Eastbourne: Wimbledon can hold no fear for Agnieszka Radwanska this year, after she survived all the way to the final last July.
Having got her maiden grand-slam final out of the way, conquering her nerves and taking eventual winner Serena Williams to three sets, the Polish world number four is feeling relaxed about returning to the All-England Club next week.
"Everything around the final was a huge, huge thing and for me it was the biggest day," Radwanska said as she prepared for Wimbledon at the Eastbourne grasscourt tournament on Monday.
"It was such a big difference from other finals I've played before and I think it doesn't matter if you win or lose a grand-slam final it's just a great experience, one of the biggest experiences of my life, and hopefully I will have more opportunity to be in major finals."...
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08:29 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Ardmore: Tiger Woods was a big favourite coming into the U.S. Open as he tried to end a five-year drought in the majors but walked away with a 13-over 293 total Sunday that he blamed on poor putting and iron play. A triple-bogey eight on the par-five second hole got world number one Woods off on the wrong foot in a final round of four-over-par 74 at Merion Golf Club....
09:26 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ardmore: Rory McIlroy was miserable at Merion and he took out his frustrations on his club on No. 11 on Sunday. His first tee shot plopped in the water. He took a drop, then sent another ball into the same creek. McIlroy then jammed the club into the ground and completely twisted the head. "I think that's what this tournament does to you," he said. "At one point or another,...
08:51 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ardmore: Justin Rose could see all the pieces coming together in this US Open. The sun was breaking through the clouds Sunday evening at Merion as he stood in the 18th fairway with a one-shot lead. That famous Ben Hogan plaque was in front of him, a road marker bronze that one pure swing and two putts might be all that stood between Rose and his first major championship. That...
08:42 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ardmore: Tiger Woods made birdie at the first hole, only to watch his day go racing downhill from there. By the time it was over, Woods skidded to seven bogeys and a 6-over-par 76 Saturday, tumbling down the leaderboard and matching his worst round as a pro at the US Open. That left him 10 strokes behind third-round leader Phil Mickelson, the only player under par at the short but...
09:19 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Ardmore: Phil Mickelson knew it was going to be close, so he made sure his group could finish the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The rule when a round is halted because of darkness is that players have the option to complete a hole. Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Keegan Bradley were on the 17th with the sun falling fast when Lefty spoke to Dustin Johnson in the...
09:39 AM, Jun 15, 2013
London: Defending champion Marin Cilic upset second-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-5, 7-6 (4) to reach the Queen's Club semi-finals on Friday. The fifth-seeded Croatian faced a break point at 4-4 in the first set. But Berdych netted his return, and Cilic failed to convert two set points at 5-4 before Berdych made a forehand error on a third break point at 6-5. In the second set, Berdych held one break point...
08:31 PM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Andy Murray emerged unscathed as he completed back-to-back wins at a blustery Aegon Championships on Thursday in his first matches following a four-week break caused by a back injury. Gusting winds and two awkward opponents could not blow Murray off course as he first completed a rain-delayed 6-3 7-6 (4) win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut before returning 3-1/2 hours later to crush Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-2 6-2 for a...
07:59 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Ardmore, Pennsylvania: Under bright sunshine and a gentle breeze, Sergio Garcia signed autographs near the tee box at the 16th hole during his final practice round for the US Open. He then sent his drive in the direction of one of those charming red wicker baskets that sit atop the flagpoles, the white ball coming to rest nicely in the middle of the fairway with nary a smudge of mud....
02:21 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Pennsylvania: Sergio Garcia on Tuesday made repeated apologies for the "fried chicken" jibe he directed at Tiger Woods last month, saying he "felt terrible" and had left a note for the American in his locker. Though the two players shook hands on the practice range at Merion Golf Club on Monday in their first meeting since Garcia made the reference, the Spaniard said it had not been an "appropriate place"...
08:39 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Pennsylvania: It has been five frustrating years for Tiger Woods since he won the most recent of his 14 major titles but the world number one says nothing has changed for him in the way he approaches golf's biggest events. Asked by reporters at Merion Golf Club on Monday whether the major challenge had been easier for him during his glory days in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Woods...
08:33 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Ardmore: Luke Donald enters the US Open more focused on a different No. 1 than reclaiming his old ranking. Like winning major No.1. Donald heads into his 10th US Open, starting on Thursday at Merion Golf Club. He's had big wins over an 11-year pro career. He's even been No. 1 for a total of 56 weeks until the run ended late last year. Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo...
11:34 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Panaji: A leading soccer club in Goa has slammed the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) decision to bring in far-reaching changes in the existing I-League format and promote an IPL-style tournament. By bringing in changes in the I-League format, introducing a cap on the number of teams, permitting and actively promoting an IPL-style franchise league bang in the middle of the football season, AIFF will be sounding death knell for...
07:29 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone's latest film 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' has set the cash registers ringing at the box office. Within seven days of the release of the film, it was able to enter the elite Rs 100 crore club. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#YehJawaaniHaiDeewani collects 107.61 cr in Week 1. Fri 19.45 cr, Sat 20.16 cr, Sun 22.5 cr, Mon 13 cr, Tue 12 cr,...
11:16 AM, Jun 08, 2013
IMG-Reliance are all set to launch an IPL-style football tournament involving city-based teams run by corporate franchises to popularise and promote the game throughout India - from grassroots to the professional level. But it faces many hardships before coming to fruition. The joint venture, which has the backing of All Indian Football Federation (AIFF), was agreed upon in December 2012, but with the I-League in place and well established in...
11:05 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Chandigarh: He was comedy's famous Sardar and highlighted all that was nonsensical in society in his trademark style. For nearly three decades, comedian-actor-director Jaspal Bhatti entertained - and touched - the masses with his 'Nonsense Club' by highlighting social evils. After his tragic death in a car accident last October, his wife Savita Bhatti, wants to keep the flag flying high. Faced with his sudden demise, Savita Bhatti thought that...
01:51 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Panaji: Having lost this year's I-League title to Churchill Brothers, Dempo Sports Club is planning to revamp the team by instilling young blood and roping in three players from Australia. Former Pailan Arrows coach Arthur Papas who has taken over the reign from Armando Colaco has already roped in youngsters Jeje Lalpehklua (Pune FC), Jewel Raja (Mohan Bagan) and Gabriel Fernandes (Mumbai FC). Seniors like Valeriano Rebello, Samir Naik, Anthony...
03:27 PM, May 30, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas: Matt Kuchar finished a long Saturday at Colonial exhausted and still a stroke in front. "This morning feels like a day ago," Kuchar said. "It's hard to believe it's the same day." After making a 12-feet birdie putt at the par-3 16th hole, the same place where his day began at 7:13 a.m. to finish the suspended second round, Kuchar had two nifty par-savers to finish 1-under...
09:17 AM, May 26, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas: American Ryan Palmer took advantage of ideal scoring conditions and local knowledge with a birdie fest as he charged into a one-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. The 36-year-old Texan piled up eight birdies on the way to a flawless eight-under-par 62 on a relatively calm morning at iconic Colonial Country Club, matching the lowest first round ever...
08:38 AM, May 24, 2013
London: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will celebrate the Bicentenary of Lord's next year with two showpiece matches against the Rest of the World. MCC owns the, which famous Lord's Ground in north London, on Wednesday revealed they will play the star-studded 50-overs fixture on a yet to be confirmed date in 2014. When the MCC celebrated its own Bicentenary in 1987, the world's best players gathered for a one-off five-day...
10:11 PM, May 15, 2013
