Kvitova romps to Madrid crown over Kuznetsova

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova cruised to the Madrid Open title on Saturday with a crushing 6-1, 6-2 victory over Svetlana Kuznetova.

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Moving on with the times

With the ongoing global slide in paper mail, China Post, the country's postal backbone is increasingly diversifying its business to stay relevant.

Chinese calligraphy in touch-screen age

Zhou Qing holds a brush in one hand as she gestures with the other while talking to a potential customer at her shop in Shuyuanmen, where a network of streets behind a section of the Xi'an city wall, are lined with dozens of shops like hers that sell articles of Chinese calligraphy.

Young stars eyeing another crown

World No 1 and No 2 paired at Florida event

Rory's trophy case

Rory McIlroy has an impressive collection of trophies for a guy who just turned 26 on Monday.

Woods has memories of Peete but never a meeting

Calvin Peete competed in The Players Championship for the last time a year before Tiger Woods turned pro.

Mom's the word as Gangjee seeks win

India's Rahil Gangjee will be shooting for a 'home' victory for his mother at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, which began on Thursday.

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Magical Messi show destroys Bayern

Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola lamented his side's capitulation to a Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona as the Catalans scored three times in the final 13 minutes to win the first leg of their Champions League semifinal 3-0 on Wednesday.

Outcry over rise of the Russian son of Putin's old buddy

The unexpected rise of a little-known defender with a very influential father has embroiled one of Russia's top clubs in a high-profile dressing room spat over alleged nepotism.

Blackpool and the case of the missing statue

A bronze statue that went missing and then reappeared has become the symbol of the steady and unedifying decline of former Premier League soccer club Blackpool.