Sampras to get back in swing in Boston
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Tennis Pete Sampras will play tournament tennis for the first time since 2002, competing on a tour for players over 30, and his first match will be in Boston. Sampras's Outback Champions Series debut, which will come May 2-6 at Boston University's Agganis Arena, is to be announced formally today. Sampras, 35, will appear in at least one other event ...
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Roger Federer is now two away from another of Pete Sampras's records. The Swiss virtuoso beat Jarkko Nieminen , 6-3, 6-4, yesterday in Basel to win his second straight Swiss Indoors, clinch the No. 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year, and close in on Sampras's record of six straight years as the world's top player at season's end. ...
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Oakmont Country Club is expected to provide a stern test for the US Open, which tees off on Thursday.
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Belgian former world number one Kim  Clijsters has recovered from wrist surgery and will return to  tennis action next week at a low-key event in her homeland.
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BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Weather permitting, the Boston Red Sox will attempt to take another bite out of the New York Yankees&#39; lead in the American League East Division standings when the two teams continue a three-game series Saturday.
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Former world number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will return to action in an exhibition match this weekend after being out for three months with exhaustion.
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Kim Clijsters returns from injury in front of her home fans this week at the Gaz de France Stars event in Belgium. The former world number one has been out of action for five months with a wrist injury.
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Amelie Mauresmo is set to adopt a low-risk strategy as she returns to fitness following a thigh injury. The Frenchwoman became world number one for the first time in September but did not hold the position
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LINZ, Austria (Ticker) - Amelie Mauresmo will return to the top spot in the world rankings after breezing to her fourth title of the year Sunday.
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Tim Henman hopes  to reach his first US Open semi-final when play resumes at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
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Five years after retiring from top-level tennis, Pete Sampras is confident he can still challenge the best over three sets on his favorite grasscourt surface.
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Anna Kournikova will open the season, Pete Sampras plans to play four matches and John McEnroe will try to keep up "with the big boys" of World Team Tennis.
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Maria Sharapova, ranked No. 2 on the WTA Tour, will return to Japan next month to play in the Pan Pacific Open.
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World record holder Paula Radcliffe  will race back into the spotlight at the New York Marathon  Sunday when she returns to action for the first time since her  stunning collapse at the Athens Olympic Games.
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Former world number one Kim Clijsters showed little rust in her first match in more than than four months. On her home soil, the second-seeded Clijsters made a successful comeback from a wrist injury with
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Roger Federer has his eyes on Pete Sampras' record haul of 14 Grand Slam wins after capturing his fifth straight Wimbledon title.
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BALTIMORE - Manny Ram&#xED;rez was back in Boston yesterday from his weekend hiatus at home in south Florida, according to Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and today is expected to pick up a bat to determine where he is in his recovery from a strained oblique.