Venus Williams News

It only makes sense that Serena Williams, who finally reclaimed the No. 1 WTA ranking, should also regain the No.

Italy secured its second Fed Cup title in four years Sunday after Flavia Pennetta comfortably beat U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. The experienced Italians took an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the young United States team in the best-of-five series on an outdoor clay court at the Rocco Polimeni club.

Melanie Oudin hasn't won a main-draw tennis match since the U.S. Open, when she captivated the crowd with her relentless fight, fist pumps and an unwillingness to lose easily.

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts to her win over her sister Venus Williams during their WTA Championships final tennis match in Doha November 1, 2009.

Pakistan take on Italy in their opener * Japan face Russia, hosts France clash with Poland By Muhammad Ali LILLE: World number 7 Pakistan will take on world number 26 Italy in their opening match of the first qualifying round for the Hockey World Cup 2010 at the Metropole... WAPDA, SNGPL, Rawalpindi and Sialkot win * Rashid Latif , Mohammad Fayyaz ...

The condemnation of Andre Agassi continued on Friday, with Sergei Bubka, a member of the International Olympic Committee, suggesting that the Las Vegan should be punished for the "terrible and harmful" admission in his book that he took crystal meth in 1997.

The Williams sisters could be headed for a final matchup at the Sony Ericsson Championships after Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals along with Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki on Friday.

Venus and Serena Williams, ghetto-kids turned multi-millionaire senior citizens of women's tennis, go into the WTA Championships insisting that retirement is not an option.

DOHA // Elena Dementieva braced herself for another humbling experience when her name came out alongside that of defending champion Venus Williams in the draw for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships.

When the popular former manager of Israel's most famous basketball team killed himself last week, it seemed like a sad tale of a heartbroken man who couldn't adjust to life after sports.

Elena Dementieva lit up the WTA Championships yesterday with a sensational comeback to beat titleholder Venus Williams 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 on the opening day of group matches.

The world's top eight tennis players pose with officials at Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art yesterday.

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Serena Williams topped the women's rankings.

With the season-ending championships coming up, let's look at what the stakes are for each of the eight qualifiers who have convened in Doha, Qatar, to hold a tug-of-war for the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships title -- theoretically, the most important title after the four majors.

Tucker Fredricks leads after the first round of the men's 500 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials, with Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis in the third spot.

Russian favorite Mikhail Youzhny was among Monday's opening-round winners at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Svetlana Kuznetsova slipped by Venus Williams and is ranked No. 3 in Monday's women's tennis rankings.

Last week's Beijing runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska was among Wednesday's winners at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.

Doha: Current World No. 6 Venus Williams and World No. 7 Victoria Azarenka are the latest players to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships - " Doha 2009, in the singles competition.

Fergie may soon be on the Miami Dolphins' bandwagon as a limited partner. NFL owners meeting in Boston this week approved the Black Eyed Peas singer as a part owner, but the team has yet to complete an agreement with her, Dolphins chief executive officer Mike Dee said in an e-mail Tuesday.