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MADRID: A Spanish court on Monday postponed to October the trial of John Tomic, father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic, for allegedly assaulting his son's training partner.The Madrid court said the trial scheduled for Tuesday was postponed because the plaintiff, Frenchman Thomas Drouet, could not travel to Spain to attend.Drouet was left with a broken nose on May 4 after a brawl outside a hotel where players in the Madrid Masters were playing.John Tomic denies assault and says he struck in self-defence, his lawyer Carmen Dieguez said."Since the plaintiff has not dropped the proceedings, the hearing is postponed for reasons of court scheduling until October," the court said in a statement on Monday.A court source said Tomic was free to leave Spain and was expected to return to attend the trial, whose precise date is yet to be decided.If found guilty he could be sentenced to between three months ...
ROME: Potito Starace set up his seventh career meeting with Roger Federer with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win over Czech Radek Stepanek on a windy Monday at the ATP/WTA Rome Masters.Starace, ranked 293 after reaching 27th on the ATP computer in 2007, needed nearly two-and-a-quarter hours to get past Stepanek, whom Federer beat last week in the second round in Madrid.Starace had lost both of his previous matches with the 34-year-old Czech, who underwent ...
BERLIN: Bayern Munich crushed European heavyweights Barcelona and Juventus en route to the Champions League final but they should not expect the same to happen against Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said on Monday.Bayern face their Bundesliga rivals in the first all-German Champions League final in London's Wembley stadium on May 25.The Bavarians beat former European champions Juventus 4-0 on aggregate in the quarter-finals before exploding past Spain's Barcelona 7-0 in a sensational run ...
ISLAMABAD: National camp for basketball players for participation in 3X3 Basketball Tournament started here at Pakistan Sports Complex from Monday.The 3X3 Basketball Tournament will be held in Afghanistan from May 30 to June 7. The camp is being organised by Pakistan Basketball Federation in collaboration with Pakistan Sports Board.Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2013 
SINGAPORE: Australia's Central Coast Mariners can extend their fairytale season and send tremors through the AFC Champions League when they host Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande in the last 16 this week.The recently crowned A-League champions scrambled into the knock-out stages for the first time -- despite being hammered 3-0 in their final group game -- to earn a testing match-up with the Chinese double winners.Graham Arnold's Mariners can now put a dent in the ambitions ...
SYDNEY: Brisbane Roar midfielder Mitch Nichols has signed a two-year deal to reunite with former coach Ange Postecoglou at Melbourne Victory, the club said on Monday.Nichols spent six seasons at two-time A-League champions Brisbane, making 125 appearances and scoring 24 goals.The 24-year-old, who has made one international appearance, is rated as one of the most dangerous attacking midfielders in the domestic competition."For someone so young he's achieved a lot in his career to date, but ...
NEW YORK: Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau has been fined $35,000 for comments he made about the officiating in the wake of the Bulls' 104-94 loss to Miami in an NBA playoff game on Friday.NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced the sanction on Sunday.The victory gave Miami a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference second-round series, with game four in Chicago on Monday."I see how things are going, I watch ...More Articles...
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