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Sunday, 19 May 2013 00:27
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ROME: World number one Serena Williams said she hoped to improve her game for the French Open despite easing into the Rome Open final after ending qualifier Simona Halep's dream week in the Italian capital with a 6-3, 6-0 victory.Williams, the 15-time Grand Slam winner, stretched her consecutive wins to 23 ahead of her first final meeting with Victoria Azarenka since her defeat to the Belarusian earlier this year in Doha.Azarenka, the third seed, proved too strong for home hopeful Sara Errani in a 6-0, 7-5 win in the other semi-final that was interrupted by rain twice and once by the Italian, who called for her coach after losing the first three games.The Belarusian will go to Paris with high hopes as one of Williams's biggest threats.However she was keen to point out she is not the only one to have beaten the American."She has lost to somebody else too ...
PARIS: Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia knocked off top seed and title-holder Ding Ning in a thrilling contest to reach the final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Saturday. Third seed Li had reduced Ding to tears after pipping her to the Olympic crown in London last August, and there was more heartbreak for the world number one as Li this time triumphed in the French capital with an exhilarating 8-11, 11-1, 4-11, ...
LONDON: West Ham manager Sam Allardyce sent out a warning to the club's fans not to expect too much next season after the Londoners' successful campaign this time around.A victory against already-relegated Reading on Sunday would ensure a top 10 finish for the Premier League new boys but Allardyce says that doesn't mean they will suddenly be pushing for European qualification in 12 months time."It's more consolidation," he said when asked about next season's ambitions."For ...
ROME: AC Milan will be without Kevin Prince-Boateng for their trip to relegated Siena on Sunday (1845 GMT) after the midfielder was ruled out with a knee injury on Saturday.Milan were boosted by the return of Riccardo Montolivo, who is back in the squad published on Milan's official website (www.acmilan.com) after two weeks out with a hamstring injury.Massimiliano Allegri's side are third in Serie A on 69 points and will guarantee themselves a place in ...
LONDON: Mark Webber will be under pressure to produce his best at next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix if he is to keep alive his hopes of retaining his seat with defending champions Red Bull next year.After a difficult, incident-filled start to the 2013 season, the 36-year-old Australian knows he has to deliver consistent strong performances to ensure he stays at the top.And Monaco, where he has always shone and produced one of the finest wins ...
MADRID: Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho were sifting through the debris of what the Portuguese coach termed a "disastrous" 2012-13 campaign after Friday's King's Cup final defeat left the world's richest club without a major trophy for the season.The 2-1 reverse to Atletico Madrid at their own Bernabeu stadium meant Mourinho, widely expected to move on at the end of this term, finished a season without significant silverware for the first time in his otherwise ...
DUBLIN: Ireland's most capped player Ronan O'Gara has retired to take up a role coaching his former international rival Jonathan Sexton at Racing Metro, his province Munster said on Saturday.Scorer of a record 1,083 points for his country, almost twice as many as any other player, O'Gara famously kicked the drop goal that handed Ireland a first Grand Slam in 61 years in 2009.The 36-year-old flyhalf was a twice Heineken Cup winner with Munster, a ...
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