Serena Williams started playing tennis on the public courts in suburban Los Angeles at age five with her sister Venus, both of them dreaming of someday becoming a Grand Slam champion.

Pakistan took nine wickets in an extended morning session to beat Zimbabwe by 221 runs on the fifth day of the first Test at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

Miroslav Klose and Cristiano Ronaldo stole the limelight on a busy night of World Cup qualifying fixtures on Friday that saw several European nations edge closer to a place at the finals in Brazil.

Sebastian Vettel ended Lewis Hamilton’s run of four straight pole positions on Saturday when he secured the prime starting spot for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Critics have savaged Diana, a biopic of the late princess of Wales who died in a Paris car crash 16 years ago, just hours after its world premiere on Thursday.

Sebastian Vettel topped the times ahead of Mark Webber as Red Bull dominated Friday afternoon’s second free practice session for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.

Plans for a Grand Prix in New York have been dropped from the provisional calendar for the 2014 Formula One season, revealed to reporters on Thursday, but Mexico does return.

Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Inaction is not an option for the United States in Syria after a horrendous chemical attack, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he urged holdout lawmakers to back a military strike.

A US-based website offering onions at heavily discounted prices in India has seen an “overwhelming” response as consumers there reel from sky-rocketing prices of the vegetable.