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Safina hopes to play ahead of Australian Open

Two days after tearfully pulling out of the WTA Championships with a serious back injury which she thought could jeopardize her Australian Open campaign in January, Dinara Safina has entered the Brisbane International _ a tournament scheduled two ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Serena Williams,  Jelena Jankovic,  Ana Ivanovic,  Marat Safin

Goolagong gets another "big" career achievement

Evonne Goolagong Cawley can add another "big" achievement in her tennis career _ the unveiling Saturday of a giant replica of her signature wooden racket that helped her win seven Grand Slam singles titles. Goolagong Cawley was back in the small ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Evonne Goolagong (tennis),  Kim Clijsters

"Go Moms" says Goolagong Cawley to Kim Clijsters

Evonne Goolagong Cawley didn't get to watch the moment when Kim Clijsters emulated her achievement of nearly 30 years ago of winning a tennis major after having a child. While Clijsters was winning the U.S. Open, and celebrating on court in New ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  14 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kim Clijsters,  Evonne Goolagong (tennis),  Serena Williams,  Caroline Wozniacki,  Chris Evert

One Grand Slam-winning mother to another: Go Moms!

BRISBANE, Australia - Evonne Goolagong Cawley didn't get to watch the moment when Kim Clijsters emulated her achievement of nearly 30 years ago by winning a tennis major after having a child. ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  14 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kim Clijsters,  Caroline Wozniacki,  Evonne Goolagong (tennis),  Serena Williams,  Tracy Austin

Memories of amazing GP finish live on for Brabham

It's one of the most enduring moments in auto racing history and the memories from that race 50 years ago are still vivid for Jack Brabham. And well they should be for the 83-year-old Australian, a three-time Formula One champion now slowed by a ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Stirling Moss,  Jack Brabham,  Bernie Ecclestone,  David Brabham,  Max Mosley

Australians want changes after 5th-test Ashes loss

Dump the captain, fire the coach, demanded the detractors. And make the selectors pay for obvious bad choices. Australia's Ashes loss to England in the fifth cricket test Monday wore heavily on the psyche of many Australians, as it will for the ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Michael Clarke,  Michael Slater,  Ricky Ponting,  Tom Moody,  Michael Hussey

Ashes lost, Australians left to pondering

Many Australians woke up Monday with another reason to dread a new work week: overnight news from England that the Ashes series was well and truly lost. For those who weren't sleeping, the end happened at 2:48 a.m. local time on the east coast ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Taiwan News,  23 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Michael Clarke,  Ricky Ponting,  Michael Hussey

Daly back at Australian PGA championship

John Daly, who missed three consecutive cuts last year on a late-season trip to Australia, is returning to the Australian PGA at a course that was the scene of one of his more illustrious career meltdowns. Tournament officials said Thursday that ...

From DENNIS PASSA, eTaiwan News,  13 Aug 2009
Related Topics: John Daly

Hackett's 1,500 world mark stays among onslaught

BRISBANE, Australia—Grant Hackett was on a surfing trip in Nicaragua last weekend when he got a text message from his mother-in-law that stunned him: His eight-year-old world record in the 1,500-meter freestyle had stood the test of time -- and those ...

From DENNIS PASSA, Boston Globe,  7 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Grant Hackett,  Alan Thompson,  Zhang Lin,  Kate Ziegler,  Ian Thorpe

A long way from No. 1 to 18 at this golf course

Hit a few loose shots or three-putt the first green at Nullarbor Links and you'll have plenty of time to think about your errant ways before teeing off at the second. Billed as the world's longest golf course, Nullarbor is set to open next month _ ...

From DENNIS PASSA, eTaiwan News,  20 Jul 2009

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