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Nobody can say Kim Clijsters took an easy path to her U.S. Open title last year. She played both Williams sisters. This year, she'll only play one, though this could be an even more effective version of Venus Williams than came to Flushing Meadows in 2009. Clijsters and Williams each won their quarterfinal matches Tuesday to set up a marquee semifinal - […]

Rafael Nadal won his 18th consecutive Grand Slam match by beating fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. The top-seeded Nadal saved all four break points he faced against Lopez and has erased all 13 he's had to deal with this year in New York. […]

Clijsters' was anything but easy. Struggling with her serve, shaky off both arms and bothered by the wind, defending champion Kim Clijsters barely got past French Open runner-up Sam Stosur of Australia 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the quarterfinals Tuesday night. "After the match, I was like, 'How did I win this?' I didn't feel like I was playin […]

Mark 2010 down as a low point for U.S. men's tennis. The last of 15 American men left in the U.S. Open, 20th-seeded Sam Querrey, lost in the fourth round Tuesday, edged by No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (9), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 after nearly 4 1/2 hours of quite even, wind-affected play. […]

France captain Guy Forget has called up Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet to face Argentina in next week's Davis Cup semifinal. France will host Argentina on an indoor hard-court in Lyon from Sept. 17-19. Monfils beat Gasquet this week to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. The French team also includes Michael Llodra and Gilles Simon, with the exp […]

Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz's job is in danger after his team took just one point from its first two 2012 European Championship qualifiers while he sits out a six-month suspension. A Portuguese Football Federation board meeting Thursday is expected to discuss Queiroz's future amid growing demands for him to be replaced. […]

Birmingham City midfielder Aleksandr Hleb will miss Sunday's Premier League match against Liverpool with a leg injury he sustained while playing for his country in a Euro 2012 qualifier. […]

A French amateur soccer club has refused to register a homosexual player, leading a gay soccer organization to ask the French Football Federation to impose sanctions. The organization, Paris Foot Gay, said Wednesday that club FC Chooz should be punished "to help the football world to realize that homophobia is as bad as racism and anti-Semitism." Y […]

* Bulgaria rocked by coach, sporting director resignations […]

Nasko Sirakov has quit as Bulgaria's national team director, one day after the coach resigned following the side's loss to Montenegro for its second straight defeat in European Championship qualifying. Sirakov stepped down Wednesday. Coach Stanimir Stoilov resigned shortly after Bulgaria lost 1-0 at home to Montenegro on Tuesday to sit last in Grou […]