 | After a year of closed-door meetings with tennis players seeking a greater say in the sport and a larger slice of Grand Slam revenues, the U.S. Open is ready to make big changes. |
 | Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting picked up his domestic cricketer of the year award Wednesday, and quickly batted away speculation about a return to the beleaguered test team for the Ashes. |
 | Rolf Soerensen, one of Denmark’s most successful professional cyclists, admitted Monday to using blood-boosting EPO and cortisone in the 1990s, ending more than a year of denials. |
 | Maria Sharapova, her first title of 2013 safely under her belt, looks poised to join the battle for the world number one spot in women’s tennis, but her real appetite is for Grand Slam glory. |
 | Looking as though he had never been away, Rafa Nadal gave the tennis world a stark reminder of what they had missed for seventh months last year with a superb display at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday. |
 | Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg will not start the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix due to a fuel-system failure on his car. |
 | World champion Sebastian Vettel had hydraulic problems with his Red Bull car as rain upset all the teams’ plans in third practice ahead of qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday. |
 | Roger Federer’s title defence at the BNP Paribas Open came to a surprisingly abrupt halt on Thursday when he was hammered by his long-time rival Rafa Nadal 6-4 6-2 in the quarter-finals. |
 | Thursday’s penultimate race-meeting of the current season at Meydan is by no means short of thrill and excitement. |
 | Michael Schumacher’s retirement has thrust Mark Webber into the role of Formula One’s elder statesman, but the hard-bitten Australian believes he still has the tricks to keep the “vultures” away from his Red Bull driver’s seat. |
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