But Japan's Mizuki Noguchi has shrugged them off after testing the course - aided by rice - in her bid for unprecedented back-to-back wins in the Olympic women's marathon. It was not that the diminutive Noguchi, 30, needed the sticky
Sania and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze were brushed aside by unheralded Czech pair of Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova 6-3, 6-4 in the tier II USD 600,000 event at Stanford, USA. Sania had earlier crashed out of the singles
The 28-year-old Ferrari driver knows his car will perform far better in the dry than in the wet conditions that handed his Mclaren Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton a chance to shine and triumph in his home British grand prix at
Nanao and fly weight pugilist Sunil Kumar were the gold medalists at the meet for India while K Roshan Singh bagged the country s lone silver in the feather weight category the Indian amateur boxing federation IABF said in a
Two of the top four players to earn byes at the hardcourt event, the second-seeded Chakvetadze cruised past unseeded Israeli Shahar peer 6-3 6-4 while Hantuchova was upset by unseeded veteran Ai Sugiyama of Japan who won 6-3 6-1 last
The hosts are the only side in the eight-nation tournament to have maintained a clean slate winning all four matches without any fuss and need to stretch the winning streak by just another match to defend the title. It has
The team's leading scorer had a titanium rod inserted in her lower left leg during a one-hour operation performed by Dr. Damion Valletta, an orthopedic surgeon for U.S. Soccer. She was resting comfortably and can begin full weight-bearing activities on
The Olympic gymnastics champion will take part in an intrasquad meet Saturday to show he's physically able to compete at the Beijing Games. Though Hamm still isn't 100 percent — his injury was only eight weeks ago — coach Miles
The Houston Rockets center marked his return from injury Thursday with 11 points in just over 12 minutes of play for the Chinese national team in an Olympics warmup against a Serbian squad. Entering six minutes into the first quarter
Some places are just magic," said Kim, who has two career wins and 30 top-10 finishes. "For me, this place has been absolutely magical." Last year Kim birdied 18 to momentarily tie Sherri Steinhauer at 16 under, but the veteran
He watched one final birdie tumble into the cup for a 1-under 69 and a three-way share of the lead in the British Open, straightened his 45-year-old back, then dropped his jaw into a smile that said, "How did that
Deane and Brenden Pappas could have become the first brothers to share the lead at a PGA event, but Johnson birdied from about 10 feet on the 18th hole to edge ahead. "It was a nice putt to roll in
The top-seeded 2006 champion admitted he made his own life a misery at times on Thursday against the number 293 who had won his first ATP match only this week. "I shouldn't have had as much trouble as I did,"
Schnyder had her best effort here two years ago, when she reached the final before falling to the now-retired Kim Clijsters of Belgium. The 29-year-old also reached the semi-finals in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist both last season and in
It will be the NHL's second Winter Classic. Jan. 1 in Buffalo, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 before a crowd of 71,217. Snow fell during the game. "We expect interest to be on an international level for
