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Kleybanova's biggest battle behind her at U.S. Open Some battles are bigger than others. Russia's Alisa Kleybanova proved that on Monday at the U.S. Open after a two-and-a-half year absence from the majors because of cancer. Diagnosed after the 2011 Australian Open with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a...

World Championships - Moscow braced for classic men's 400 hurdles final Having taken a night off on Wednesday, fortuitously timed for Yelena Isinbayeva's emotional pole vault victory to soak in, the action comes thick and fast again at the World Championships on Thursday with six gold medals...

Serena demolishes Schivaone Serena Williams needed just one hour to remind everyone why she remains the overwhelming favourite to win the US Open. In one of the most one-sided matches seen on the Arthur Ashes center court, Williams demolished Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-0 6-1 with an ominous...

Speed Skating - Olympian Cho ****** two years for skate tampering United States skater Simon Cho has been ****** for two years by the International Skating Union after confessing he had tampered with a Canadian rival's skates at the 2011 world team short-track championships in Poland. The...

World Championships - Moscow missing injured Olympic heroes Injury is a risk for athletes who regularly push their bodies to the extremes in the never-ending search for faster, higher, stronger performances and post-Olympic 2013 seems to have been a particularly bad year for casualties. The...

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World Championships - Olympic champion Defar canters through heat Ethiopia's twice Olympic champion Meseret Defar set the fastest time in women's 5,000 metres qualifying, winning the second and last heat in which 10 of the 11 starters all progressed to the final. A slow first heat, won by...

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World Championships - Isinbayeva credits coach for return to world summit Watching her every move like a hawk from his front row seat in the Luzhniki Stadium, Yefgeny Trofimov never lost faith that Yelena Isinbayeva could rise again. The white-haired and moustachioed coach was there when the...

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World Championships - Ireland's Heffernan wins walk title at 35 Ireland's Robert Heffernan won the World Athletics Championship 50km walk title on Wednesday as the 35-year-old finally tasted glory after 13 years of heartbreak and near-misses. Heffernan, fourth in the 2012 Olympic 50km and...

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World Championships - Furious Tomlinson slams Rutherford as Olympic champion crashes out Britain's Chris Tomlinson was left furious after compatriot and Olympic champion Greg Rutherford failed to reach the long jump final. Rutherford, 26, suffered a hamstring tear at the Paris Diamond League...

Day two order of play Order of play for day two of the US Open, with Novak Djokovic, Victoria Azarenka and Heather Watson in action. Arthur Ashe Stadium 11am (4pm UK) Petra Kvitova (CZE) [7] vs. Misaki Doi (JPN) Not before 1pm (6pm UK) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [6] vs. Ying-Ying Duan...

World Championships - Why Christine Ohuruogu will never be fully loved by the British public When Christine Ohuruogu’s name flashed up in first place on the big screen in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium it confirmed her status as one of Britain’s most successful athletes of all time. The Brit lunged...

Nerves get to Stephens as she scrapes through After being perplexed by a suggestion that her first match at the US Open was "hairy," Sloane Stephens admitted the bald truth - the spotlight at her home Grand Slam can be overwhelmingly bright. The 20-year-old American was riddled with nerves...

World Championships - Defar returns to centre stage in Moscow Ethiopia's twice Olympic champion Meseret Defar takes to the track for the first time at these world championships in Wednesday's 5,000 metres heats after deciding not to run the 10,000 earlier in the week. Defar, the 2007 world...

Tomic digs deep to win tough clash Bernard Tomic rolled up his sleeves to survive a five-setter against Spaniard Albert Ramos in three hours and 56 minutes at the US Open. Playing his first match at the tournament since he was accused of tanking by John McEnroe in a dispirited loss to Andy...

World Championships - Johnson-Thompson comes of age with impressive fifth at worlds Katarina Johnson-Thompson confirmed her arrival as the next big thing in British heptathlon after coming within a whisker of a medal on her World Championship debut in Moscow. The 20-year-old produced a huge...

Venus enjoys another perfect US Open start Injury-plagued Venus Williams has slipped to 60th in the world rankings but came alive with another positive start at the US Open, knocking out 12th seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-1 6-2. Seven-times major winner Williams, diagnosed in 2011 with an...

World Championships - Golden Isinbayeva soars again Like all things aerodynamic, Yelena Isinbayeva was born to fly through the air with the greatest of ease. The pole-vaulter extraordinaire has been blessed with the supple body-bending skills of a gymnast, the flexibility of an acrobat and the...

Nadal dismisses Harrison to move into second round Rafael Nadal overpowered American wildcard Ryan Harrison in straight sets to ease into the second round of the US Open. The 12-time grand slam winner did not lose a single service game as he rolled to a 6-4 6-2 6-2 victory over the 21-year-old...

World Championships - Merritt powers to world 400 metres gold as James fades LaShawn Merritt satisfied his hunger for success by regaining the 400 metres title at the world championships on Tuesday with a tactically perfect run as defending champion Kirani James faded badly to finish seventh...

Venus turns back clock Venus Williams rolled back the years to beat Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens in the first round of the US Open. Roared on by an energetic New York crowd on a blustery day at Flushing Meadows, Williams showed no signs of the back problems that have sidelined her for most of...

World Championships - Isinbayeva wins fairytale third world pole vault gold The world championships finally caught fire on Tuesday as the fans turned up to say farewell to Yelena Isinbayeva, only for the Russian pole vault queen to roll back the years and win an emotional gold medal against...

US Open roof will take five minutes to open or close The US Open's retractable roof for Arthur Ashe Stadium will take five minutes to open or close and could be ready for 2016, officials said on Monday during the opening day of the season's last grand slam. The decision to quiet the clamor for...

World Championships - Melnichenko wins gold as Johnson-Thompson ***** ends Ukrainian heptathlete Ganna Melnichenko won her first major title at the world championships as Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fifth. With 68 points separating the top two...

Henman confident as Murray prepares to defend title Despite a run of poor results, Tim Henman believes Andy Murray has his preparations spot-on ahead of the US Open. As Andy Murray prepared for his Wimbledon final earlier this summer he was asked what Fred Perry might say to him as...

World Championships - Aman hurtles to Ethiopia's first 800m world title A grimacing Mohammed Aman hurtled to the front in the final 10 metres to become the first Ethiopian to win an 800 metres world title on Tuesday. Aman, the only man to beat world record holder David Rudisha since 2009 and...

Robson eases into second round in New York Britain's Laura Robson overcame Lourdes Dominguez Lino in straight sets, advancing into the second round with a 7-5 6-0 win. The 19-year-old Brit, who has played just two competitive matches since Wimbledon because of a wrist injury which was taped up...

World Championships - Harting completes world discus hat-trick Germany's Robert Harting won his third successive world discus title in impressive style when his 69.11 metre throw, the fourth-longest of the season, was too good for perennial runner-up Piotr Malachowski of Poland who took...

Britain's Evans stuns Nishikori in first round British qualifier Daniel Evans won his first career match at the US Open in style, ousting 11th seed Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 6-2. Evans, 23, qualified for the main draw for the first time, but was widely expected to go home soon afterwards having...

Athletics - Pistorius will go to trial for ****** of Reeva Steenkamp South African police have completed their ****** investigation into global track and field star Oscar Pistorius, who will appear in court next week to receive detailed charges for the Valentine's Day shooting of his...

Blake to retire after US Open James Blake said that this year's US Open will be his final tournament, admitting that he wants to retire 'on his own terms.' The 33-year-old American told a news conference at Flushing Meadows he could have played on but decided it was time for him to quit. "This...

World Championships - Johnson-Thompson eyes bronze after two PBs, Grabarz through Katarina Johnson-Thompson roared into medal contention in the heptathlon with two personal bests in Tuesday’s morning session at the World Athletics Championships. The 20-year-old recorded a long jump PB of 6.56m...

Day one order of play Order of play for the opening day of the 2013 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York, with Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Laura Robson all in action.7 ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM 11am (4pm UK) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [3] vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)...

World Championships - Lashmanova wins world 20km walk title, Sokolova disqualified Olympic champion Elena Lashmanova led a Russian one-two in the women's 20km walk at the World Championships as the hosts again underlined their superpower status in the discipline. World record holder Lashmanova...

Bartoli hints at comeback Marion Bartoli's shock retirement may not be quite as final as she first indicated as she hinted at a possible comeback. The 28-year-old stunned the tennis world earlier this month when she announced she was quitting just months after breaking through to win her first...

World Championships - Farah through to 5,000m final Defending champion Mo Farah qualified with ease for the 5,000m final at the World Championships in Moscow. World junior champion Muktar Edris took the race in a time of 13:20.82 and, although Farah crossed the line in the fifth and final...

Nadal looking to make up for lost time at US Open Rafael Nadal is back in New York and says that he is ready to make up for lost time at this year's US Open. A knee injury ****** Nadal to miss the last grand slam of 2012, spoiling his chances of reaching the final for a third straight year...

World Championships - Isinbayeva set to ignite Moscow crowd Yelena Isinbayeva, the greatest women's pole vaulter of all time, gears up for a lift from her home crowd in what will probably be the Russian's last major championship final on Tuesday. Isinbayeva, who holds the outdoor world record...

Federer wants to prove he is back at US Open Ahead of the year's final Grand Slam, Roger Federer says that his back is feeling better wants to show everyone he is back. With a record 17 grand slam titles under his belt, Federer has nothing left to prove but try telling that to the Swiss...

World Championships - German Holzdeppe takes shock pole vault gold Germany's Raphael Holzdeppe was a shock winner of the men's world pole vault title on Monday as he edged red-hot French favourite Renaud Lavillenie on countback. Both men failed three times to clear 5.96 metres but the German...

Stosur in no rush to appoint new coach Australia's Sam Stosur said she wanted to take her time before deciding on a new coach after splitting with her long term mentor just before the U.S. The 2011 U.S. Open champion conceded that the timing of her separation from Dave Taylor was "strange" but...

World Championships - Sharman frustrated after another world final top five His consistency on the world stage is certainly impressive but that was little consolation to Will Sharman after he finished outside the medals once again in the 110m hurdles world final in Moscow. The 28-year-old came...

Murray laughs off talk of defending champion's pressure Andy Murray strolled into the US National Tennis Center on Saturday without a care in the world, brimming with confidence and self-belief as he prepares to defend his US Open title. Signing autographs and joking with the media, the...

World Championships - Unrivalled Adams secures fourth successive shot put gold New Zealand's Valerie Adams became the first woman to win four successive world titles when she secured shot put gold on Monday. A third-round throw of 20.88 metres proved enough for Adams, who suffered a tearful...

Djokovic refocuses attention on US Open A day after giving a speech at the United Nations, Novak Djokovic was back in more familiar surroundings on Saturday, signing autographs and fine-tuning his preparations for the US Open. The world number one addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Friday...

World Championships - Fraser-Pryce storms to women's 100m world title Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce produced a masterful display of sprinting to complete a Jamaican 100 metres double at the world championships with victory in the women's final on Monday. The 26-year-old set a world leading time of...