NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer mastered the wild weather and his opponent to storm into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday and remain on course for another showdown with his great rival Rafa Nadal.
Federer was at his brilliant best as he outclassed Sweden's dual French Open finalist Robin ...
LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - Tiger Woods returned to one of his happy hunting grounds on Wednesday riding the momentum from one of the best weeks of a turbulent year into his title defense at the BMW Open.
With his divorce finalized, a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup squad confirmed and his game ...
Hamels extended his streak of scoreless innings to a career-best 25 and the Phillies (81-60) kept their half-game edge in the division over the Atlanta Braves.
Philadelphia's left-hander allowed just four hits and struck out five to capture his third consecutive start. He has not allowed a run ...
BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA may abolish extra time at the World Cup with drawn knockout matches going straight to penalties, the federation's president Sepp Blatter said Thursday.
Blatter said in an interview with FIFA's web site (www.fifa.com) that too many teams had played defensively at the World ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has warned that a deal with the players' union over a new collective bargaining agreement will be "more complicated" to reach if it is not struck before March.
The current deal, which governs a raft of financial and contractual ...
Brady is set to earn $6.5 million this season in the final year of his current deal and is widely believed by local media to be on the verge of a three-year contract worth $58 million.
"Who wants to talk football?" the 33-year-old asked with a broad smile after being swarmed by reporters ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer won a measure of revenge and a return to the U.S. Open semi-finals as he beat fifth-seeded Swede Robin Soderling 6-4 6-4 7-5 on Wednesday to book his place in the last four for a seventh successive time.
Federer, showing the all-round brilliance that has won him ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for a return to the U.S. Open final, fighting near gale-force winds and big forehands from diminutive Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals.
The top-seeded Dane, who breezed through the first four rounds losing ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic defied high, swirling winds to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open for the fourth consecutive year with a convincing 7-6 6-1 6-2 victory over Gael Monfils on Wednesday.
There were high expectations for the a match that featured two of the most ...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Chief executive Doug Logan's future with USA Track & Field (USATF) will be on the line when the governing body's board meets in Las Vegas this weekend.
"I think that is the sole topic," Logan told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday.
