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...wonder John McEnroe likes him. Hewitt could be "the player the men's game has been searching for," McEnroe wrote recently. It had better find someone, fast. The women's game, which features the charismatic, hard-hitting Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, plus Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis, among others, has clearly captured the public's imagination. The men's game has plenty of terrific players, like Marat Safin and Tim Henman, and promising Americans, like Andy Roddick and James Blake. But men's tennis is in a personality slump and needs a superstar with game and gumption...
...tourists made it to the region's beautiful lakes, mountains and alpine valleys. In the first three weeks of July the Carinthia tourist office's English-language website had nearly as much traffic as it did in the whole of last year. Before the Ryanair service began, tourism spokeswoman Martina Skrube had a hard time selling local delights to overseas visitors. "Now," she says, "we hope we can really attract British guests...
...joint French and German team-practice session, the 31-year-old Cavagnoud was speeding down the ice at around 65 km/h when she crashed into German coach Markus Anwander. Both sustained head injuries, and Cavagnoud went into cardiac arrest. Two days later she died. Germany's World combined champion Martina Ertl spoke for many of her fellow competitors when she said, "This is a brutal shock...
...Redemption Wunderkind-who-lost-her-way Jennifer Capriati made a spectacular comeback by outstroking Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters to take the Australian and French Opens and reached No. 1 in the world rankings for three weeks. Despite Lindsay Davenport's lastminute reclaiming of the ace spot, the International Tennis Federation named Capriati 2001 world champion, alongside Australian superstar Lleyton Hewitt. 3. Fleet of foot Africa's athletes ran off with 24 medals at the World Championships in Edmonton. The men took every distance race from 1,500 m up while the continent's women notched victories...
This Scandinavian tradition features good food, high spirits and, most importantly, a roast goose. As the story goes, St. Martina kind, beneficent manwas eyed by the archbishop of France for a promotion. St. Martin, not wanting the profile and responsibilities of an administrator, hid himself amidst a gaggle of geese in hopes of avoiding the archbishop. In the end, the geese, alarmed at St. Martins presence among them, honked and ruined his cover. In remembrance of this, it is customary to mark St. Martins Day by eating a roast goose...