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The new Wimbledon fashion collection from Polo Ralph Lauren

Wimbledon and Polo Ralph Lauren: a perfect match?

Wimbledon may be quintessentially English but it takes an American to keep it looking that way. Carola Long reports

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Carola Long: The trouble with wearing a monokini is that it basically announces that you think you're Gisele

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Material World

How do I look? Miss Behave, Burlesque comedian, 33

Saturday, 19 June 2010

People say I'm like a cross between a drag queen and Betty Boop on acid. But there are two of me. On stage, I go for the most constraining, restrictive materials I can find. Off stage, I like the big black hoody my ex gave me, comfortable fabrics, silks and crepes. But as with everything, attention to detail is all-important.

World Cup scalpers out in force

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Two hours before gates opened for the World Cup clash between Germany and Serbia on Friday, ticket scalpers circled the stadium for potential buyers.

How to get last-minute tickets for Wimbledon

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Though the majority of tickets to Wimbledon are allocated in a public ballot, the deadline for which closed back in December 2009, there are still up to 7,500 ground and court passes available per day for those dedicated enough to join what the All England Lawn Tennis Club calls 'The Queue'.

Weekly sports agenda: Wimbledon, Arctic golf, oil wrestling

Friday, 18 June 2010

Among major upcoming sporting events: London, UK, is the location for the Wimbledon tennis tournament, Iceland hosts golf's Arctic Open, and the annual Turkish Oil Wrestling festival is in Edirne.

Hong Kong finally comes to the World Cup’s 3D party

Friday, 18 June 2010

It took cinemas almost a week of finetuning but soccer fans were still delighted with the results as Hong Kong on Thursday night welcomed its first 3D broadcast from the World Cup in South Africa.

Football: NZ fans hail team's first ever World Cup point

Thursday, 17 June 2010

New Zealand fans celebrated their team's first ever World Cup point Wednesday as one of the country's greatest ever sporting achievements after the All Whites drew 1-1 against Slovakia.

YouTube's most popular sports videos: Maradona gets training session punishment

Thursday, 17 June 2010

At the end of an Argentinean team training session, Maradona joined half of his squad members for a cheeky punishment. Having lost a practice match against the other Argentines, they were subject to a volley of footballs aimed at their behinds - but then became the most viewed sports video on YouTube in the week leading up to Wednesday, June 16.

Record visitor numbers to FIFA website for Brazil's first match

Thursday, 17 June 2010

The June 15 match between Brazil and Korea DPR drew a record number of visitors to FIFA's own website, says the sports organization, with the domain serving up 265 million pages to 10 million unique users throughout the day.

Boyle and Daldry head up 2012 Olympic Ceremonies Team

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Five big names from the world of music, film, and sports entertainment will be in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympic Games, as Oscar-winners Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry are to be joined by Hamish Hamilton, Mark Fisher, and Catherine Ugwu.

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