Tennis: Federer loses 2010 opener
Roger Federer makes a losing start to 2010 as he goes down in three sets to Swede Robin Soderling in Abu Dhabi. Soderling will play Rafael Nadal in the final after the world number two beats fellow Spaniard David Ferrer later on New Year’s Day.
Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on exactly 100 and passed 30,000 international runs as India batted out for a draw in the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Lelly Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.
Impassable roads, a bottleneck at the damaged airport, an unreachable dock and not enough equipment to unload supplies kept much of the world’s help Friday from desperate Haitians.
Former BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld has joined Mercedes as back-up for Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg to complete the new team’s line-up for the 2010 Formula One season.
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 214 people and triggering a tsunami that reached Hawaii 16 hours later.
Federal authorities in Argentina are investigating the death of a key witness in a human rights trial that started Tuesday, the official news agency reported.
India remained the top Test playing country in the world after forcing a dramatic innings and 57 runs victory over closest rivals South Africa in the second Test in Kolkata on Thursday.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel makes Formula One history by becoming the winner of the sport’s first day-night race in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Team-mate Mark Webber finishes second with world champion Jenson Button third.
Renault Formula One team president Bernard Rey has announced the constructor will remain in Formula One next season after they agreed a deal secure the team’s future.
Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the “fairest solution” after his handball set up France’s clinching goal in their World Cup playoff with the Republic of Ireland.
Liverpool director Tom Hicks Jr has resigned from his position with the club and their parent company Kop Holdings in the wake of a foul-mouthed e-mail rant at a fan.
Fourth seed Andy Roddick limps out of the Shanghai Masters after being forced to concede his opening match against Stanislas Wawrinka due to a knee problem while leading 4-3 in the opening set, just a day after complaining about the ATP Tour’s grueling schedule.
Togo launch an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against their suspension from the next two African Cup of Nations tournaments.
American golfer Nick Watney tied the course record with an eight-under-par 64 to overshadow world No. 1 Tiger Woods on the opening day of the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic keeps alive his chances of reaching the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena with a 7-6 6-3 victory over Rafael Nadal.