Roger Federer

World number one tennis player Roger Federer believes his friend Thierry Henry should not be villified for the handball which helped France edge past Ireland into the World Cup finals on Wednesday. Henry clawed the ball back with his hand and crossed for William Gallas to head France's equaliser, a goal that has sparked fierce debate about cheating in football and the need to introduce video technology such as that already used in tennis. "You can't blame him for carrying on," the 28-year-old Swiss to  

Roger Federer admitted the prospect of finishing the year as world number one ahead of Rafael Nadal would fuel his bid to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Federer goes into the Tour Finals, beginning tomorrow at London's O2 Arena, in pole position in the world rankings, but the Wimbledon champion knows Nadal could still snatch back top spot if he wins. Nadal ended Federer's reign as world number one last year before slipping back to second place after a campaign disrupted by the knee injury th

I am aware of it (the race to finish as world number one) and I would be lying if I said I was just here to play well   -Roger Federer

 

World number one tennis player Roger Federer believes his friend Thierry Henry should not be villified for the handball which helped France edge past Ireland into the World Cup finals on Wednesday. Henry clawed the ball back with his hand and crossed for William Gallas to head France's equaliser, a goal that has sparked fierce debate about cheating in football and the need to introduce video technology such as that already used in tennis. "You can't blame him for carrying on," the 28-year-old Swiss to  

Roger Federer, appearing in his eighth successive end-of-year finals, is favoured to win his fifth, which would simply add to the majesty of his career. He was the last of this year's eight to speak his mind yesterday and, as ever, the most beguiling. Reflecting their status in the sport , Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray - the top four players in the world - took their places at the big three-sided tables with the more intimate, ...  

IN THE course of a BBC documentary back in 1985, Bobby Charlton made a statement which, to anyone under the age of, say, 30 nowadays will sound like a fairy tale. His claim concerned Scotland's victory over England in 1967, the latter's first defeat since winning the World Cup the previous summer. Were a World Cup winner in the present asked to tabulate, in order of merit, the national teams most likely to complete a successful invasion of his country, he would be talking longer than a filibuster be  

In theory it should be a treat for London to host the ATP World Tour Finals, featuring the top eight men's singles players – well, top seven plus Sweden's Robin Soderling. What makes it tricky is finding a player who isn't physically exhausted or mentally switched-off. Andrew Murray will try for an upbeat end to the year but he's in the toughest group, facing Roger Federer, who rarely goes out with a whimper, and the big-hitting leftie Fernando Verdasco.  

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldn't be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of Ireland's expense. Henry has come in for heavy criticism after he clearly controlled a cross with his arm before setting up William Gallas to score the goal that gave France the 1-1 draw they needed to see off Ireland in Wednesday's World Cup play-off second leg in Paris. The incident has been compared to the infamous 'hand of god' goal s  

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon. The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final but has never advanced past the second round in three appearances at Wimbledon. Del Potro says "this is the perfect opportunity for me to improve my game on the surface. Many players have done well at Queen's in the past and then gone on to win at Wimbledon. I hope that this can hap

this is the perfect opportunity for me to improve my game on the surface. Many players have done well at Queen's in the past and then gone on to win at Wimbledon. I hope that this can happen for me also.   -Juan Martin Del Potro

 

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon. The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final but has never advanced past the second round in three appearances at Wimbledon. Del Potro says "this is the perfect opportunity for me to improve my game on the surface. Many players have done well at Queen's in the past and then gone on to win at Wimbledon. I hope that this can hap

this is the perfect opportunity for me to improve my game on the surface. Many players have done well at Queen's in the past and then gone on to win at Wimbledon. I hope that this can happen for me also.   -Juan Martin Del Potro