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Jimmie Johnson will remain in a Hendrick Chevy through 2015. Rick Hendrick has made sure that soon-to-be four-time champion Jimmie Johnson won't be driving for anyone else any time soon.

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 6 -- Eighteen months after giving birth to her first child and less than one month after coming out of retirement, Kim Clijsters was an unlikely candidate for toppling Venus Williams at this year's U.S.

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But in a match with wild shifts of momentum, Clijsters proved the more dogged competitor and pulled off the stunning upset, ousting the tournament's third seed and two-time champion, 6-0, 0-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals of the season's final major.

Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are sniping again after a fragile truce during the Tour de France. Contador, who secured his second Tour win on Sunday in Paris, said he had no admiration for the American as a person and tensions between the two had a negative effect on the Astana team.

Armstrong, the seven-time champion who finished third in his first Tour since 2005, responded that Contador...

SAINT-GIRONS, France (AP) -- Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong remains in third place overall in the Tour de France, after Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez won the eighth stage in a sprint ahead of three other breakaway riders.

Five-time champion Venus Williams recovered from an early stumble in her opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday to beat Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2.

It was Williams' first appearance on Centre Court since the 2008 final, when she beat sister Serena for her second Wimbledon title in a row.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal will face a tough draw at Wimbledon if his aching knees allow him to play, with a likely second-round matchup against former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray possibly waiting in the semifinals.

Five-time champion Roger Federer was placed in the same half of the draw as Novak Djokovic on Friday, and could face the Serb in the semifinals as he bids for a record...