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New Super Series to Raise Badminton Profile, Prizes St. Petersburg Times
KUALA LUMPUR — Badminton’s most prestigious event, the All England Championship, will be part of a new cash-driven 12-tournament Super Series tour aimed at raising the sport’s global appeal.
DANAI'S DREAM DAY The Nation
Danai Udomchoke, the perpetual sidekick of his famous compatriot Paradorn Srichaphan, became an unlikely hero yesterday as he subdued title favourite Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea to become the new Asian Games tennis champion and collect Thailand's 13th gold medal in Doha.
Squash makes some racquet The Christian Science Monitor
The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.
Borg backs irrepressible Murray to end British grand-slam drought Times Online
During his pomp as the first tennis player to be fêted as a cross between a pop star and a Viking god, Björn Borg's default setting was always flatliner calm, so it was a surprise to hear him in such demonstrative mood.
Roddick gets ace for kids, fault for celebs The Palm Beach Post
Tennis prodigy Andy Roddick and his foundation raised $1.4 million for children's charities during the weekend. Nicely done!
Chiefs owner was an NFL icon Los Angeles Times
Sports pioneer, who was integral in creating the Super Bowl, suffered from prostate cancer.
Rocker on a roll: Key figure in LTA revolution raring to go Independent
Peter Lundgren has spent more than half his life on the international tennis circuit. The former world No 25 competed in all the Grand Slam tournaments and main tour events, winning titles in America, Australia, Germany and Israel. As a coach, the 41-year-old Swede went on the road with Marcelo Rios, Roger Federer and Marat Safin, guiding Federer to his first Wimbledon title in 2003 and Safin to
South Korea, Taiwan take team tennis golds Fox Sports
Lee Hyung-taik did double duty Friday, helping South Korea beat Japan for the men's team tennis gold at the Asian Games. Lee, one of the highest-profile players in the men's draw following the withdrawal of Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan due to a wrist injury, beat Go Soeda of Japan 6-3, 7-6 in the opening singles. That enabled South Korea to level the match at 1-1 after Japan's Takao Suzuki beat
Chiefs owner was an NFL icon Los Angeles Times
Sports pioneer, who was integral in creating the Super Bowl, suffered from prostate cancer. Lamar Hunt, a pioneering sports entrepreneur who set in motion the events that led to the creation of the Super Bowl and gave the annual National Football League championship game its hyperbolic name, died Wednesday night of complications from prostate cancer. He was 74.
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