May 22, 2013

Tennis Roundup: Townsend beats veteran, celebrates like 16-year-old

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(Taylor Townsend of the USA celebrates after defeating Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.(Photo: Stephen Dunn, Getty Images) Story Highlights Taylor Townsend defeated Lucie Hradrecka 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 It was the first WTA-level victory for teh 16-year-old American “I’ve always thought I belonged at this [...]

Tennis: Milos Raonic, Frank Dancevic stake Canada to 2-0 Davis Cup lead

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Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates after defeating Spain’s Albert Ramos during a Davis Cup match in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Chalk two up for the underdogs. Milos Raonic and Frank Dancevic staked Canada to a 2-0 lead over favoured Spain on the first day of a Davis Cup [...]

Tennis: Czech Republic retains Fed Cup by beating Serbia

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PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic won its second straight Fed Cup on Sunday when Lucie Safarova routed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-1, 6-1, prompting a burst of on-court dancing by the Czech players. Safarova won the second reverse singles for an unassailable 3-1 lead in the final of the best-of-five series. Jankovic, a former [...]

Tennis: Djokovic reaches Shanghai Masters final

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia is congratulated by Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic after their match during semifinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on October 13, 2012 in Shanghai, China. (October 12, 2012 – Source: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images AsiaPac) SHANGHAI (AP) — Novak Djokovic moved into his 10th final of [...]

Tennis: Bryan twins keep U.S. hopes alive against Spain

Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of the U.S. return the ball during their doubles tennis Davis Cup World Group semi-final against Spain's Marcell Granollers and Marc Lopez in Gijon

(Reuters) – Top-ranked United States pair Bob and Mike Bryan kept U.S. hopes of upsetting holders Spain alive when they fought off a brave challenge from Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to win their Davis Cup semi-final doubles 6-3 3-6 7-5 7-5 on Saturday. Spain had put themselves within a point of a fourth final [...]

US Open 2012: Serena, Federer, Murray advance into fourth round

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Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot against Ekaterina Makarova of Russian during their women’s singles third round match on Day Six of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (August 31, [...]

Soccer: UEFA to investigate racist chanting at Euro 2012

Italy's Balotelli reacts during their Group C Euro 2012 soccer match against Spain at the PGE Arena in Gdansk

Euro 2012 matches between Spain and Italy and Russia v Czech Republic, the governing body said on Tuesday. “Following the provision of new independent information today, regarding the two cases of alleged racist chanting in the Spain-Italy and Russia-Czech Republic matches, UEFA is now conducting further investigations,” UEFA said in a statement. “There are, however, [...]

Track and Field: Usain Bolt thinks better start could lead to world record

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Usain Bolt said his main focus this season is to become quicker out of the blocks. (Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Usain Bolt is hoping to turn his only weakness into a strength in time for the London Olympics. The tall Jamaican sprinter has never been known for fast starts, but said [...]

Tennis: Pressure telling on Stosur, says Schiavone

Stosur of Australia reacts during her match against Schiavone of Italy at the Sydney International tennis tournament

(Reuters) – Italian Francesca Schiavone thinks Sam Stosur is struggling to handle the pressure of public expectation ahead of the Australian Open. Stosur agrees. Schiavone, who beat Stosur in the 2010 French Open final, bundled the Australian out of the Sydney International on Monday with a 6-2 6-4 victory in one hour and 28 minutes. [...]

Croatia, Ireland, Czech Republic claim Euro Championship spots

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Croatia players celebrate their Euro 2012 play-off second leg qualifying soccer match against Turkey in Zagreb, Croatia on Tuesday. Croatia qualified for next years’ Euro2012 in Poland and Ukraine. (Darko Bandic/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Portugal, Croatia, Ireland and the Czech Republic clinched places at the European Championship on Tuesday to complete the [...]