It looked like the end, but this being boxing it could just be the start of something new: for Manny Pacquiao.
With the rise of Djokovic and Kvitova, the Eastern Bloc is at the centre of the game.
Venus Williams does not "play the game" with the media — or rather, does not play it the way the media would like.
The Swiss has fallen to No 3 in the world after losing to Tomas Berdych, but the effect on his standing is greater than that.
If great memories sustain great players, Roger Federer is drawing on one of his most cherished as he pursues Pete Sampras’s Wimbledon record.
