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Defending champion Clijsters into 4th round [Jan 20, 2012] Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova receives treatment from a trainer during their third round match against Belgium's Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open Results [Jan 18, 2012] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Results Wednesday at the $26.83 million Australian Open on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park (number in parentheses denotes seeding): Singles Men Second Round Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Olivier Rochus , Belgium, 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (4). Yen-hsun Lu , Taiwan, def. Florent Serra , France, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Philipp Kohlschreiber , Germany, def. Pere Riba , Spain ... [via YahooNews] More >>

S&P Downgrades France, Austria; Spares Germany [Jan 14, 2012] Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said late Friday that it has lowered the long-term ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two notches; lowered the long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch; and affirmed the long-term ratings on Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. [via YahooNews] More >>

S&P Downgrades France, Austria; Spares Germany [Jan 14, 2012] Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said late Friday that it has lowered the long-term ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two notches; lowered the long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch; and affirmed the long-term ratings on Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brisbane International women's results [Jan 01, 2012] Brisbane International women's singles first round results on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding, * = new result) * Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat 8-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3-6 6-4 6-3 5-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) beat Simona Halep (Romania) 6-1 6-4 Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 2-6 7-5 7-5 Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) beat Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 6-4 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Neighbours meet on road to Slovakia [Nov 29, 2011] The draw has been made for the 2012/13 qualifying round, including a group containing the Netherlands, Belgium, Latvia and Lithuania, with the finals to be held in Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Davis Cup Great Britain to face Slovakia [Sep 21, 2011] Great Britain will host Slovakia in their first Davis Cup match back in Europe/Africa Zone Group I in February. The winners will face Belgium in the second round. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cycling-Tour of Poland stage 4 result/standings [Aug 03, 2011] Result and overall standings after the 176.9-km fourth stage of the Tour of Poland from Oswiecim to Cieszyn on Wednesday 1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Liquigas) 4hrs 21mins 15secs 2. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Garmin) +3" 3. Marco Marcato (Italy / Vacansoleil) 4. Paul Martens (Germany / Rabobank) 5. Fabian Wegmann (Germany / Leopard) 6. Manuel Cardoso (Portugal / RadioShack) 7. Jan Bakelants (Belgium ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Wimbledon Qualifying Results [Jun 17, 2011] Thursday At Bank of England Sports Ground Roehampton, England Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Qualifying Round Kenny de Schepper, France, leads Simone Bolelli (13), Italy, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, susp., rain. Lukas Lacko (20), Slovakia, leads Go Soeda (16), Japan, 6-4, 3-4 (15-15), susp., rain. Ruben Bemelmans , Belgium, leads Guillermo Olaso, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 1-0, susp., rain. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Paris-Nice second stage result and standings [Mar 07, 2011] Result and overall standings after the 199 km second stage of the Paris-Nice on Monday. 1. Greg Henderson (New Zealand / Team Sky) 5hrs 00mins 56secs 2. Matthew Goss (Australia / HTC - Highroad) same time 3. Denis Galimzyanov (Russia / Katusha) 4. Heinrich Haussler (Australia / Garmin) 5. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Liquigas) 6. Romain Feillu (France / Vacansoleil) 7. Juergen Roelandts (Belgium ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Rep clinches win over Slovakia in Fed Cup [Feb 08, 2011] The Czech Republic reached its third consecutive Fed Cup semifinals Sunday, taking an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Slovakia when Petra Kvitova beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2 in the first reverse singles match. The Czech Republic will face Belgium or the United States in the semifinals in April. The 18th-ranked Kvitova got off to a strong start on the hard courts at Sibamac Arena, breaking... [via YahooNews] More >>

ECB Candidates to Succeed Tumpel-Gugerell on Board Are Kohutikova, Praet [Jan 18, 2011] Belgium?s Peter Praet and Slovakia?s Elena Kohutikova were nominated to succeed Gertrude Tumpel- Gugerell on the European Central Bank?s Executive Board. [via YahooNews] More >>

Transfer round-up: Kucka moves to Genoa [Jan 08, 2011] Slovakian international Juraj Kucka has joined Genoa CFC from AC Sparta Praha in a move worth in the region of ?3.5m, while Belgium defender Gill Swerts has returned to Feyenoord. [via YahooNews] More >>