It’s hard to pick a clear winner for the US Open but you can’t really bet against Serena Williams when it comes to the Grand Slams, she has this knack of turning it on for the big events. She hasn’t actually performed very well since Wimbledon, I’ve watched some of her matches and she’s lacked [...]

A stunning 30-yard strike from Italy’s Alessia Tuttino consigned 10-woman England to defeat in their opening match of Group C in Euro 2009. The midfielder smashed the winner nine minutes from time as England suffered only their second defeat in 12 games. England lost Casey Stoney when she was sent off on 28 minutes, but [...]

Women boxers will have the chance to fight for gold at the 2012 Olympics. International Olympic Committee chiefs voted on Thursday to lift the barrier to the last all-male summer sport. Three women’s weight classes will be added to the Olympic programme for 2012 Games in London, with one of the 11 men’s classes dropped [...]

Softball will not be included in the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games as the 15 members of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Executive Board decided Thursday at a meeting in Berlin. One of the seven sports in contention for the 2016 Games, softball was passed over in favor of golf and rugby as the [...]

Maria Sharapova continued her domination of fellow Russian and 10th seed Nadia Petrova with victory in round one of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Former world number one Sharapova came through 6-3 6-4 for her eighth win in nine meetings with Petrova, and third this year. Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine beat 13th seed Marion Bartoli [...]

The 2010 Games will be the best covered in Winter Olympic history, judging by the overwhelming interest in a media centre for unaccredited journalists, says B.C.’s minister for the Games. “In all, media at the centre will reach more than 500 million viewers a day,” said Mary McNeil, the provincial minister of state for the [...]

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city of the Games will be announced at the 121st IOC Session (which will [...]