Venus Williams out to defend US pride in semi-final with Kim Clijsters

• Belgian No2 seed says Williams looks 'hungrier than ever'• Vera Zvonareva reaches semis with win over Kaia KanepiVenus Williams does not "play the game" with the med...

9 September 2010

Djokovic blows away manic Monfils

• Djokovic beats Frenchman 7-6, 6-1, 6-2 in windy conditions• Serb into semi-finals after match in 'worst conditions so far'Playing to a background of howling wind rus...

9 September 2010

Football transfer rumours: Tottenham still after Ashley Young?

Today's junk has a very short attention spanThe world, it turns out, isn't as full of cleaver-wielding, child-bothering, bank-robbing sociopaths as we may have thought...

8 September 2010

Silly Season Over for Giants

It's more fun to be excited than worried about a coming season, so here are the answers to some of the stranger questions that have come up in the Giants' off-season.

3 September 2010

The drama of Mohammad Amir should have more than one act | Marina Hyde

The truth behind spot-fixing can be stranger than fiction and happy endings are rareSport is about stories. The reason no one cared when Matt Le Tissier used his autob...

1 September 2010

Lawrence Donegan: The politics of Casey's omission

It is almost impossible to defend the exclusion of the world No8 from the line-up for next month's Celtic Manor showdownThe first thing to remember when it comes to Co...

1 September 2010

Packers Rookie Is Back on the Sideline

The improbable rookie season of Quinn Porter, a running back with an unusual backstory and stranger nickname -- Pompoms -- came to an end when the Packers put him on i...

1 September 2010

Somerset prepare for life in the eye of the Pakistan spot-fixing storm

• County extends warm welcome to beleaguered tourists• Chief executive expects media scrum for one-day matchNot much fazes Somerset's chief executive, Richard Gould. T...

30 August 2010

Grant plays down talk of West Ham crisis

Having managed Portsmouth last season, Avram Grant is no stranger to desperate situations.

28 August 2010