduring four years of hometown heartbreak, Maria Kirilenko took center court and flipped the script in creating a happy homecoming in Moscow today.

Defending champion Jelena Jankovic advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday by defeating Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Wayne Odesnik of the United States rallied to upset second-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Jankovic won the first set after Shvedova hit into the net twice to give her the 10th game.

NBA legend Charles Barkley has labelled AFL players 'idiots' while two tennis players have been accused of soliciting prostitutes in Sweden.

Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting CEO said she would step down -- another crack in an organization that was humiliated when Chicago was ousted in the first round of the voting to award the 2016 Summer Games.

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko boosted his chances of reaching the ATP Tour's season finale for a fifth time with a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Philipp Kohlschreiber at the China Open.

Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting CEO said she would step down, bringing more chaos to an organization that was humiliated when Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Games fell flat.

RUSSIA'S tennis stars dominated the courts at the China Open on Wednesday, with fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko and sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advancing to the quarterfinals in Beijing.

Russia's Maria Sharapova became the latest upset victim at the China Open following a disappointing 6-2 6-4 loss to local hope Peng Shuai at the Olympic tennis venue.

Third seed Venus Williams was beaten by Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for the second successive tournament as she crashed out of the China Open in the second round.

Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak defeated Aravane Rezai of France 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 in first-round play at the WTA Tour's China Open on Saturday.

New York: Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis to advance to the third round of the US Open defeating Kristina Barrois.

Three first-round exits in her last four tournaments did not exactly give Gisela Dulko a jolt of confidence coming into the US Open.

Young American Melanie Oudin stunned former runner-up Elena Dementieva, while world No.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed rookie forward Danny Green, their second-round pick in this year's NBA draft.