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Serena Williams eases into French Open semifinals (Yahoo Sports)

In stark contrast to her previous three matches, top-ranked Serena Williams overpowered Sara Errani on Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals with a 6-1, 6-3 win. A two-time champion in Paris, Williams extended her unbeaten record against the 2012 French Open runner-up to nine matches. The 19-time Grand Slam champion got off to sluggish starts and lost the opening set in her last three matches.

Sepp Blatter back at work at FIFA headquarters (Yahoo Sports)

A day after announcing his decision to resign, Sepp Blatter was back at work at FIFA headquarters on Wednesday as the worst corruption crisis in the governing body’s 111-year history continued to unfold. Interpol added six men with ties to FIFA to its most wanted list, while South African officials denied they made a $10 million bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup. Blatter spoke to FIFA staff for about

Peterson 'feels good to be back in the building' (Yahoo Sports)

”It felt good to be back in the building, to be around the fellas,” Peterson said Tuesday after his first workout at Vikings headquarters since Sept. 12, a practice that took place hours before his indictment on the child abuse charge that forever changed his life, disordered Minnesota’s 2014 season and became part of the frame of an ugly fall for the NFL amid persistent domestic violence problems. Despite his

Gallo HR, record 4 RBIs in MLB debut, Texas 15-2 over ChiSox (Yahoo Sports)

Joey Gallo walked into the Texas Rangers clubhouse after his major league debut carrying three baseballs. There was also the home run hit into the upper deck his next time up, and the double that ricocheted off the top of the wall in right-center field. ”I was just going to be happy to get on base the first game, so I definitely over-achieved my goals there.” The top prospect in