Lleyton Hewitt News

The mayor who cleaned up Times Square is setting his sights on Rio de Janeiro. Giuliani says Rio can become a safe city before it hosts the 2016 Olympics, and his consulting firm will be paid to help prove it, offering security advice to Rio Gov.

By far the most impressive yardstick of the Australian Open's growth is the fact that its space-age home, Melbourne Park, can look an immediate neighbour, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, square in the portals and not appear outclassed.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Former tennis world champion Pete Sampras will return to San Jose next year to play in another exhibition.

Rain at Wimbledon is like sex, or The War. Rain at Wimbledon is like sex, or The War.

SERENA Williams faces the prospect of being hit with the largest fine in tennis history when the world champion is finally penalised for her US Open meltdown.

The countdown to London begins. As part of the lead up to start of the Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on November 22, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY .

Two women who hold three of the four Grand Slam championships will start the season in Sydney in January.

The handlebar mustache worked for John Newcombe, so his Australia team is sporting that sinister look against Spain in the Davis Cup final.

EUROPEAN SLUMP: Fifth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain edged out Peter Luczak of Australia, while Frederico Gil of Portugal rallied to beat Austrian Stefan Koubek AFP , VIENNA Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009, Page 19 Frederico Gil of Portugal returns to Stefan Koubek of Austria during their Vienna Open first-round match on Monday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Seeded players Jeremy Chardy, Igor Andreev and Horacio Zeballos advanced to the second round of the St.

The European soccer governing body has reportedly informed Russian officials that it suspects several domestic league games have been affected by match-fixing this season.

Top seed Rafael Nadal begins his Shanghai campaign Wednesday. The stars will be out Wednesday in second round action at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Presented by Rolex as top seed and World No.

SYDNEY International organisers have gambled by making Serena Williams the centrepiece of their advertising campaign for January's event, despite the fact she might not be allowed to play.

In Daytona Beach, Fla., Augusta State is in third place after the first round of the 15-team Xavier Invitational at LPGA International.

SHANGHAI: Luckless Juan Martin Del Potro suffered his second Asian collapse on Wednesday with the newly-crowned US Open champion failing to finish his opening match at the Shanghai Masters.

Andy Roddick's body finally gave up on him when he limped out of the Shanghai Masters in the first set of his second-round match against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Tuesday.

A bad season continued Tuesday for Andy Roddick as the American was forced to retire after injuring his knee in a second-round match at the Shanghai Masters.

LLEYTON Hewitt has endorsed Paul McNamee's challenge for Tennis Australia's presidency, unleashing an extraordinary critique of the current administration.

TOKYO: Lleyton Hewitt has scorched into his third semi-final of the season with a crushing 6-4, 6-0 win over Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin at the $US1.2 million Japan Open.

Marian Cilic will face second seed Novak Djokovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday after handing world No.