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South African athlete Raynard Tissink swam, cycled and ran into second place at Sunday’s 2006 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa competition, held in Nelson Mandela Bay. Belgium’s…
After two years of preparation, the Johannesburg Gay Games bid committee will present its final bid to host the 2010 Gay Games on November 12 in Chicago, it said in a statement…
There will be no happier locker room at the United States Open this weekend than if Kim Clijsters wins her first grand slam title. ”To me she’s the favourite,” said Patrick…
South Africa’s Annelize du Pisani has won a bronze medal in the singles event at the tenpin bowling Women’s World Championships held in Aalborg, Denmark. Players from 40…
Rafael Nadal’s mum, Ana Maria, had other things on her mind on the Sunday that her 19-year-old son was playing in the French Open final. ”I watch him on court and the way he…
And so, on the ninth day, the semi-final that everybody wanted to see became a reality. Roger Federer, the world number one, beat Romania’s Victor Hanescu 6-2, 7-6, 6-3, and…
Justine Henin-Hardenne, a shell of the player she has been for the past 12 months, relinquished her French Open crown in her match against Italy’s Tathiana Garbin on Wednesday…
With his graceful stroke-play, Roger Federer is already a trendsetter for tennis’s new, anti-baseline-bashing generation. Of the four men’s semifinalists at this year’s…
Lance Armstrong has never been one to over-race himself. Last year he rode competitively for only 21 days before winning his fourth Tour de France.
And so farewell, Pete Sampras. Or at least farewell to that 95% of you that has decided to pack up tennis. And what a nasty, niggling 5% of uncertainty it is that will not allow…
Rain dripped off the leaves of the chestnut trees along the Bois de Boulogne earlier this week as many of the leading players, scurrying on and off court between the showers,…
Men’s tennis is in a mess. This year’s Wimbledon was a bore, with one of the worst finals yet, and the Australian and French Opens were also numbingly mediocre.
Ask Lleyton Hewitt who has given him the most problems on court and he is more likely to cite a line judge or an umpire than a player.
Jennifer Capriati has done her best to make the past a foreign country.
