Maria Sharapova at The ESPY Awards

The ESPY Awards to sports are like The Oscars to movies!
Tennis player Maria Sharapova was there at the red carpet of the awards at the Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre yesterday night.
Maria showed up in a leather dress -maybe Chanel- with button embellishments, she drove the paprazzi wild!
She was there to be named best international female athlete. Congrats!
Check out a couple of photos of Maria Sharapova at the event.

Maria Sharapova Defeats Shoulder, Rain & Opponent!

Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon match yesterday with Japan's Ai Sugiyama was delayed for 4 hours because of heavy rain.
But that didn't stop Sharapova from beating the rain & her Japanese opponent!
Not only that, but Sharapova also defeated a horrible shoulder injury.
Sharapova defeated Sugiyama in a very wet match 6-3, 6-3.
Sharapova said: "It's just a weird situation, because you know the rain is coming. You're just thinking you might be a match point up and you have to go and wait to finish the match. It's a little bit of a tense moment."

Maria Sharapova Loses No. 1 Ranking!

Last Tuesday, Maria Sharapova played against fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva in the Pacific Life Open ... that match cost Maria her Top 1 ranking!
Maria played her best, but lost to Zvonareva 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 after she served 13 double faults & made 44 unforced errors!

Maria Sharapova in Australian Open Finals

In a match that lasted 82 minutes, Russian Maria Sharapova beat Belgian Kim Clijsters 6-4 6-2 in the Australian Open Semi-Finals on Thursday.
Kim Clijsters, who is only 23, will be retiring at the end of this season.
Top seed Sharapova will now play American Serena Williams in the finals.
Sharapova said of her next game with Williams: "Serena is playing great tennis & she has won many of these titles before but I will look forward to playing her."
Williams beat Nicole Vaidisova 7-6 6-4 in the Semi-Finals to reach the finals.

Maria Sharapova & Nikolay Davydenko Are the Best

The National tennis federation in Russia announced Maria Sharapova and Nikolay Davydenko as the country's best players for the second year in a row! It seems that nothing can stop the wonderful Sharapova as she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova for the top prize in the French open.

And if you think it's only her who's doing the winning for Russia, think again!
There are now 7 Russian women in the world's top 16! That means that almost half of the best few women tennis players in the world are Russian!

Maria Sharapova is Back

Victory! Tennis beauty Maria Sharapova won the US Open setting aside claims that she had already gone as far as she could.
The 19-year-old Russian star is now the highest-earning tennis player in the world. It's ironic because even though she lost five successive Grand Slam semi-finals she still gains more money than Roger Federer, as well as David Beckham and Ronaldo!!

Sharapova Approaching No.1

Maria Sharapova will play Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik in the semifinals of the Zurich Open after both secured straight-set victories.

The tennis beauty easily beat Swiss hopeful Timea Bacsinszky, winning 6-4 6-3, and Srebotnik defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-2.

Sharapova Still the Richest After All

It was announced last Sunday that former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova won’t make it to the Rogers Cup finals due to fatigue. She joined Wibledon champion Amelie Mauresmo, Justine Henin-Hardenne and former number one tennis player Venus Williams in the list of Roger Cup’s no-shows. Because of this Women’s Tennis Association decided to withhold $150,000 from Sharapova’s bonus given at the end of the season.

Maria Sharpova Willing to be World No.1

The 18-year-old russian tennis player Maria Sharapova launches her bid to become world No.1 next year at the Australian Women's Hardcourts event.

World No.4 Maria Sharapova won three titles this year - Tokyo, Doha and Birmingham - but failed to add any Majors to go with her 2004 Wimbledon crown.

She was in striking distance of being world No.1 but ultimately finished fourth, her lowest ranking of the year, and is out to improve on that in 2006.

Sharapova at JPMorgan Chase Open

Top seed Maria Sharapova struggled to defeat Russian Maria Kirilenko Tuesday at the JPMorgan Chase Open in California.

Sharapova had not played since the semi-final appearance at Wimbledon. She was forced out of the Acura Classic in San Diego last week with a strained lower back.
Even though Sharapova triumphed in the first meeting with Kirilenko, the sloppyness was very obvious during the match.

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FHM Sexiest Women

FHM sexiest women rankings list contains 28 new entries this year, including tennis star Maria Sharapova who comes at no. 19, making her the highest ranking athlete on the list ! Anna Kournikova is ranked no. 62.

Angelina Jolie is the world's sexiest woman, topping FHM magazine's 100 sexiest women in the world 2005 reader poll. Jennifer Garner comes in second.

Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Becomes TAG Heuer New Ambassador

TAG Heuer, the prestigious Swiss sports watch and chronograph brand and the fourth-largest luxury brand in the world watch market, is proud to announce that the young and charismatic tennis champion Maria Sharapova becomes its newest brand female ambassador. As, the new star of world tennis and, at 17-years-old only, already the winner of 2004 Wimbledon and WTA year-end championships, Maria Sharapova has signed a long-term ambassador agreement with the Swiss watchmaking legend..

Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams

Maria Sharapova has defeated Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to win the season-ending WTA Tour Championship and underline her status among the sport's elite.

"I'm still shaking. I can't believe it, the way I pulled it out," said 17-year-old Sharapova, who crumpled to her knees after lifting the match in one hour 46 minutes.

Australia's Alicia Molik Beat Maria Sharapova

Australia's Alicia Molik beat Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and win the Swisscom Challenge title. Maria Sharapova was looking for her third straight title, after winning in Seoul and Toyko. It was her first loss in a final.

Maria Sharapova wins Korea Open

Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon champion rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marta Domachowska in Sunday's final of the $140,000 Korea Open Tennis Championships.

Sharapova needed 56 minutes to capture the fifth singles title of her career and third this year. The top-seeded Russian lost just 15 games during the tournament...

Maria Sharapova in the Quarter-Finals of the Hansol Korea Open

Maria Sharapova, the 17-year-old Russian needed just over an hour to overpower Miho Saek and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open beating Miho 6-3, 6-1.

Miho Saeki took a 3-1 lead in the first set, moving Sharapova around the court with some well-placed backhands and deft drop shots. But the Siberian teenager's strength became the decisive factor and Saeki only took one more game in the match.

The top-seeded Russian will face Samantha Stosur, who beat Galina Voskoboeva 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday.