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Tennis: Venus joins Serena in semis

2009-10-30 19:08:36Sports

Defending champion Venus Williams reaches the semifinals of the $4.55 million WTA Championships in Qatar, where she joins sister Serena, without hitting a ball on Friday.

Surviving the massive quake that rocked Haiti was just the beginning. Experts say the new dangers — among them, deaths from untreated wounds and disease outbreak — may be compounded by Haiti’s old problem: poverty.

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.

Turkish international Gokdeniz Karadeniz fires a second-half winner as Rubin Kazan claim a stunning 2-1 Champions League victory over holders Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

Haitian authorities have recorded more than 70,000 deaths since last week’s magnitude 7 earthquake outside Port-au-Prince, the country’s prime minister said Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Real Madrid as they won 3-1 in Marseille on Tuesday to top Group C of Champions League qualifying.

After two years of bitter legal wrangles, the start of the 33rd America’s Cup has been delayed yet again by a lack of wind off the coast of Valencia in Spain.

9:10 p.m. — Saturday’s earthquake has affected two million people, Bachelet said, leaving 214 dead and 15 missing.

Substitute Mario Balotelli scored a second-half equalizer to earn Inter Milan a 1-1 draw at Parma in their re-arranged Italian Serie A match on Wednesday.

Although Haiti’s capital is in ruins and hundreds of thousands are homeless, a former prime minister of the earthquake-ravaged country vowed “this country is not doomed.”

Jesus Navas scores the opener and Renato heads a second half winner as Sevilla end Real Madrid’s perfect start to the Spanish season with a 2-1 home victory which boosts their own title chances.

AC Milan and Roma played out a goalless draw in Italy’s Serie A in a result which enhanced the title ambitions of neither side.

A third suspect has been arrested in the massacre of 15 people at a house party last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a Mexican official said Saturday.

A Haitian judge ruled Wednesday that eight of the 10 Americans detained in Haiti have been freed on their word and can leave the country immediately, a lawyer involved in the case told CNN.

Car giant GM is not renewing its contract with Tiger Woods for free use of cars.

Turkish international Gokdeniz Karadeniz fires a second-half winner as Rubin Kazan claim a stunning 2-1 Champions League victory over holders Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

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