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Murray Back Twinge Send Shivers Down Britain

Andy Murray supporters in the Hisense Arena momentarily held their breath on Friday when the Briton stopped and sunk to his knees after being twisted the wrong way by a Florent Serra winner. The 22-year-old, seeded five at the Australian Open, had immediately grasped at his lower back and his face wore (more)

Pressure All On Murray, Says Federer

The mind games have already started ahead of Sunday's Australian Open final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Murray is brimming with confidence, saying he has the game to take down the world number one because he has done it six times before. Federer believes Murray could get stage-fright because (more)

Tiger

Tiger Woods has just made life a whole lot tougher for athletes looking to score big deals to pitch a company's products or services. The lurid, unrelenting media coverage of the world No. 1 golfer's fall from grace over a sex scandal will hurt the multi-billion dollar sponsorship market as companies (more)

Serena Unmatched In Battle Of Nerves

If winning the Australian Open were a simple test of will power, Serena Williams would win every time. The American has always been one of the most powerful and athletic players on the women's tour but her greatest strengths are not in her body but in her mind. While other players succumb to self-doubt (more)

Celtics Beat Wizards To Record Ninth Win In A Row

The Boston Celtics chalked up their ninth win a row and padded their Atlantic Division lead with a 104-102 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday. Point guard Rajon Rondo had 21 points and 11 assists but the Celtics needed a foul shot by center Kendrick Perkins with five seconds left to take (more)

Spaniard Martin Lands Dunhill Title, 77 For Els

Spain's Pablo Martin took the second European Tour victory of his career when he defeated South African Charl Schwartzel by one stroke to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday. The 23-year-old produced a steady three-under-par round of 69 to equal the tournament scoring record at 17-under-par. (more)

Favre

Comeback quarterback Brett Favre refuses to look beyond Sunday's playoff showdown with the Dallas Cowboys despite knowing defeat for his Minnesota Vikings will refuel speculation about the 40-year-old's future. "All I want to do is beat Dallas," Favre told reporters. "To even think about next year is (more)

Pacquiao Still Hopes To Fight Mayweather

World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao believes a showdown against Floyd Mayweather Jr. will happen eventually despite hard feelings over drug-testing demands that aborted negotiations. "I believe the fight will happen some other time," Pacquiao told reporters Wednesday. "It will happen." Pacquiao (more)

Hockey Is More Than A Game To Canadians

Canada's ambitious goal is to top the medals table at the Vancouver Winter Olympics but it will be a hollow achievement to much of the Great White North unless the men's hockey gold is among the final tally. Hockey's place in Canadian culture is closer to religion than a simple sporting pastime, a unifying (more)

Kim Clijsters Makes Early Exit At Australian Open

Kim Clijsters's fairytale return to grand slam tennis came to a shuddering halt at the Australian Open on Friday just as Justine Henin's own comeback started to gather momentum. Clijsters was dumped from the first grand slam of the year after losing 6-0 6-1 to Russia's Nadia Petrova. The result was (more)

Itf Says World Cup Idea Has Interesting Elements

A proposed tennis "World Cup" to replace the Davis Cup has interesting elements but also many challenges, the International Tennis Federation said on Wednesday. The ITF added in a statement that the Davis Cup had not lost its intrinsic values and had shown in more than 110 years of existence that it could change with the times. "Everyone is in agreement that a nation vs nation format is very attractive, something Davis Cup has recognized for over a century, and only time will tell if a new competition can earn a regular place in the tennis calendar," it said.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C22920100113?type=sportsNews

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