World Sports

American duo James Blake and Mardy Fish reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon doubles tournament, putting them two wins away from a first Grand Slam title.

For 40 years now, Frank Williams has been involved in owning and building some of the fastest cars on earth - Formula 1 racers.

Sri Lanka has stepped up security for the visiting Pakistan team and slapped new restrictions at match venues, officials said on Wednesday.

The 18 year-old arrived at Emirates Stadium from Cardiff last summer in what was understood to be a 5 million deal.

Alex Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer, Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh consecutive victory.

Padraig Harrington knows he is in a race against time to have his game in good enough shape to win a third successive Open title.

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas lost a marathon five-setter to South African Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman of Belgium in the Wimbledon men's doubles quarter-finals here Wednesday.

It is not news that the folks over at Stewart-Haas racing, smoke himself included, are thinking about adding a third entry for the team in 2010. While it seems that the SHR team is strong enough for a third team, but the question then becomes who will drive the third entry? By taking a look at the news, and trends reported by Jayski, Autoracingsport.com, and my other fellow NASCAR examiners; both nationally and in Atlanta and Louisville, we come up with three possible candidates. Two of the three seem more likely than the third.

Toyota is considering abandoning its plans to host the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, a spokesman for the Japanese carmaker has revealed.

West Indian pace surprise Ravi Rampaul has found an admirer in Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has praised the right-armer for his ability to force mistakes from batsmen by consistently bowling in the right areas.