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Mardy Fish, the BNP Paribas Open runner-up in 2008, beat Michael Berrer of Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match Thursday at the Tennis Garden. Fish, 28, sidelined most of the second half of last season due to a fractured rib and left knee surgery, will face No. 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who won that 2008 final in three sets and is 3-0 against him. […]

Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition. The WTT announced its 10-team schedule on Thursday. Hingis will play for the New York Buzz and face Serena on July 9 at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Hingis is a five-time Grand Slam singles champion and the youngest woman to be ranked No. […]

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki will begin their 2010 grass-court seasons at Eastbourne. Clijsters celebrated her return to professional tennis following a two-year layoff with victory at last year's U.S. Open -- where the 26-year-old Belgian beat Wozniacki in the final. She won the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award on Wed […]

Rafael Nadal will return to Queen's this year after he was unable to defend his title at the grass-court tournament in 2009. In 2008, Nadal was the first man to win at the French Open, Queen's Club and Wimbledon in the same year, but his persistent knee problems prevented him from defending his titles on grass at Queen's and Wimbledon last yea […]

Usain Bolt won his second Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, and Serena Williams won the woman's prize. Bolt won three gold medals at last year's track world championships and set world records in the 100 and 200-meter races. Williams, who also earned the award for a second time, won the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles and regained the No. […]

South Africa's World Cup organizing committee has convinced rugby officials to remove on-field advertising logos in Super 14 matches to avoid damaging playing surfaces. The South African Rugby Union said Friday it had received a request from the local organizing committee to remove the logos as it was concerned about damage to the grass at World Cup ven […]

After starting the week with a loss to relegation-threatened Wigan, Liverpool will be looking to rebound against last-place Portsmouth on Monday in the Premier Legaue. Liverpool, which also lost to Lille in the first leg of the Europa League's last 16, is sixth in the league and its hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are fading. […]

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The Friday Five stopped into to see Chivas USA on a trip to southern California and discovered a renewed commitment to attack under new coach Martin Vasquez. […]

Brief news ahead of this weekend's matches in Ligue 1 (all times GMT): […]