BRIEFLY : VENUS IS NOT RISING: SHE FALLS TO NO. 140.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Third-seeded Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. had a winning streak snapped at 10 matches Tuesday in the second round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla. It was a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) loss to Sonya Jeyaseelan - a 140th-ranked qualifier - the lowest-ranked player Williams has lost to since turning pro 4-1/2 years ago. World No. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a chance at capturing the No. 1 ranking when he lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to Romania's Andrei Pavel in the first round of the Estoril Open in Portugal. To have overtaken No. 2 Carlos Moya and idle No. 1 Pete Sampras, he would have had to win in Portugal while Moya failed to reach the final in Madras, India. OLYMPICS: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= vice president Anita DeFrantz and former Los Angeles Olympics Los Angeles Olympics may refer to:
Olympic Games • • chief Peter Ueberroth have been picked for a panel to restructure the IOC in the wake of its worst scandal, Olympic sources said. BASKETBALL: Forward Don MacLean was activated off the injured list by the Seattle SuperSonics. LaPhonso Ellis of the Atlanta Hawks will miss the rest of the season because of a hernia that will require surgery. Freshman Quentin Richardson announced he will stay at DePaul next season, setting off a roar of approval from friends, teammates and coaches. HOCKEY: In Nashville, Tenn., doctors removed a tube from Eric Lindros' chest, but when the Philadelphia Flyers captain can return home remains a day-to-day issue. Lindros woke up in pain Friday morning after a win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. At least three pints of blood had seeped into his chest cavity, apparently causing his right lung to collapse. SOCCER: Major League Soccer banned anabolic steroids Anabolic steroids A group of drugs derived from the male sex hormone testosterone, most commonly prescribed to promote growth or to help the body repair tissues weakened by severe illness or aging. Some anabolic steroids are given as appetite stimulants. and human growth hormones human growth hormone (HGH): see growth hormone. and expects to begin testing players by next season. |
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