Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Lothar Matthaeus, the 1991 FIFA player of the year, has been hired as Bulgaria's national team coach, Federation head Borislav Mihailov said Tuesday that Matthaeus had agreed to a one-year contract with an option for two more years.

WIMBLEDON, England - Venus Williams would shank a shot - and she shanked many on this day - then turn toward the Court 1 player guest box where her parents were seated and put her palms up or shrug her shoulders, as if to indicate, "I don't know what's happening here." The five-time Wimbledon champion was out of sorts, out of answers and out of the tournament in the quarterfinals, stunned 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday by the lowest-ranked woman left, No.

WIMBLEDON, England - There will be no all-Williams final at Wimbledon this year.

WIMBLEDON, England - Five-time champion Venus Williams was ousted in the Wimbledon quarterfinals Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3 to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.

WIMBLEDON, England - Five-time champion Venus Williams was ousted in the Wimbledon quarterfinals Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3 to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.