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Australian Open to offer $15.6 million in prize money

The 2009 Australian Open will offer $15.6 million in prize money the men's and women's singles winners receiving an 18 percent increase the singles winners will receive about $1.15 million each based on exchange rates...

Canal+ prepping Sport HD, Film HD for Spain

Filed under: DVRs, Set-top boxes, SportsNow that Canal+ customers in Spain have developed a taste of HD sports, Canal+ is readying Sport HD for its debut in the fall. But to introduce a little more variety into the HD-diet,...

Australian Open tennis tournament announces purse increase

MELBOURNE, Australia - The 2009 Australian Open will offer 22 million Australian dollars (C$16.9 million) in prize money next year, with the men's and women's singles winners receiving an 18 per cent increase.

Drucker: McEnroe Sr.'s visions unlikely to sit well with the ATP

The search to replace a lame-duck CEO with someone who will lead the ATP into the 21st century and bring together separate-minded stakeholders is on. If a deregulated, free-for-all entity without accountability is what you're...

Peter Cook is Not A Pervert or So He Says

A few months back Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook played out their messy divorce battle in front of the world. The model left her husband because he had an affair with his 18 year old assistant. Now...

Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2009 [Factsheet Available]

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club London - England STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! Book your Official Wimbledon 2009 VIP Hospitality now from TCHP...and pay only 2008 prices! 2008 Champ Rafael Nadal.Congratulations to...

Big changes for Oz Open

JANUARY'S Australian Open is trying to position itself as one of the world's biggest annual sporting events with record prizemoney, a night women's final and an explosion of off-court entertainment. The grand slam, from January...

Hewitt back for Sydney

A 'refreshed' and 'reinvigorated' Lleyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at January's Sydney International. Already a four-time winner of the tournament, Hewitt will make a bid for a fifth crown as he rounds out...

Hewitt aiming for Sydney return

Australia's number one men's tennis player Lleyton Hewitt will begin his return to the ATP tour, by playing in January's Sydney International. The 27-year-old Hewitt has recently had an operation on his injured hip after...

Bertarelli talks to French about America's Cup

Ernesto Bertarelli, owner of America's Cup defender Alinghi, talked to French newspaper Le Figaro last week, while he was racing in the Voiles de Saint-Tropez on Numbers. Le Figaro: BMW Oracle has offered to withdraw their...