‘Sports & Health’ Archives
ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX: SEBASTIAN VETTEL HEADS RED BULL ONE-TWO, JENSON BUTTON IS THIRD
It was a spectacular end to a truly spectacular season. As a helicopter tracked the action from above, showing off the dazzling Yas Marina circuit in all its neon-lit glory, the crowd rose to their feet to applaud new world champion Jenson Button going wheel-to-wheel with Mark Webber. By Tom Cary, F1 Correspondent They may only have been [...]
VENUS, JANKOVIC, WOZNIACKI COMPLETE WTA SEMI-FINALS LINE-UP
By Dave James (AFP) DOHA — Defending champion Venus Williams reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships without hitting a ball on Friday as organisers avoided potential embarrassment over the event's scoring system. Williams reached the last four - along with Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki - despite losing two of her three [...]
SAFINA’S DOHA BID ENDS IN FLOOD OF TEARS
Russia’s Dinara Safina reacts after she retired midway through her WTA Tour Championships tennis match against Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic in Doha yesterday. (Reuters By N. D. Prashant Doha: Serena Williams became the world’s top ranked player after Dinara Safina’s season ended in a flood of tears yesterday when she pulled out of the Sony [...]
MARSHALL ARTS GAMES A FLOP BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE FALL – 9.8.09
The organisers of the inaugural Asian Martial Arts Games will probably draw a sigh of relief as the unpopular event draws to a close on Sunday. The competition ended yesterday and there is only the closing ceremony to come. The first - and last - edition of the unpopular games was marred by a lack of interest and allegations of unfair [...]
