WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Second-ranked Victoria Azarenka set up a Wimbledon semifinal against Serena Williams by beating unseeded Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-3, 7-6 (4) Tuesday, despite failing twice to serve out the match. In a match that was moved from Court 1 to the roof-covered Centre Court because of a series of rain delays, Azarenka was broken for...

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer advanced to the men’s quarter-finals, the first time in the professional era that four Germans had reached the last eight of the same grand slam. Kerber’s consistency proved too much for the erratic Lisicki, who beat top seed Maria Sharapova in the last round but hit 57 winners and made 50 unforced errors...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska reached her first Grand Slam semifinal, outlasting Maria Kirilenko 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The match was disrupted by rain and moved to the roof-covered Centre Court for the last four games. Radwanska completed the women’s semifinal lineup and will next play Angelique Kerber. ...

Dave Poultney/European Pressphoto AgencyDanny Boyle, center, the artistic director of the opening ceremony at the London Games with a model of the extravaganza. British Olympic officials announced their men’s soccer roster for the London Games on Monday, an 18-man group that included Ryan Giggs and Aaron Ramsey but not Gareth Bale or David Beckham. Yet the average...

The Saints have already used the tag on Brees for 2012, meaning he can’t negotiate with another team and could be forced to settle for a one-year, $16.3 million deal if he cannot reach a new long-term deal by a July 16 deadline specified in the league’s collective bargaining agreement. System arbitrator Stephen Burbank’s ruling Tuesday...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and his wife of nearly 20 years have filed dueling divorce petitions in Texas. Payton filed a petition in Tarrant County district court seeking a divorce from Beth Payton on June 14. It lists the grounds as “discord or conflict of personalities” and seeks to divide the...

In a ruling handed down on Tuesday, Goodell told Jonathan Vilma, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith and Scott Fujita that he retains “the inherent authority to reduce a suspension should facts be brought to my attention warranting the exercise of that discretion. “The record confirms that each of you was given multiple chances to meet with me to...

Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove (now with the Green Bay Packers), Saints’ defensive end Will Smith and linebacker Scott Fujita (now with the Cleveland Browns), who all received smaller suspensions, also had their appeals denied. The players were punished in May as the NFL identified them as having leadership roles in a program that gave cash...