SPORTIVE: World number one Roger Federer frowns on former player's drug confession.Copyright...
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Pakistani teenager Aamir Atlas Khan can help revive the country's lost glory in squash after the Peshawar-based player scalped world number one Gregory Gaultier in the ongoing Qatar Classic in Doha, experts said Sunday.According to Jansher Khan, Pakistan's former world number one, Aamir is destined for greater glory and should join the top-five players on the international circuit soon.'Aamir is a...
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World number one Tiger Woods has made a huge statement on the opening day of the JBWere Masters at Kingston Heath in Australia....
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Karachi, Nov 22 : Pakistani teenager Aamir Atlas Khan can help revive the country's lost glory in squash after the Peshawar-based player scalped world number one Gregory Gaultier in the ongoing Qatar Classic in Doha, experts said Sunday.According to Jansher Khan, Pakistan's former world number one, Aamir is destined for greater glory and should join the top-five players on the international circuit...
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Elena Dementieva lit up the WTA Championships on Tuesday with a sensational comeback to beat title holder Venus Williams 3-6 7-6 6-2 on the opening day of group matches.The tenacious Russian looked down and out when she twice trailed by a break in the second set but blazed back under the Khalifa Stadium floodlights to leave her American opponent reeling.In the other group, former world number one Jelena...
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Serena Williams stayed on course to end the year as world number one when she beat Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6, 7-5 on the opening day of the WTA Championships .Second-ranked Serena, who must better Dinara Safina's performance here to snatch the No.1 spot, served 11 aces under the Khalifa Stadium floodlights to get the better of the French Open champion who led 6-4 in the first-set tiebreak.She...
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Safina reclaims world number one spot on eve of Doha < ');" class="size11 blue"> Rate: Russian Dinara Safina reclaimed first place in the WTA world rankings on Monday, edging back in front of Serena Williams on the eve of the season-ending Tour Championships in Doha.Safina, who went to the top of the rankings in April but was overtaken by Williams earlier this month after an early exit in Beijing,...
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world number one when the ATP Tour Finals get under way in London on Sunday.Federer goes into the Tour Finals at the O2 Arena top of the rankings, but the Wimbledon champion knows second-placed Nadal can still snatch top spot if he wins the prestigious end-of-year event.The race for pole position is the...
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both voiced their displeasure at Andre Agassi after the former world number one revealed he took the recreational drug crystal meth in 1997 and lied about the reasons for a positive test."To me it seems terrible," world number two Nadal said at an awards ceremony in Madrid on Thursday. "Why is he saying this now that he has retired?”"Cheaters must be punished and if Agassi...
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Shuttlers Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, lived up to their top billing as the world number one men's doubles pair by cruising into the China Masters Super Series final in Shanghai, China today.The top Malaysian pair who had won the All England title in 2007, disposed off Chen Hong Ling-Lin Yu Lang from Taiwan 21-15, 21-13 in just 26 minutes and meet the winner of the match between Mathias Boe/Carsten...
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