French Open finalist Samantha Stosur reached the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International Wednesday after a struggling comeback win over Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will be the top seed at the grass-court Grand Slam despite losing the world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.
Federer was passed by Nadal in the world rankings after the Spaniard won the French Open earlier this month. But Federer has won Wimbledon six times, including his d

Ten years on, Tiger Woods’ majestic US Open victory at Pebble Beach still sparks awe. It launched the run of major success that made Woods the first golfer to hold all four major titles at once.

World Cup favourites Spain crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat to unfancied Switzerland in their opening game of the tournament here on Wednesday. A rock solid defence and a tremendous goalkeeping effort from Diego Benaglio saw the Swiss take the lead in the 51st minute through Gelson Fernandes and sustain wave after wave of pressure to hold on for the win in the Group H clash.

Rescuers airlifted survivors and searched for missing people in southern France on Wednesday after heavy rainstorms triggered flash floods that left at least 15 people dead, officials said.

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government on Wednesday blamed toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for hiring “provocateurs” to instigate the deadly riots in the south of the country.

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday called on Iran’s government to push ahead with its controversial programme to enrich uranium to 20 per cent, despite being slapped with fresh UN sanctions.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and freshly crowned French Open champion Francesca Schiavone both lost on a day of upsets at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday.
Danish 19-year-old Wozniacki, the reigning champion, fell 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to France’s Aravane Rezai in the first round, while second-seeded Italian Schiavone lost 7-5, 6-3 against Romanian world number 57 Sorana Cirstea.

An aid ship transporting medical supplies to Gaza is to leave Lebanon in the coming days with dozens of women activists on board, one of the organisers told AFP on Tuesday.

UN agencies said on Tuesday they feared an escalation in fighting in Kyrgyzstan, warning of an “ethnic tinderbox” in the region after an estimated 275,000 people fled their homes in less than a week.