Justine Henin took yet another step towards retaining her French Open title by defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals yesterday. She inflicted a defeat on Serena, arguably her strongest opponent in the tournament till date, with a score line of 6-4, 6-3. Henin, a two-time defending champion at the Roland Garros, adopted an aggressive strategy [...]
Tiger Woods remains head and shoulder above his peers but if swing coach Butch Harmon is to be believed, Phil Mickelson will overtake Woods in a couple of years. Harmon, who has been Woods’ swing coach at some point of time, said his new client Mickelson has the zest and zeal to work hard and [...]
The second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain and sixth seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Belgrade) will face each other in the Semi – Finals of the Men’s French Open 2007. Nadal beat Carlos Moya in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Carlos Moya had won the grandslam in 1998. However, the 20-year-old and the third Serb, [...]
Lewis Hamilton’s aggressive driving is not apparently winning him friends and former world champion Jacques Villeneuve has lashed out at the rookie driver for dangerous driving. Hamilton’s dirty driving reminded Villeneuve of Michael Schumacher and the Canadian wondered how the greenhorn driver was getting scot-free. Villeneuve said When will these chopping moves stop? Lewis is [...]
The semifinals at French Open had different fates in store for top two seeds of the tournament. While Maria Sharapova was beaten by Ana Ivanovic, Justine Henin stormed into the finals. Amidst all this, the dream of an all-serbian clash in the finals was over. In the first semifinal, 19-year old Anna Ivanovic – who [...]
It will once again be No. 1 versus No. 2 in the finals of French Open. What seemed a foregone conclusion, even before the Grand Slam began. Yesterday’s semifinal wins for Nadal and Federer have confirmed that both of them will square off again in the finals at Roland Garros. The two top seeds of [...]
After winning the Monaco grand prix, Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso looks in red-hot form to clinch the Canadian grand prix this weekend. Not only he was fastest in both the practice sessions yesterday but also his driving was absolutely marvelous. According to Alonso, That was a good start to our weekend at a challenging [...]
Doping or the use of performance enhancing drugs particularly those that are forbidden by the sports organizations, is threatening the sports integrity and credibility worldwide. The media coverage has increased public awareness, of this phenomenon. The recent scandals reveal that no sport seems to be untouched by doping. The clouds of doping are hovering over [...]
Miguel Cotto pummeled Zab Judah into submission and knocked out the local favourite to defend his WBA welterweight title in New York. Puerto Rican Cotto’s vicious punch left a cut on Judah’s right eye and two other blows completely unnerved the New Yorker, who was eventually knocked out in the 11th round. Cotto too bled [...]
A new formula one star was born when British rookie driver Lewis Hamilton, in only the sixth F1 race of his career, drove to glory by winning the Canadian Grand Prix. It was an astounding show by the McLaren-Mercedes driver, who led right from the beginning and staved off all challenges to drive away with [...]
