Hamburg - Jelena Jankovic topped the year-ending women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA, with Venus Williams climbing into sixth place courtesy of her title at the 2008 finale in Doha.
Jankovic, who was stopped in the Doha semis by Williams, tops the final list with 4,710 points. She was assured of the 2008 top spot ahead of the final week of action.
US Open champion Serena Williams is second with 3,866 points, swapping positions with Dinara Safina, who has 3,817 points.
Venus Williams climbed from eighth to sixth place after her three-set win Sunday over Vera Zvonareva. The Russian finalist also rose two places, from nine to seven.
London, Nov 10 : Popstar Jenny Frost, who has posed for Playboy’s new lingerie line, has revealed that this is the farthest she can go, and that she does not intend to bare all.
The ex-Atomic Kitten band member revealed that she was firmly going to hold on to her bra, as she definitely was not baring all.
“Some of those Playboy magazine shots are beautiful, but I will be keeping my Bunny Bra firmly on!” the Sun quoted Jenny as saying.
She also revealed that it was an honor to pose for Hugh Hefner’s product.
“It was an honour when they approached me to represent Playboy in the UK,” she said.
New Delhi - Indian equity indices rose by over 5 per cent Monday, trailing a rally in Asian markets after China announced a stimulus package of 586 billion dollars to spur its economy in the wake o
Melbourne, November 10 : Home-schooled actress Vanessa Hudgens says that doing ‘High School Musical 3’ presented her with an opportunity to have a real high school experience.
The singer, who arrived with beau and co-star Zac Efron in Sydney to attend the film''s George Street premiere, described her Disney phenomenon as a real time exposure.
"I got to make that close group of friends that you would at high school," she said. I got to graduate with them,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.
Rome, Johannesburg - Tributes began pouring in Monday for South African singer and anti-apartheid icon, Miriam Makeba, who died Sunday from a heart attack in an Italian clinic.
Makeba, 76, collapsed shortly after a performance on Sunday evening and was brought by ambulance to a hospital in Castel Volturno in southern Italy, where she died, a hospital director said.
"She arrived at the Pineta Grande hospital at around 11:15 on Sunday night. By then her heart had stopped beating and all attempts to revive her were unsuccessful," the director, Francesco Longanella, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Melbourne, November 10 : Home-schooled actress Vanessa Hudgens says that doing ‘High School Musical 3’ presented her with an opportunity to have a real high school experience.
