Big names and issues remainSweeping along on off-court controversies, the first week has been both kind and unkindMon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Sampras shows his steelWe are all transfixed. The transformation of John McEnroe is completeMon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Agassi lives on the edge to fashion amazing fightbackThe allure of Andre Agassi. Put him on Centre Court against Todd Martin, one of the biggest servers in world tennisSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Bad feeling still on boilWe are contemplating adding a polygraph to the essential list of journalistic toolsSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Sampras to tough it outPete Sampras popped down to the local ankle specialist on Wednesday night for an MRI scanFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Tennis sidelined by an off-court racketDads and mums. It was another day in the women's event when tennis was pushed to the back court and parents and players showed…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Kournikova fails to sparkleThe popular alternative to the Wimbledon tennis championships, Anna Kournikova, committed what some will see as her final selfish…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Norman fails to live up to promiseMagnus Norman made another stab yesterday at entering the public consciousness and this time succeededThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Seles gets through first testMonica Seles flirted with an embarrassing departure to Karina Habsudova before gathering herself in the third set to vindicate…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Hewitt fails to make any impactThey had him pencilled in as the kid who might checkmate the old master Pete Sampras this yearWed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Kournikova passes first testAnna Kournikova finally took her fourth match point against Sandrine Testud for a baby step towards rehabilitating her tennis…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Rusedski goes out after dismal performanceOn the Discovey Channel in the Wimbledon press room a bored official watched among the blizzard of television sets as a crab …Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
A favoured son out on first dayIt rained in Wimbledon at 4.27 p.m. The covers were pulled, the ball boys clapped. It must be summerTue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Sampras favourite for record 13th major victoryIn career prize money alone he has won over $38 millionMon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Five-ring dreamersFed up of Sydney yet. A bit bored with Athens, the Olympic venue for 2004Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Sonia signs up for SydneySonia O'Sullivan has signed the contract sent out by the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) which determines what brand of gear…Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Promised crackdown is well short of targetThe brave new world of an Ireland that is no longer a safe haven for drug cheats will need to significantly step up its testing…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
RTE may lose out on PremiershipDepending on the nature of the deal struck between ITV and the Premier League for highlights of Premiership soccer, RTE may be…Fri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
Pieces finally fit for PierceMary Pierce buried her head in her towel, regally straightened her back, blessed herself and kissed the rosary around her neck…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Kuerten hesitates before final closureHe resembles a mop left out in the Brazilian sun for 23 years and they call him "Guga"Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Pierce should hold her nerve to claim titleThere were two telling moments in the Mary Pierce press conference three hours after her semi-final against Martina Hingis.Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Kuerten takes the hard route to finalFirst shots in the first game he hits a double fault. He then hits three acesSat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Norman set to stay coolMaybe after over a week of Magnus Norman, the public may now be familiar with at least one of the names in the men's semi-finals…Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Brave Pierce lets her heart rule her head and HingisIn the end Mary Pierce rode out the storm in her head in the second set, gathered herself and sent Martina Hingis home.Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Pierce in thumping formIf you had closed your eyes during the quarter-final match between Mary Pierce and Monica Seles, you might have thought that …Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Russian sees red at Norman conquestThose crazy Russians. That's what they're saying in ParisThu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Kuerten puts end to Russian marathonAndre Agassi's whimpering exit was highlighted yesterday when Yevgeny Kafelnikov, demonstrating Russian machismo, dismissed blisters…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Pierce's calm spirit finds strong favourMaybe it was "Allez Mar-ee". It sounded like "Ave Mar-ee"Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Pierce and Hingis storm onA dogged resilience typified Mary Pierce and Martina Hingis as they cheerily rode out the constant drizzle which engulfed Paris…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Norman's French conquest continuesThere is a six foot, two inch Swede at Rolland Garos who people keep asking: "How come you're the world number one and we haven…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Medvedev throws his racquet at elitismLast year's French Open finalist, Andrei Medvedev, made an extraordinary attack on Wimbledon and the people who run the competition…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Kuerten eases way past LapenttiThis is a city where they can make cream sneakers with brown stripes look attractive, where children and dogs do as they please…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Tired Henman flounders in the midday sunOn court 10 at Roland Garros a lone voice shouted the first line of a current pop anthem. "Who's in the house?" she shriekedSat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Cool Agassi weathers the stormThe most recognisable head in tennis entered the fray yesterday afternoonThu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Davenport forced to back outFear walked tall on Court Central yesterday. It was in the eyes of Lindsay DavenportThu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Rain falls on Paris ParadeThere weren't quite rivers of red clay running down the Allee Suzanne Lenglen, but almostWed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Sampras bows out on double faultWhen Andre Agassi spoke about Pete Sampras on Saturday in Paris, he sounded, as usual, like Solomon: "You have to be disciplined…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Hingis makes brisk startSabine Applemans squared up to the Grand Slam equivalent of the death penalty at Roland Garros yesterdayTue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Boxing punch lines no jokeThe recent world light heavyweight title fight between Roy Jones Jr (left) and Richard Hall ended as most people had predicted…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Ireland tour will not feature in RTE's summer coverageRTE yesterday announced their "unrivalled summer sports coverage" which includes 11 Formula One Grand Prix, live coverage of …Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Anti-terror exercise wrecks Sydney Olympics venueOne of the venues for this year's Sydney Olympics has been left in partial ruin after an Australian Defence Force team, conducting…Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Courting Rafter out of boundsAt Hamburg this week several women were spotted wearing Tshirts bearing the legend Dubist unser Sex-Gott (You're our sex god). …Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Swail ignores errant trick-shotOutside of John Virgo's television show Big Break, it's not often you see professionals chip the cue ball over the black and …Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
Swail's Crucible dream continuesJoe Swail is close to wrapping this tournament around his little fingerThu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien caught in Williams' stormSpeed and ferocity are terms not normally used to describe exchanges in snookerWed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
Sports Speak: The week in quotes"What will you do when you retire?"... "Get fit."Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Heavy stuffWhat appears to be another bleak end for a former heavyweight champion took place this week when Michael Moorer was admitted …Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
