Four surprise packages to watch at Wimbledon

Our list begins in the twisted world of Russian model and tennis grunter supreme Maria Sharapova. She may be blessed with stunning looks and the talent to claim a Career Grand Slam, but in this parody account the 26-year-old is a self-centred ...

MOSCOW, June 19 (R-Sport) Beaten French Open finalist Maria Sharapova heads a list of seven seeds from Russia for next week's Wimbledon championships published on Wednesday, while five-time champion Venus Williams had pulled out due to injury. ...

contributing editor, Pippa Middleton, said she once told the whole Middleton family that "if I had to get married, it would be in my tennis whites--shorts with no pleats or frills. Now, as Wimbledon approaches, our dear editor should take note: Nike ...

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) Donna Vekic, the 16-year-old whose grass court promise has been likened to that of Maria Sharapova at the same age, upset the seedings a third time to reach the Birmingham WTA final on Saturday. Vekic did that ...

The past is irrelevant for Maria Sharapova as she prepares to face up to the steamroller that is Serena Williams in Saturday's French Open final. The 26-year-old Russian has the odds stacked against her despite being the defending champion, the ...

Maria Sharapova reached her second consecutive French Open final with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over Victoria Azarenka in Paris. The defending champion benefited from a rain break at the end of the second set when the momentum seemed to be with her ...

Maria Sharapova was not even an adult the last time she beat Serena Williams, it was that long ago. It was at the WTA Championships and Sharapova was 17. Nearly nine years later, she now finds herself playing to deny Williams her 16th Grand Slam ...

Maria Sharapova blocked out a 28-minute horror show to beat Jelena Jankovic and Victoria Azarenka eased past Maria Kirilenko to set up a heavyweight French Open women's semi-final. Expectedly in the men's draw Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic set up ...

Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova looks on as she watches her boyfriend, Grigor Dimitov of Bulgaria during his Men's Singles first round match against Dudi Sela of Israel on day one of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club on June 10, 2013 in ...