Tennis
29 Apr 2016
World number one Serena Williams has pulled out of the Madrid Open, which begins this weekend, with flu, organisers announced on Friday.
29 Apr 2016
World number one Serena Williams heads to the WTA Madrid Open this week unusually still searching for her first tournament win of the season.
29 Apr 2016
She’s the number one tennis player and one of the richest athletes in the world, but if you ask Serena Williams, she says she hasn’t “made it.”
28 Apr 2016
Serena Williams remains the "queen" of women's tennis but don't be surprised if she's no longer number one by the end of the year, Martina Navratilova said Thursday.
27 Apr 2016
Rafael Nadal has written a personal letter to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) asking for all of his drug test results to be made public, reports theguardian.com.
27 Apr 2016
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has named Egypt’s Mohamed Dawlatly and Nabil Almamoon as competition manager and referee.
26 Apr 2016
Former National Table Tennis Coach, Babatunde Obisanya, has described as unfortunate complaints by some federations that they lack funds to begin their final preparations for the Rio 2016 ...
26 Apr 2016
The African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) has confirmed Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria as the continent’s flagbearers at the 2016 ITTF World Junior Championship holding in Cape Town...
25 Apr 2016
Rafael Nadal's tournament win in Barcelona on Sunday has helped him close the gap on Stan Wawrinka in fourth place in the world rankings.
23 Apr 2016
Defending champion Kei Nishikori eased into his third consecutive Barcelona Open final with a 6-3, 6-2 win over French sixth seed Benoit Paire on Saturday.
21 Apr 2016
Following their impressive outing at the 2016 ITF/CAT Africa Junior Championship in Pretoria, South Africa, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has listed Nigeria’s U14 boys team for the World Team Cup African qualifiers.
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