| Sports in Brief | Davis wins 2d gold in speedskating | | Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:12:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | American Olympic championShani Daviswon his second gold medal in as many days, barely missing his own world record while winning the men's 1,500 meters yesterday in the World Single Distances Speedskating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. Davis' time of 1 minute, 42.39 seconds was 0.07 off the world record he set a week earlier in Calgary. He won the 1,000 meters on Saturday. Ireen Wustof Netherlands won the women's 1,000, adding to the 1,500-meter gold she won on Thursday. Wust's time of 1:13.83 tied Chris Witty's track record set in the 2002 Olympics, a world record that stood for four years. Witty, meanwhile, retired after an 11th-place finish in the 1,000 yesterday. • Olympic champion Ahn Hyun-soowon the men's 1,000 meters in 1:27.177 and Song Kyung-taektook the 3,000 title in 4:52.853 as South Korea swept all six events on the final day of the short-track speedskating world championships in Milan, Italy.... | |
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| | | Rolex joins Davis Cup family of sponsors | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 1:10:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | The International Tennis Federation announced today that Rolex has agreed to become an international sponsor of Davis Cup by BNP Paribas as of 2007. With this agreement Rolex becomes the Official Timekeeper of the 108-year-old Davis Cup competition. The ITF welcomes Rolex to Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti. We have long admired Rolexs tradition of excellence and feel that they will make an outstanding partner for Davis Cup. Rolexs confidence in Davis Cup demonstrates once again that this competition is not only one of the strongest and most attractive properties in tennis but in all of sport. Rolex has a long tradition in tennis that stretches over 30 years and includes sponsorship of The Wimbledon Championships and the Monte Carlo Masters Series presented by Rolex, among others.... | |
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| | | Davis Cup in the news Monday 13 November | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:15:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Hall 5 at the NEC will be used, and marks a return to Birmingham, the city that has staged several high-profile exciting Davis Cup ties in the past, for the first time since GBR defeated Thailand 3-2 in a World Group Play-off tie in September 2002. Perhaps the most memorable tie staged in Birmingham was the hosts' 3-2 defeat at the hands of USA in a World Group first round tie in 1999, although that tie, like the Thailand one, was staged at the nearby National Indoor Arena. The last tie staged at the NEC was GBR's GBR's 5-0 defeat of Portugal in a Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round tie in April 2001. The capacity for the tie will be 7,700 and tickets are on sale as from today, Monday 13 November, and can be booked by calling The NEC Box Office on 0870 908 3040 or on-line at www.necgroup.co.uk.... | |
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| | | Federer won''t play Nadal in Davis Cup | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:28:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Swiss tennis federation said Tuesday that Federer wanted to concentrate on defending his No. 1 ranking and winning Grand Slams. "A Davis Cup victory is too ambitious and too important an objective to hope to accomplish on the side," Federer said. The federation said it regretted Federer''s decision but understood his reasons. Nadal has also expressed doubt over his participation because he normally doesn''t play the first round of the Davis Cup. Nadal is 6-2 against Federer, including a win in this year''s French Open final. But Federer beat Nadal in the Wimbledon final in July. Federer won all three matches in the best-of-five series against Serbia two months ago to help Switzerland avoid relegation making up for his absence from the first round when Switzerland lost to Australia.... | |
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| | | Federer to skip Davis Cup | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:37:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | Zurich, Nov 8: The dream Davis Cup first-round clash between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will not take place in Switzerland after Federer ruled himself out of the tie, Swiss Tennis reported on its website.Federer wants to focus on defending his world No. 1 rank and concentrate on the most important tournaments, the organisation said. "He said that winning Davis Cup is important to him as a long-term goal. Swiss Tennis regrets Roger Federer's refusal, but understands," it added.Federer is already training in Shanghai this week for the Masters Cup starting Sunday, where he and Nadal lead the year-end field.Federer played regularly for his country from 2002-2004, reaching one semi-final (against Australia) and two quarterfinals.He did not play the first round of the Davis Cup this year but saved the Swiss form relegation by playing in September.... | |
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| | | Federer won't play Davis Cup | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:14:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | WORLD No.1 Roger Federer will not take part in Switzerland's Davis Cup clash against Rafael Nadal's Spain in February next year, the Swiss tennis federation announced today. The Davis Cup World Group tie takes place in Switzerland from February 9-11. The federation added the tie did not fit in with Federer's personal goals and they regretted his decision although they understood it at the same time. Agence France-Presse .... | |
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| | | Davydenko win boosts Cup prospects | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:41:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nikolay Davydenko raced into the Paris Masters quarterfinals and enhanced his chances of playing singles in the Davis Cup final with a 6-2 6-2 win over Russian compatriot Dimitry Tursonov. Czech defending champion Tomas Berdych also wasted little time in reaching the last eight with a 6-3 6-3 defeat of America's Robby Ginepri in 65 minutes. Davydenko, the Russian fourth seed, took six minutes longer to despatch Tursonov, who edged him out of the singles line-up in the Davis Cup semifinal against the United States. The two brisk contests provided stark contrast to Wednesday's action at the Bercy arena when the day's program did not end until 0100. Davydenko's impressive win over the America-based Tursunov should mean that he will line-up alongside Marat Safin in the singles for the final against Argentina in Moscow in December.... | |
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| | | A cup of wisdom | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:32:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nick Davis was reading a now-forgotten quotation printed on his paper coffee cup last year when he noticed the fine print. It was an invitation to have his, or any Starbucks customer's, own pithy saying printed on the chain's coffee cups. So Davis submitted this quote: “Voting is the method by which we purchase the right to be critical of government and politicians." Out of thousands of submissions, his entry resonated with the nation's largest coffee-shop franchise. Since May, Starbucks customers nationwide have been mulling the Lawrence resident's reflection as No. 98 in more than 180 quotes featured in the chain's “The Way I See It" campaign, described on the Starbucks Web site as a collection of thoughts and expressions by “notable figures." Davis, a 61-year-old former marketing representative who moved to Lawrence two years ago after several decades in San Francisco, shrugs off the idea of being dubbed notable.... | |
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| | | Russia's injured Youzhny ruled out of Davis Cup final | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:27:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Russia's Davis Cup hopes have suffered a serious blow with Mikhail Youzhny out of next month's final against Argentina due to an ankle injury. Youzhny tore his right ankle in a doubles match at the St Petersburg Open on Wednesday, forcing the world number 23 to forfeit his second-round match with Swede Thomas Johansson. The Russian was seen on crutches at the St Petersburg airport leaving for Moscow on Thursday morning. .... | |
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| | | Russia's Davis Cup hopes suffer setback | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:16:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Russia have suffered a huge setback to its Davis Cup hopes after Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny retired with injuries at the St Petersburg Open on Thursday. Top seed Davydenko quit his second-round match against South Africa's Wesley Moodie with a foot injury while leading 6-2 3-3. Just 30 minutes earlier eighth-seeded Youzhny pulled out of the $US1 million tournament ($A1.315m) after spraining his right ankle in a doubles match. Swede Thomas Johansson received a walkover into the singles quarter-finals as a result. Russia host Argentina in the Davis Cup final from December 1-3 in Moscow. "I hurt my right foot in the seventh game of the first set when I ran for a short ball," Davydenko told a news conference. "I just felt a huge pain in my foot.... | |
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