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MADRID – Albert Costa is stepping down as Spain’s Davis Cup captain tobecome the coordinator of the Spanish federation’s national teams. After three years and two Davis Cup titles, Costa will now preside over thecaptains of Spain’s Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Olympic teams. Costa helped Spain increase its Davis Cup title haul to five trophies,winning the tournament earlier this month and in 2009. Costa says “after three fantastic years leading the Davis Cup team, I nowlook forward to this new challenge.” The federation did not say who will take Costa’s place as Davis Cup captain. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was [...]

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AMSTERDAM – Former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek has reportedlypulled out of the race to become the next chief executive of the ATP. Top-selling Dutch daily De Telegraaf reports Wednesday that Krajicekbelieves he doesn’t have enough support from ATP board members. Krajicek could not immediately be reached for comment. Adam Helfant, an American who took over as head of the ATP in January 2009,is stepping down this month at the end of his three-year contract. Krajicek won Wimbledon in 1996 and is director of the ABN AMRO World TennisTournament in Rotterdam. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire [...]

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LONDON – Novak Djokovic capped an incredible season with the ITF WorldChampion award on Tuesday, becoming the first player other than Roger Federerand Rafael Nadal to win since 2003. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic won the women’s award, while Americantwins Bob and Mike Bryan were picked in doubles for the eighth time. Djokovic won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open in a stellar yearin which the 24-year-old Serb took over as the top-ranked player, finishing with10 titles and a 70-6 overall record. “Starting with victory in last year’s Davis Cup final, this has been analmost perfect 12 months [...]

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NewsCore Gold Coast Bulletin Updated Dec 12, 2011 10:37 PM ET Rising Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic, who has a fondness for luxury sports cars, is under police investigation after a string of dangerous driving complaints. The 19-year-old, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon this year, was intercepted by police in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, on Sunday night while driving his bright orange BMW M3, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported. No tickets were issued, but the investigation is ongoing. He is still on his provisional license and had to apply for a special exemption to drive the eight-cylinder luxury sports car, worth an [...]

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Video: Venus Williams Nearly Flashes Crowd After Wardrobe Malfunction By Larry Brown December 3, 2011 – Posted in Tennis Venus Williams played in an exhibition Saturday in Milan, Italy along with her sister, Serena, and Italian players Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. Venus lost both her singles matches to the Italian players, but she and her sister beat them in doubles. The most eventful moment took place during Venus’ match against Pennetta when the strap of her dress broke, nearly exposing her breast. Here is a video of the incident’s aftermath (watch around the :20 mark): You could tell the [...]

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Updated Dec 2, 2011 4:33 PM ET MILAN The Williams sisters want to defend their Olympic doubles title in London next summer. Serena Williams said Friday that she and sister Venus are eager to go for their third Olympic gold together after victories at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games. First up, the sisters will play an exhibition match in Milan on Saturday against Italian duo Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. “We’re the defending champion and we want to defend our title and I don’t see why we wouldn’t,” Serena said of the London Games. “This is a good [...]

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Updated Dec 2, 2011 4:33 PM ET MILAN The Williams sisters want to defend their Olympic doubles title in London next summer. Serena Williams said Friday that she and sister Venus are eager to go for their third Olympic gold together after victories at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games. First up, the sisters will play an exhibition match in Milan on Saturday against Italian duo Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. “We’re the defending champion and we want to defend our title and I don’t see why we wouldn’t,” Serena said of the London Games. “This is a good [...]

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Updated Dec 8, 2011 8:02 AM ET LONDON Novak Djokovic has ended the season with a record $ 12.6 million in prize money. The 24-year-old Serb won 10 titles in 2011, including three Grand Slams, to beat the previous record of $ 10.1 million shared by Rafael Nadal for his 2010 season and Roger Federer for 2007. Djokovic moved ahead of Andre Agassi to fourth on the career prize money list with $ 32.9 million. Federer leads that list with $ 67.4 million. The No. 2-ranked Nadal collected $ 7.7 million in 2011 to take his career earnings to $ [...]

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