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Rafael Nadal is reading Flashman, by George MacDonald Fraser, the novel of which P. G. Wodehouse wrote: “If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I first read Flashman.”
ATP World Tour Finals Venue: O2 Arena, London Date: 22-29 November Murray v Del Potro - In Houston it was cowboy hats, in Shanghai it was traditional Chinese dress, so in London it must be sharp suits, umbrellas and a red...
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles ace Koo Kien Keat is not all flash. Kien Keat, suffering from cramps in the rubber game, showed tremendous grit to help partner Tan Boon Heong overcome South Koreans Cho Gun-woo-Shin...
ANDY KEE won a double in the Mydin-Head Malaysian Senior age group super doubles tennis championships at the National Tennis Centre in Jalan Duta recently. His first successful outing was in the men’s 45-50 years age group. Kee...
Earlier today the 3rd FIDE World Cup was officially opened, with the opening ceremony taking place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. No less than 128 strong chess players have travelled to the small,...
MANILA, Nov. 21 (PNA) -- China’s Liu Shaozhuo foiled another all-Korean finale as she smothered Yoo Mi, 6-3, 6-3, to set up a title clash with seventh seed Han Sung Hee in the PLDT/Smart ITF Women’s Circuit Week 2 at the Rizal...
The finest male tennis players in the world (apart from the injured Andy Roddick) will be resident in the east end of London over the next week, contesting the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. City slickers: eight of the world's...
Robertson joined the BBC in 1946 after serving in WWII The former BBC broadcaster Max Robertson, 94, has died in his home island of Guernsey. He presented the television antiques programme Going for a Song for 13 years, but he...
Rafael Nadal's first match will be against rival Robin Soderling on Monday Novak Djokovic plays Nikolay Davydenko in the first round LONDON (AP) -- All the involuntary rest because of injuries gives Rafael Nadal a good feeling...
The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final He's never advanced past the second round in three appearances at Wimbledon LONDON (AP) -- U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's...
