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.
Police say the suspects arrived expecting to meet juvenile girls for sex, but instead encountered tactical teams; all three face life in prison.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News Miami, Knapp called the situation "unusual," noting that he had never previously encountered a scam where a police chief's name was used to target potential victims.
For years, city officials have worked to promote downtown Hollywood as an entertainment destination, and Rowe believes the surge in activity surrounding the World Cup is helping that effort.
GEM has run 16 cargo planes and 7 shipping containers to Venezuela since June 24 amid the deadly earthquakes.
The staff files nails, trims cuticles, and scrubs feet without using water, a process designed to help prevent infections in clients with diabetes or fungal conditions.
Police say the suspects arrived expecting to meet juvenile girls for sex, but instead encountered tactical teams; all three face life in prison.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News Miami, Knapp called the situation "unusual," noting that he had never previously encountered a scam where a police chief's name was used to target potential victims.
For years, city officials have worked to promote downtown Hollywood as an entertainment destination, and Rowe believes the surge in activity surrounding the World Cup is helping that effort.
GEM has run 16 cargo planes and 7 shipping containers to Venezuela since June 24 amid the deadly earthquakes.
The staff files nails, trims cuticles, and scrubs feet without using water, a process designed to help prevent infections in clients with diabetes or fungal conditions.
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.
President Trump delivered a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House. Here are the facts behind some of his claims.
Immigration officers could weigh use of Medicaid, food aid and housing help in green card decisions after Trump administration rescinds Biden-era public charge rule.
The legislative proposal would allow the defense secretary to withhold "controlled unclassified information," potentially curbing public access to a wide range of defense records.
Part of President Trump's speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The Pentagon will now require service members over 30 to screen for testosterone deficiency, and if needed, they can elect to have testosterone replacement therapy.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
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.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.