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Football player charged with threatening Sharapova

Nina — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:38:58 +0000

A former US university football player has been charged with threatening Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova. We often hear and see the glamorous side of the celebrities. However, being famous also means you have to deal all kinds of sickos that are out there. ESPN has the story.

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Rafael Nadal to be at Moscow Millionaire Fair

Nina — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:33:53 +0000

Russian Ria news agency reports that Rafael Nadal will be a guest of honor at the gala opening of a Millionaire Fair in Moscow from Nov. 27 to 30.

He is invited by Vitaeibiza Homes, a company specializing in green homes. The company will also be building a luxury villa for Nadal on the southern island of the Balearic archipelago.

Why is Rafa mingling with millionaires? Because he IS a millionaire. He made $6,7 million this year, and that is only in career money. I wonder how much he is making for that appearance. Or maybe he is getting a nice discount on his house?

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Sharapova in Spanish GQ

Nina — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:20:10 +0000

Maria Sharapova in Spanish GQ in December. See more photos at Craig Hickman’s tennis blog.

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Maria Sharapova at Vogue event

Nina — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:24 +0000

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists event at Skylight Studios on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 in New York. And here is her casual look a day before. (AP)

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Serena Williams in Kenya

Nina — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:31:10 +0000

Tennis superstar Serena Williams is in Kenya for a three-day charity tour as a global ambassador for HP. Serena, who was accompanied by her mother, will open a secondary school after her. Her foundation, which concentrates mainly on education projects for the poor, has set up another school in Senegal. Serena was on a similar trip in Johannesburg, South Africa, working with the Starfishgreatheart Charity for orphans infected with HIV.

(Photo by Stafford Ondego)

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Elena Dementieva and Amelie Mauresmo to meet at Luxembourt Championships

Nina — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:39:02 +0000

Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva and former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo will meet in Friday’s quarterfinals here. Mauresmo is 8-5 in their lifetime series, but the Russian won their last meeting in Stuttgart last season. I am really excited to have a chance to see them here. I also really wanted to see Chakvetadze play, but she already lost her second round match.

Don’t forget to check out Amelie Mauresmo’s Luxembourg blog. The 2008 Luxembourg titlist will make $35,000.

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Roger Federer becomes the richest in career cash

Nina — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:49:09 +0000

Roger Federer has passed Pete Sampras to become the biggest all-time money earner in men’s tennis. Federer raised his career earnings to $43,3 million with a second-round win at the Madrid Masters tournament this week . Read more about Roger’s endorsements here and here.

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Russian tennis team meets with President Medvedev

Nina — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:34:18 +0000

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev met yesterday with Russian national tennis team and their captain Shamil Tarpischev in Kremlin. This year’s Beijing Olympics champion Elena Dementieva has given her Olympic “gold” racket to President Medvedev as a gift. Would you give your Olympic racket to your President?

Elena Vesnina blogs about the experience. According to her, all the players were very nervous initially but thanks to Marat Safin who told a couple of jokes to break the ice, they relaxed and greatly enjoyed the experience. They drank some tea, and the President thanked them for all their achievements.

Dinara Safina looks gorgeous. I am not saying anything about her brother

Dementieva thinking: “Just don’t sell it on Ebay, please.”

Medvedev thinking: “What the hell is this?”

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Marat Safin’s new girlfriend

Nina — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:45:58 +0000

Marat Safin is famous for both his tennis and dating skills. His new girlfriend is Nastya Osipova, a Russian pop singer. Here are some photos for you to grade his new girlfriend:-)

See more photos here.

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Serena Williams loses no. 1 ranking

Nina — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:36:16 +0000

I watched the first set of Serena’s match with Li Na at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart . She took it 6-0. So prematurely deciding the outcome of the match, I changed the channel to CNN with a hope to watch something more amusing (aka something said or done by the U.S. vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin). Needless to say, I was quite surprised to read this final scoreline 6-0, 1-6, 4-6. Jelena Jankovic will take over her No.1 ranking next week. Read more on the match at Women’s Tennis Blog.

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