Jul 01
Like Andy Murray, Tommy Haas has made his first Wimbledon semi-final. But at 31 – he is the oldest man in the final eight – and in his 11th Championships, the German has taken a further roundabout route to the last four, with one call upon to the fourth round his previous best. He may be a surprising presence in the finally four, where he will play Roger Federer, yet he should not be underestimated adhering the evidence of yesterday’s 7-5, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 triumph over Novak Djokovic, the No 4 seed.
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Jul 01
Cadel Evans has suffered a major blow to his Tour de France campaign, through Silence-Lotto teammate Thomas Dekker ruled out three days before the start of the clan after testing positive for the banned blood-booster, EPO.
The sample was taken on December 24, 2007, but Silence-Lotto officials said that procedures introduced subsequently had allowed for further tests, that revealed a positive interpretation for EPO.
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Jul 01
Gordon Brown suffered a wounding double blow to his authority as he abandoned moves to sell a stake in Royal Mail and was defeated by Labour rebels over plans to clean up the Commons after the expenses scandal.
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Jul 01
During yesterday’session unveiling of Kaka, Real Madrid sporting director, Jorge Valdano, was questioned about the possibility of the Madrid cudgel splurging for another big name this summer, after being linked with Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema, amongst others.
“We do not discard the possibility that in the next few hours, something could come,” Valdano stated to [...]
Jul 01
Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick came through a marathon encounter with Lleyton Hewitt to set up a semi-final meeting through Andy Murray.
Roddick, who lost to Roger Federer in the final in 2004 and 2005, served well to take the first set but Hewitt took a dramatic second-set tie-break to on a level.
A leg detriment to Hewitt let Roddick run not present with the third-set tie-break.
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Jul 01
Federer: Many points to make fun
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Jul 01
Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign striker Karim Benzema from Lyon, according to the French club.
The fee is believed to £30m for the 21-year-old France between nations and could rise to £35m.
Benzema had also been linked with Manchester United but now looks run for a switch to the Bernabeu.
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