Roger Federer

MACAU — As reported by Asia Times: “Figures due this week are expected to show that Macau is bigger than Las Vegas.

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University of Hawai’i-Hilo head women’s basketball coach Daphne Honma knew there was something special about Nesha Kimitete when Honma was still the grand dame of Honoka’a girls basketball and Kimitete was a child phenom from Kailua, Kona, under the tutelage of Bobbie Awa.

ANGERS, France — The euro waxes, the dollar wanes, yet when it comes to making democracy exciting, DollarLand beats EuroLand hands down. That much was demonstrated by the rapt curiosity about Super Tuesday and its aftermath shown by global news outlets such as BBC World, France 24, Al Jazeera English, Deutsche Welle, Sky News, and our very own CNN International — the American network only …

In the intimidating amphitheatre of the Parque Roca here in the southern suburbs of the Argentinian capital, David Nalbandian and company are putting Britain’s tennis players to the sword in the Davis Cup. Less than 200 metres away, at Jose-Luis Clerc’s academy, 13-year-old Ayrton Silva is taking a break from six hours of practice. A former No 2 at national under-12 level, he names Roger …

Hamburg - Roger Federer maintained his lead atop the ATP tennis rankings released Monday. With the focus on Davis Cup action, the leading positions remained unchanged. …

Home Davis Cup defeats are as rare as vegetarian restaurants in these parts and from the moment Andy Murray pulled out of the British team to play Argentina here this weekend John Lloyd and his team were dead meat. “The bottom line is that with Andy in the side we’re a World Group team,” Roger Draper, the Lawn Tennis Association’s chief executive, admitted before the start of yesterday’s play. …

The last time he showed off his serve, sporting pundits singularly failed to hail him as the next Roger Federer.

The last time he showed off his serve, sporting pundits singularly failed to hail him as the next Roger Federer. So it’s no surprise that Gordon Brown has found a way to try to polish his tennis skills behind closed doors. The Prime Minister has revealed that he regularly plays against his son John on the Nintendo Wii games console. But Mr Brown doesn’t seem to be getting any better – because …

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