NEW YORK (Reuters) - There was an old-fashioned fight at the U.S. Open on Thursday but not the one tournament officials wanted to see. Instead of happening on the court, the scuffle broke out in the upper deck, high above Arthur Ashe Stadium where Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner were locked ...

ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world. When they enter Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday to play for a spot in the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat Canada's Peter Polansky 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 ...

Passion will also be running high when holders Spain take on Greece, also on Saturday, in a repeat of the 2006 final. Favorites the United States play Angola on Monday while Argentina and Brazil lock horns in a South American derby on Tuesday. The Serbians have had more success than the Croats ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight. Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin eliminated the Russian in ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko is still determined to compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics despite the indefinite ban imposed on him last month. The Russian was banned by the International Skating Union (ISU) for skipping the world championships ...

The victory stretched the Yanks' lead in the American League East to 1.5 games over the idle Tampa Bay Rays. Sabathia (19-5) pitched eight innings, allowing one-hit with five strikeouts, and did not allow a runner past second base after the third ...

Beckham has been sidelined since March when he suffered an Achilles tendon injury, while playing on loan for AC Milan, that cost him a place in the England squad at the World Cup in South Africa. "The doctors' original date was October 1 but I always kind of said I want to be ready before ...

There will also be no love lost when the Argentines clash in the last 16 with traditional rivals Brazil, who finished ahead of the Croats in Group B after beating them 92-74. The United States made it five wins in a row in the same group with a 92-57 drubbing of Tunisia and should have an equally ...