Anastasia Rodionova

Anastasia Rodionova ended 2009 ranked No. 97 in WTA singles and No. 40 in WTA doubles.

Lakshmi Rai

Lakshmi Rai (aka Laxmi Rai) was born on May 5, 1981 in Hubli, Karnataka, India. She is model turned actress mostly appears in South Indian films like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam language films. She started her career with Tamil film Karka Kasadara in 2005. Currently she is filming romantic comedy Bollywood movie HHey Gujju where Himesh Reshammiya is performing double roles. Shruti Agrawal is another lead actress in this movie.

Miss World 2008: Ksenia Sukhinova

Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova was born on August 26, 1987 in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. She is 5ft 10in tall, blond hair with blue eyes Russian beauty queen who won the title of Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008.

Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia was crowned by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China.

Ksenia also won the title of Miss World Top Model.

Parvathy Omanakuttan of India became the first runner up while Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago became second runner up.

Also check out our previous posts on Miss World 2005 and Miss World 2006.

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma was born on 1st May 1988 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She is 5ft 9in tall elite model and actress in the Bollywood film industry. Anushka made her Bollywood debut with Yashraj film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra where Shahrukh Khan played male lead role.

Before appearing in Bollywood she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper and Fiat Palio.

Apart from that she is doing her major in Economics.

Another Bun in the Oven: Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport has withdrawn from the Australian Open and is off the WTA indefinitely because she is pregnant with child No. 2.

Julia Vakulenko

Julia Vakulenko was born in the Ukraine but now plays with Spanish citizenship. She has four ITF singles titles and a high WTA singles ranking of 32nd.

Arrest Made over Sharapova Threats

Here's an odd (and sad) story: A former University of Wisconsin football player has been arrested over threats made regarding Maria Sharapova. The player, Leonard Taylor, played for the Badgers from 1995 to 1998. Over the past several months, he left dozens of phone messages for his former coach, Barry Alvarez, in which he told Alvarez (among other things) of a desire to marry Sharapova - but also made threats against Alvarez, against the life of Sharapova, and against Sharapova's family.

Anna Kournikova

We feature Anna Kournikova today because ... um ... er ... hey, do we really need a reason?