 | Serena, Agnieszka to
clash in Wimbledon final SERENA Williams had an ace up
her sleeve on Centre Court, and
she used it a Wimbledon-record
24 times. The 13-time Grand
Slam champion reached her seventh
Wimbledon final on
Thursday, smacking 24 aces to
beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6
(6) in the semifinals.
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| | Bolt withdraws from Monaco meet |  USAIN Bolt withdrew from his
final race before the Olympics on
Thursday with what his coach
called a "slight" injury problem
following the Jamaican trials.
Bolt was scheduled to run the
200 meters at the Monaco
Diamond League meet on July
20, but pulled out to have treatment
ahead of the London
Games. Bolt said the withdrawal
would not keep him from coming
to London to defend his titles.
The Olympic champion and
world record-holder in the 100
and 200 meters had his right
hamstring stretched out on the
track after finishing second to
Yohan Blake in the 200 at the
Jamaican Olympic trials over the
weekend. He also was beaten by
Blake in the 100 meters in
Kingston.
Bolt´s coach, Glen Mills, said in
a statement the ... | | | Corinthians wins Copa
Libertadores for 1st time |
 BRAZILIAN club Corinthians
finally won its first Copa
Libertadores title on
Wednesday, beating six-time
champion Boca Juniors 2-0
to win the final 3-1 on aggregate.
Emerson opened the scoring
in the 54th minute with a
shot from close range after a
free kick cross into the Boca
Juniors area, then sealed the
victory in a breakaway in the
72nd, sending a low shot into
the far corner.
Corinthians won the title
unbeaten over 14 matches of
Latin America´s main club
competition. It had drawn
Boca Juniors 1-1 in the first
leg last week in last week.
Boca Juniors was playing in
its 10th final but fell short in
its bid to match fellow
Argentine team Independiente
as the most successful
club in Libertadores history
with seven titles ... | | | Beckham´s absence allows
young stars to shine |
 DAVID Beckham´s shock
absence from the Olympic
football tournament has
provoked a storm of controversy,
but Stuart Pearce´s
decision to axe the aging star
means the young prodigies
of Brazil, Spain and Britain
will take their rightful place
in the spotlight.
Beckham was widely
expected to make Great
Britain´s final squad as one
of three over-age players,
but the former Manchester
United and Real Madrid
icon last week received an
unwanted call from coach
Pearce to inform him that he
hadn´t made the cut.
The 37-year-old LA Galaxy
midfielder was left out to
allow Pearce to select
Manchester City defender
Micah Richards as his third
over-age player along with
Welsh duo Ryan Giggs and
Craig Bellamy ... | |
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