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Nadal favored, but not seeded No. 1 at French Open

Roger Federer of Switzerland loses his tennis racket during the final match against Spain's Rafael Nadal, at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Nadal won 6-1, 6-3. AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions.

Posted: May 24th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Rafael Nadal ready to test knee on hard courts

Rafael Nadal. AP FILE PHOTO

Rafael Nadal plans to test his fragile knee on the hard courts at Indian Wells to determine his playing schedule for the rest of the spring.

Posted: March 5th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Djokovic beats Murray for 3rd straight Australian Open title

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the second set during the men's final against Britain's Andy Murray at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. AP

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday’s final to become the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian Open titles.

Posted: January 27th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Murray relaxed, unburdened ahead of new season

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Andy Murray of Britain talks to the media at a press conference during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. AP/Tertius Pickard

People have been treating Andy Murray differently since he won his first major and ended that long, long drought for British men at tennis’ Grand Slam events.

Posted: January 1st, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories,Multimedia,Photos,Photos and Videos | Read More »

US Open champ Murray hopes ‘it’s not the only one’

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NEW YORK— If it’s true, as they say, that the toughest Grand Slam title to win is your first, then Andy Murray was right to feel relief, above all, when he finally got No. 1 out of the way at the U.S. Open. “I certainly was doubting myself a bit, and thinking about the match [...]

Posted: September 12th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Other Sports | Read More »

Federer, Murray win, set for semi clash at US Open

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Andy Murray  and Roger Federer. AFP FILE PHOTOS

Roger Federer and Andy Murray remained on course for a semifinal clash at the U.S. Open after they won in contrasting styles on Saturday.

Posted: September 2nd, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Roddick plans retirement; Tsonga exits early at the US Open

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Andy Roddick speaks during a news conference during the second round of play at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in New York. Roddick says the U.S. Open will be the last tournament of his career. The 2003 U.S. Open champion and former No. 1 announced his plans to retire at a news conference Thursday, his 30th birthday.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

As Andy Roddick announced his planned retirement from tennis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made a very unplanned departure at the U.S. Open on Thursday.

Posted: August 31st, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Other Sports | Read More »

Federer top seed for US Open

Roger Federer, from Switzerland, hits a backhand against Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, during the men's final at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Mason, Ohio. Federer won 6-0, 7-6 (7). AP FILE PHOTO/Al Behrman

Five-time champion and world number one Roger Federer was confirmed Tuesday as the top men’s seed at the US Open, the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year that starts Monday at Flushing Meadows.

Posted: August 22nd, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Federer a grand slam champion again at Wimbledon

Roger Federer. AP FILE PHOTO

Up in the players’ box on Centre Court, Roger Federer’s twin daughters squirmed, yawned, made funny faces and then applauded the new Wimbledon champion.

Posted: July 9th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Nadal wins record seventh French Open

Rafael Nadal (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Rafael Nadal clinched a record seventh French Open title on Monday, defeating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and shattering the Serb’s dream of Grand Slam history.

Posted: June 11th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Manotoc new NGAP head

TOMMY Manotoc, the former national team mainstay who became a Grand Slam winning PBA coach on the side, was yesterday elected as the new National Golf Association of the Philippines president.

Posted: March 24th, 2012 in Uncategorized | Read More »

Tim Cone still feels strong link to team that’s trying to shed off his presence

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Tim Cone. Photo by Nuki Sabio, PBA.

Shortly after the final buzzer, coach Tim Cone—dressed up in his familiar get-up—put his left arm around LA Tenorio’s shoulder as they walked side-by-side on their way to the dugout.

Posted: October 13th, 2011 in Basketball,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,PBA | Read More »

PBA logs record gate earnings; Petron chasing Miller

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The crowd of close to 17,000 that witnessed Petron Blaze deny Talk ‘N Text a Grand Slam last Sunday night topped a record-breaking year for the Philippine Basketball Association as it grossed close to P90 million in gate receipts for a new all-time record.

Posted: August 24th, 2011 in Basketball,Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,PBA | Read More »

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