Given that the Avia Foursomes championship at the Berkshire Club starts on St Patrick's Day this year, it is fitting that the favourites are the Irish Curtis Cup pairing of Mary McKenna and Claire Hourihane.They have never played together in this event before but Miss McKenna is defending the title she won last year with Belle Robertson, now retired from serious tournament play. Miss Hourihane is in form, having won the Spanish match-play championship just over a week ago when...
Top-seeded Magui Serna beat Conchita Martinez Granados 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in an all-Spanish match Tuesday in the first round of the Palermo International. Serna, ranked 29th, is seeking her third WTA title. In other clay-court matches, Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues, the 2001 champion, ousted Italy's Maria Elena Camerin 7-5, 1-6, 6-1. Wild card Roberta Vinci of Italy eliminated Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (6), 6-0, and Yuliana Fedak of Ukraine...
TODAY Athletics Paris Marathon (British Eurosport 7.30am/8.45am). Baseball Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox (Five 12.50am Monday).Basketball Houston v Sacramento (Sky Sports Xtra 6pm).Cricket West Indies v England 3rd Test (Sky Sports 2 2.30pm).Football Sunderland v Millwall FA Cup semi-final (Sky Sports 1 noon ko 1pm, highlights 10pm), Lecce v AS Roma (British Eurosport 2pm), Ipswich v West Bromwich Albion (Sky Sports 1 3.30pm ko 4pm), Inter Milan v Juventus (British...
Top seed Andy Roddick got his Rome Masters campaign off to a solid start on Monday with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Greg Rusedski of Great Britain.Roddick, a losing finalist at Wimbledon last year, will play the winner of the all-Spanish match between Albert Costa and Albert Montanes in round two.Rusedski was his own worst enemy in the blazing sunshine with 28 unforced errors playing into Roddick's unforgiving hands.Roddick, who reached the semi-finals here on...
Test your knowledge of proverbs in Spanish. Match the columns to complete common proverbs used in Mexico. 1. Ese senor rico consigue todo lo que quiere. Como dice el refran: "Con dinero... 2. Siempre que Teresa tiene un problema, come mucho. Dice que "con pan... 3. Tranquila! Todo se resolvera. Recuerda que "con paciencia... A. las penas son menos." B. se gana el cielo" C....