Maria Sharapova

Agassi's book reveals lies he 'can't live with'

By HOWARD FENDRICH| AP| Sports

… fans. To opponents. To tennis authorities. To first wife Brooke Shields. To friends, including Barbra Streisand. To the media. And, he says, to himself. "I can't live with that anymore," Agassi said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Story|11/08/2009

Italy routs Williams-less US team to win Fed Cup

By ANDREW DAMPF| AP| Sports

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

Story|11/08/2009

Federer loses to Djokovic in Swiss Indoors final

By GRAHAM DUNBAR| AP| Sports

… Switzerland Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

Story|11/08/2009

ITF chief says ban unlikely for Serena Williams

By ANDREW DAMPF| AP| Sports

… CALABRIA, Italy Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said.

Story|11/07/2009

ITF confirms 1-year ban for Wickmayer, Malisse

Sports

… 18th-ranked Wickmayer, who reached this year's U.S. Open semifinals, has said she will appeal the ban. She pulled out of this week's WTA Tour tournament in Bali after the tribunal's decision was announced. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Story|11/07/2009

Wickmayer withdraws in Bali after year suspension

Sports

… DUA, Indonesia US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer voluntarily withdrew from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions on Friday after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal.

Story|11/06/2009

Ruling on Serena's US Open tirade expected soon

By ANDREW DAMPF| AP| Sports

… in the hands of the Grand Slam administrator, who I believe has now completed his investigation and will be making a ruling within the next two weeks," United States Tennis Association President Lucy Garvin told The Associated Press on Friday.

Story|11/06/2009

Gasquet faces cocaine-kiss hearing next week

Sports

… Switzerland Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub.

Story|11/06/2009

Agassi pleads for compassion on '60 Minutes'

Sports

… YORK Andre Agassi responded to criticism of his crystal meth use with a plea for compassion, telling "60 Minutes" he needed help when he took the drug while depressed in 1997.

Story|11/05/2009

US Open semifinalist Wickmayer banned for 1 year

Sports

… U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal Thursday, accused of failing to report her whereabouts to drug-testing officials three times. The Flemish regional tribunal called the punishment "reasonable.

Story|11/05/2009