• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Pictures

Hungarian world champion and three-time Olympic silver medallist Laszlo Cseh (front) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos swim as they test their new Arena swimming suits in Budapest May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Pictures of the year: Sports

A look at the year's best sports photos.   Slideshow 

    Serena to play in Bangalore Open

    MUMBAI, India
    Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:18am EST
    Serena Williams hits a return to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their quarter-finals match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 22, 2008. Williams will play in the WTA Bangalore Open this year, organisers said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

    MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Former world number one Serena Williams will play in the WTA Bangalore Open this year, organisers said on Wednesday.

    Sports

    The 26-year-old American, winner of eight grand slam titles, had pulled out of the event last year due to illness.

    A statement from the organisers said Russian Vera Zvonareva will also play in the March 3-9 tier II event along with world number seven Serena, who lost to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

    (Reporting by Sanjay Rajan; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
    Sports


    More from Reuters

    Photo

    Obama reaches climate deal with emerging powers

    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama forged a climate deal with emerging economic powers on Friday, breaking a deadlock at U.N.-led talks, but said the world still had "much further to go" in the fight against global warming. | Video

    » More Top News
    A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

    The food-stamp economy

    On the last day of every month, shoppers at Walmart load their carts with food and household items and wait for the midnight hour. Is this the new normal in America?  Full Article 

    U.S.
    Two men shake hands in a file photo. REUTERS/File

    Let's make a deal

    The battered M&A sector will make a tepid recovery in the coming year and three hot sectors will lead the way, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis.  Full Article 

    Global Deals Review