Rugby champions Clermont end Montpellier run ( September 6th, 2010 )
PARIS (AFP)
Champions Clermont rebounded from Wednesday’s defeat by Racing-Metro to beat in-form Montpellier 27-10 on Sunday in the French Top 14.
Montpellier had come into the match having beaten Racing-Metro, 2009 champions Perpignan away and then European champions Toulouse on Wednesday but with a much changed starting line-up they failed to mount a real challenge in [...]
Nadal into last 16 at US Open ( September 6th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Rafael Nadal swept into the last 16 at the US Open on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Gilles Simon of France.
The top seed will play Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez for a place in the quarter-finals.
Seeking to complete the career Grand Slam in New York as the youngest player ever to [...]
Clijsters, Schiavone, Venus reach US Open last eight ( September 6th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Reigning champion Kim Clijsters rolled into the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday while third seed Venus Williams booked a date with French Open champion Francesca Schiavone to decide a semi-final spot.
Belgian second seed Clijsters needed only 59 minutes to eliminate Serbian former world number one Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 for her 18th victory [...]
Third seed Venus Williams advances to US Open quarter-finals ( September 6th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Venus Williams still feels among the young in the women’s tennis world at age 30, but the clock is ticking even on her.
The US third seed advanced to the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday by defeating Israeli 16th seed Shahar Peer 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, and will play fellow 30-year-old Francesca Schiavone, [...]
Vlasic leads Europe to victory at Continental Cup athletics meet ( September 6th, 2010 )
SPLIT, Croatia (AFP)
World champion Blanka Vlasic led Europe to victory at the Continental Cup Sunday, but was unable to ride an emotional wave of hometown support in her latest assault on the high jump world record.
Vlasic equalled her season-best leap of 2.05 before attempting to clear 2.10m, a centimetre higher than the 23-year-old world mark [...]
Turkey storm past French in world basketball ( September 6th, 2010 )
ISTANBUL (AFP)
Turkey romped into the world basketball championships quarter-finals on Sunday with a confident 95-77 rout of a hapless French team.
The deafening noise that was already being made by the fans before the game only increased with every point scored leaving the French in no doubt as to whose home court they were playing on.
Turkey [...]
Verdasco leads Spanish charge at US Open ( September 6th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Fernando Verdasco led the way for Spain in the third round of the US Open on Sunday, blasting past Argentina’s David Nalbandian 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, while Sam Querrey struck a blow for US hopes.
The eighth seeded Verdasco was one of a record seven Spanish players through in the top half of the [...]
New Zealand capture fourth women’s rugby World Cup ( September 6th, 2010 )
LONDON (AFP)
New Zealand shrugged off a double yellow-card setback to defeat England 13-10 and win the women’s World Cup for a fourth successive time on Sunday.
Anna Richards and Mel Bosman were both sin-binned in the first-half at the Twickenham Stoop but the Black Ferns still powered to a 7-0 lead at the break thanks to [...]
Third seed Venus Williams advances to US Open quarter-finals ( September 6th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
American third seed Venus Williams advanced to the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday by defeating Israeli 16th seed Shahar Peer 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion and two-time US Open winner will next face Italian sixth seed Francesca Schiavone, the reigning French Open champion who ousted 20th-seeded Russian teen Anastasia [...]
Verdasco leads Spanish charge at US Open ( September 5th, 2010 )
NEW YORK (AFP)
Fernando Verdasco led the way for Spain in the third round of the US Open on Sunday, blasting past Argentina’s David Nalbandian 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
The eighth seed was one of a record seven Spanish players through in the top half of the draw, where Rafael Nadal was the top seed.
The injury-prone but [...]