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Richards named IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2009 Jesse Owens Award winner Sanya Richards has been named the women's World Athlete of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The world of women's tennis was shaken yesterday when the skimpy outfits worn on court by the sport's young stars fell foul of the Australian fashion media, bringing an angry volley from Venus Williams in return.

Euphoric after winning the men's singles gold medal for Russia at the Sydney Olympic Games, Yevgeny Kafelnikov declared: "My country is taking over in tennis." Euphoric after winning the men's singles gold medal for Russia at the Sydney Olympic Games, Yevgeny Kafelnikov declared: "My country is taking over in tennis." The supporting evidence is ...

Paralympic champion Peter Norfolk goes into this week's end-of-year NEC Singles Masters knowing a win will see him end 2009 as world quad number one.

SIGNED AND SEALED: Italian tennis star Flavia Pennetta, the world number 12, models an outfit in Milan in 2009, has signed to play at next year's Auckland ASB Classic.

The first decade of the new millennium is nearly over. The opportunity once again presents itself to reflect upon the progression of the game over the past 10 years, and assess who were the outstanding performers during the, well, just what are we calling this decade anyway? The last millennium was easy.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Koji Watanabe/Getty Images With the season behind her, Sharapova can now focus her attention on The Machine.

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The Americans who did play had no regrets about losing to Italy in its second Fed Cup title in four years, even without Serena and Venus Williams.

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.