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FILA ONLINE, which operates the U.S. Ecommerce site for the 102 year old Sportstyle brand FILA®., announced an exclusive partnership this holiday season with Soles4Souls, Inc. a global not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and perpetuation of poverty through the distribution of shoes and clothing.
Goran Ivanisevic and Pat Rafter will bring back memories of their classic 2001 Wimbledon final after being drawn together in the round-robin stages of the Statoil Masters Tennis, an IMG event, at London’s Royal Albert Hall, December 4-8.
Spanish-speaking Miami will celebrate the return to the Masters 1000 event of Rafael Nadal, who skipped the date a year ago to rest after making his comeback from seven months of knew problems.
The confirmation of Fernando Verdasco as seventh player in the field for the AAMI Classic event in Melbourne leaves just one space remaining in the January 8-11 pre-Australian Open hit-out at Melbourne's historic Kooyong club.
Andy Murray is apparently in the running as heavy favourite among ten contenders for the prestigious 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
ATP No. 8 Stanislas Wawrinka will stick with a winning formula, with the Swiss extending his coaching arrangement with Swede Magnus Norman after the best season of his career.
Australian Samantha Stosur is dreaming of keeping her win streak alive in the Newcombe Medal stakes, an Aussie award she has claimed for the past three years since winning her US Open title.
Veteran Australian coach Tony Roche has extended the hand of friendship to Bernard Tomic, telling the sometimes-clueless 21-year-old that he is welcome to train with the Roche team in Sydney.
John Isner has managed to avoid surgery on a troubled knee, with the No. 14 American counting only on fitness training and rehab to try and get his joint into shape.
Just hours after returning to Spain from his exhibition tour of South America, world no.1 Rafael Nadal was awarded the title of his nation’s greatest athlete of all time at the sporting newspaper Marca’s silver anniversary gala in Madrid.
Tennis Channel will sprint into the holiday season with a two-week rebroadcast of the 2013 French Open Set to begin at 12 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 1, “Roland Garros Redux: Paris for the Holidays” will include daily matches followed by evening wrap-up and interview show French Open Tonight.
World no.9 Richard Gasquet has moved quickly to replace coach Riccardo Piatti who walked out on the Frenchman midway through the recent Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and will be working with former French Open champion Sergi Bruguera from next February.
Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open. . . Andrea Petkovic, who has been frequently injured, is pleased with her comeback. She ended the year ranked No. 43 after starting it ranked No. 143.
Martina Hingis’ 2013 comeback, which lasted all of six weeks, may be the last the tennis world sees her on the WTA. Sources say that Hingis has no plans to compete next year...
China’s leading tennis ladies have confirmed their participation in the Shenzhen Open, as the official direct entry list is announced for the USD 500,000 WTA tournament, which takes place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center from December 29, 2013, to January 4, 2014.
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