Gisela Dulko retires at age 27

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Former top-ranked doubles player Gisela Dulko of Argentina has retired from tennis, finishing her career with four singles titles and 17 in doubles. The 27-year-old Dulko said in a statement on her website that she was retiring because she no longer had "the same drive" and is not willing to make "the sacrifices" to compete on the WTA circuit. Dulko rose to No. 1 in the doubles rankings following a win at the WTA Championships in 2010 with partner Flavia Pennetta of Italy. Read more [...]

Spain’s Repsol hopeful of YPF compensation

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish oil major Repsol hopes to reach an agreement with Argentina on compensation for the nationalization of Repsol 's YPF subsidiary, the company's chairman said in an interview published on Sunday. Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez seized control of YPF in April, accusing Repsol of investing too little and making the Latin American country overly reliant on expensive imports. "I still believe and hope that we can reach an agreement over YPF," Repsol Chairman Antonio Read more [...]

Phelan leaves trio out of squad for Ireland test

Argentinian coach Santiago Phelan on Sunday omitted Horacio Agulla, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino and Juan Figallo from his squad for the Pumas final test of their European tour against Ireland next Saturday. All three played in Argentina's disappointing 39-22 defeat by France here on Saturday with only Agulla being left out because of injury. The wing took a heavy blow to the head in a sickening clash of heads with Maxime Mermoz during the game and had Read more [...]

Spain’s Repsol hopeful of YPF compensation

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish oil major Repsol hopes to reach an agreement with Argentina on compensation for the nationalization of Repsol's YPF subsidiary, the company's chairman said in an interview published on Sunday. Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez seized control of YPF in April, accusing Repsol of investing too little and making the Latin American country overly reliant on expensive imports. "I still believe and hope that we can reach an agreement over YPF," Repsol Chairman Read more [...]

Bellew Closer To World Title Shot

Granada Sport by Phil Barnett, Press Association Sport - last updated Sun 18 Nov 2012 UK Tony Bellew Boxing Tony Bellew won on points in Nottingham. Photo: Credit: Nick Potts/PA Wire/Press Association ImagesTony Bellew survived a nasty cut to jump a step closer to a world title shot with a unanimous decision win over Argentina's Roberto Bolonti in Nottingham. The fiery Liverpudlian was seeking to build on his Read more [...]

Lets not take our foot off the pedal: Saint-Andre

Lets not take our foot off the pedal: Saint-AndreThe 45-year-old former France skipper - who replaced Marc Lievremont after the 8-7 World Cup final defeat by the All Blacks last year - added he had enjoyed himself immensely in the first-half which saw four tries scored and plenty of freeflowing rugby summed up by the fact that the first scrum was only a minute from the break.The French had started slowly and trailed 13-3 before the quarter-of-an-hour mark but then two quickfire tries by Vincent Clerc Read more [...]