Mikhail Youzhny News

A Serena Williams was slapped with a record fine of $82,500 for her US Open tirade at a line judge from this past September.

The 2009 Davis Cup Final begins Friday in Barcelona as Spain plays host to the Czech Republic.

Portland Trail Blazers guard Jerryd Bayless, left, looks to pass against Minnesota Timberwolves forward Damien Wilkins.

Steve Yzerman was nervous before making his NHL debut. He quickly found out he had nothing to worry about.

The Americans who did play had no regrets about losing to Italy in its second Fed Cup title in four years, even without Serena and Venus Williams.

The Williams sisters were conspicuous by their absence on Sunday when Italy completed a shutout of the United States in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to win its second Fed Cup title in four years.

Brian Ching scored six minutes into overtime, and the Houston Dynamo advanced to the Western Conference final for the third time in four years with a 1-0 win over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Sunday.

Tennis season for 2009 has entered its final stages. This is the time when lesser known players make their presence felt in the absencea 'either due to injuries, which has been the flavor of this season, or the need for resta 'and this season is no different.

Marin Cilic took a wild card into the tournament. No. 7 seed Jurgen Melzer looks to become the first Austrian to reach the final at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy since 1995 as he takes on unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the first semi-final on Saturday.

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won gold at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow after a soaring free skate in his first international event since becoming Olympic champion at the 2006 Turin Games.

St. Petersburg, Russia - Two-time champion Marat Safin moved into the quarterfinals, while top-seeded former winner Mikhail Youzhny exited the draw Thursday at the $750,000 St.

This week on tour marks the first time since the beginning of April that three ATP World Tour events will be held during the same week.

The Houston Dynamo scored two goals in a three-minute span midway through the first half Sunday, then held off host Chivas USA 3-2 to finish second in the MLS Western Conference.

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Francesca Schiavone of Italy defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus to win Kremlin Cup titles on Sunday.

Italy's Francesca Schiavone, the last seeded woman standing, cruised comfortably into the Kremlin Cup final with a straight-sets win over Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko on Saturday.

Tennis Jelena Jankovic beaten by Alisa Kleybanova in Kremlin Cup quarters October 24, 2009 Defending champion and No.2 seed Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the Kremlin Cup, the Serb defeated 6-4 6-3 in the quarter-finals by local hope Alisa Kleybanova.

The European soccer governing body has reportedly informed Russian officials that it suspects several domestic league games have been affected by match-fixing this season.

NBA legend Charles Barkley has labelled AFL players 'idiots' while two tennis players have been accused of soliciting prostitutes in Sweden.

MOSCOW: Home favourite and third-seed Mikhail Youzhny cruised into the ATP Kremlin Cup second round with a straight-set win over Horacio Zeballos of Argentina on Monday.

Top seed Rafael Nadal begins his Shanghai campaign Wednesday. The stars will be out Wednesday in second round action at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Presented by Rolex as top seed and World No.