Match-Fixing Allegations Clouding Start Of New Tennis Season
The 2016 tennis season is starting under a cloud of scandal.
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The 2016 tennis season is starting under a cloud of scandal.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams was spotted foot-faulting during her charity run over the weekend.
In one of the most significant upsets in the history of tennis, Williams finally found a hole too big to climb out of, losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Friday at Flushing Meadows to 43rd-ranked Roberta Vinci of Italy.
This year's U.S. Open men's and women's singles champions will each earn a record $3.3 million, up 10 percent from 2014.
A year ago, Serena Williams made an early exit at Wimbledon – losing in the third round. But in 2015 she was the last woman standing, and now on the brink of tennis history.
Her game in high gear, history in the offing, Serena Williams is perfectly content to let everyone else talk about what a victory in the Wimbledon final would mean.
As has become customary for Serena Williams of late, she got off to a rocky start.
Tennis star Serena Williams didn't let a little thing like the flu stand between her and the French Open title.
A look at five of the best upcoming major sporting events in America.
Serena Williams won her eighth Key Biscayne title Saturday and remained unbeaten this year by drubbing Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the Miami Open.
Novak Djokovic outserved 6-foot-10 American John Isner and won their semifinal Friday at the Miami Open, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
It's been a great week of tennis in Key Biscayne and as the final matches near, the competition is getting fierce.
One of tennis' biggest superstars continues to play well in her hometown tournament.
Things are starting to get interesting at the Miami Open in Key Biscayne.
Serena Williams is taking her talents back to the wonderful world of team tennis.
In just 41 minutes, seven-time champ Serena Williams dismantled 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis 6-1, 6-1 on Sunday in the third round of the Miami Open.
Tennis' best sibling team is going to represent their country once again.
Precocious amateur CiCi Bellis says she's ready to take on the best of the pros — Serena Williams.
Less than one week after Serena Williams withdrew from her Indian Wells semifinal with a knee injury, the two-time Miami Open defending champion said on Wednesday she's hoping to be fit to play on Friday night.
The Miami Open got off to an interesting and exciting start on Tuesday.
With the newly named Miami Open tennis tournament underway at Crandon Park, some of the sports brightest stars are out to try and de-throne last years champions, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic.
The focus of the tennis world will fix its gaze on South Florida for the next two weeks as the newly named Miami Open is set to begin on Monday.
Tennis star Serena Williams plans to hold a run on South Beach in December.
The investigation remains ongoing.
The NEXT Weather Team is also monitoring tropical developments for next week.
Another duel on the pitch is set for Saturday night. Here's what you need to know.
The mission to Venezuela is deeply personal for many members preparing to head to Caracas.
The Supreme Court's decision has drawn sharp criticism from local officials and raised concerns about the future of families in the region.
The investigation remains ongoing.
The NEXT Weather Team is also monitoring tropical developments for next week.
CBS Miami, Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Global Empowerment Mission are collecting donations to help families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela killed more than 900 people, and that toll is likely to keep rising as frantic rescue and recovery operations ramp up.
Another duel on the pitch is set for Saturday night. Here's what you need to know.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can't do so.
The president and his conservative allies have stymied other legislation as they unsuccessfully try to pass a voting regulations bill that lacks even simple majority support in the Senate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip more than 356,000 Syrian and Haitian immigrants of temporary protections.
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
There are seven Democrats in the race and whoever wins the primary in August will almost certainly be elected to Congress, since this is the most Democratic district in the state.
Democratic CFO candidate Annette Taddeo says she is running to strengthen oversight of Florida's insurance industry and better protect homeowners.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert says his record of delivering results sets him apart in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson.
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
There appear to be new clues about the location of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.