Federer banishes painful memories

Roger Federer returned to his favourite stamping ground at Wimbledon on Monday and banished painful memories to reach the second round. The last time Federer took centre stage at a Grand Slam two......

Etiquette rules at Wimbledon

Decorum reigns supreme at Wimbledon, a bastion of middle class gentility where the stiff upper lip never trembles on the hallowed centre court. At the Australian and US Grand Slam tournaments,......

Olympics provided the silver lining

Among the pine-scented groves of Ancient Olympia, along the marathon route traced by Phidippides and on the cycle course beneath the Acropolis, the 2004 Athens Olympics produced a stream of......