Dulko an easy winner in Beijing
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Gisela Dulko of Argentina posted a straight- set victory over Hungarian Aniko Kapros in the first round of the $585,000 China Open.
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ETHIOPIA&#39;S Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba decisively won their Olympic grudge race against former teammate Elvan Abeylegesse by taking gold and bronze respectively in the women&#39;s 5000m this morning.
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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Austria's Sybille Bammer saved three match points to beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-5 3-6 7-5 at the Pattaya Women's Open on Sunday for her first WTA title.
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China&#39;s Xing Huina came from nowhere to win the Olympic gold medal in women&#39;s 10,000m race in Athens on Friday. The 20-year-old Xing, making her first Olympic appearance, clocked a winning time of 30 minutes 24.
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&quot;I can tell you I&#39;m very happy. Two gold medals in five days! I was relaxed in the race and let my opponents do the work.
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Russian star wrestler Buvaysa Saytiev, a five-time world champion, eased to win the men&#39;s 74kg freestyle Olympic gold in Athens on August 29 afternoon.
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Marcos Baghdatis records a comfortable win over Mario Ancic to claim the China Open.
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Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd yesterday in Athens, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the men's judo gold medal in the 81-kilogram class.
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Britain's Olympic Games silver medallist Amir Khan has made a winning return to the ring, with a comfortable points win over America's Michael Evans.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Yuriy Bilonog won the gold medal in the men&#39;s shot put at Olympia, the home of the ancient Games, by virtue of his second-best effort after his last throw matched the leading mark set by US athlete Adam Nelson.
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Australia&#39;s Nathan Baggaley was over the moon after winning the silver medal in the Olympic kayaking K1 500 event today. Double world champion Baggaley fired from the start and took an early lead but faded
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Some champions make the toughest challenge look easy. Count American Tyson Gay and Russian Yelena Isinbayeva among them.
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China&#39;s Guo Jingjing easily won the women&#39;s 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world&#39;s diving superpower, taking the silver.
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Jang Ji-Won won South Korea&#39;s first taekwondo gold medal at the Olympics by beating American Nia Abdallah 2-1 in the women&#39;s featherweight final.
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BEIJING, China (Ticker) -- One day after top-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain lost in straight sets, his second-seeded compatriot followed suit.
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South Korea surged up the medals table thanks to their short-track speed skating champions but China still dominated the Asian Winter Games with four new titles.