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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
Boxer Ricky Hatton may retire if he loses next fight
 British boxer Ricky Hatton says he is likely to retire if he gets beaten by IBF light welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi at his next fight in November.
Hatton has been in the ring just once since he was defeated in December last year by Floyd Mayweather Jr. He won against Juan Lazcano in his most recent bout but he admitted that he was not at his best in the fight.
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
Vitali Klitschko returns to boxing to face Samuel Peter
 Retired Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko is ending his retirement to fight against Samuel Peter from Nigeria.
But so far there has been friction outside the ring when Samuel Peter grabbed the WBC belt from Klitschko before he stormed off in anger at a news conference to promote Saturday's heavyweight fight in Berlin.
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
BMW Sauber to keep Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld
 BMW Sauber racing team has decided to keep drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld for next year, which means that Fernando Alonso will not be joining them now, as had been speculated.
BMW had shown strong interest in the Spaniard but have just made it public that they intend hanging on to their current drivers instead of taking on anyone new.
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Boxer Jon Thaxton knocks out Juan Carlos Diaz Melero
 British boxer Jon Thaxton has beaten Spaniard Juan Carlos Diaz Melero when he knocked him out in the third round, and in so doing, became the new European lightweight champion.
Thaxton defeated his opponent from Spain in front of his home crowd in Norwich.
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Jo Pavey comes third in Great North Run
 The UK sprinter Jo Pavey came third in the Great North Run half-marathon after Ethiopia's Gete Wami won the race.
Pavey, who is aiming to qualify for the London marathon in 2012, battled hard in the closing stretch with Wami and the Kenyan runner Magdelane Mukunzi, who had held the lead.
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan beaten by Ricky Walden
 World champion snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan has just been beaten 10-8 in the Shanghai Masters in China by Ricky Walden.
O'Sullivan started well and was leading 8-6 and looked all set to claim his 22nd ranking title.
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Serb tennis star Jelena Jankovic beats Nadia Petrova
 Serb tennis star Jelena Jankovic defeated Nadia Petrova with a 6-4 6-3 score to become the winner of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
23-year-old Jankovic, who is now the new world number one, had already won last week's China Open and she beat her Russian opponent in 83 minutes, claiming her eighth career title in the process.
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
Tennis star Venus Williams beats Dinara Safina
 US tennis star Venus Williams has defeated her third-seeded opponent Dinara Safina with a 6-4 6-2 score to proceed to the semi-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix, which is being held in Stuttgart, Germany.
Williams started well in the game and kept in command most of the way. She broke leading by 5-4 and served out the first set, and then after taking another lead of 4-0 in the second set the game was hers.
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
Serena Williams loses world number one spot in tennis
 Whilst her sister Venus has been celebrating her victory against Dinara Safina, Serena Williams's career has faced problems. An injured ankle forced her to withdraw from the Kremlin Cup and she is about to lose her world number one ranking.
The new number one spot will be going to Jelena Jankovic when the new rankings are released on Monday by the WTA.
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