Anna Naughty-Kova Is Out (Anna Kournikova's College Adventure)

Tennis star Anna Kournikova has seen her University career go the same way as her tennis ranking. The glamour girl, whose world ranking has plummeted to 86, has been kicked out of university.

She failed to turn up for lectures and seminars, it has been claimed, and got her father to do her homework.

No show

Officials at Moscow's Sports University were thought to be furious, according to reports, because she did not turn up for a single lecture or seminar in the last two years.

But Ms Kournikova passed her exams with high grades, with her father Sergei's help.

"Although Anna lost interest in studying and failed to attend lectures, she still passed all of her exams with As and Bs, thanks to her father," the Dean of the University told the Daily Express.

But Ms Kournikova is unlikely to be too concerned.

Million dollar woman

Since 1995 the star has netted more than £1.8 million from tennis, despite diminishing success on court and she has collected at least a further £18 million through advertising deals.

Ms Kournikova could also be on the verge of an acting career - she has starred in a pop video with Latino singer Enrique Inglesias.

Her love life is looking positive too - she dates Sergej Federov - one of the world's highest paid ice hockey players.

>Oh, the ice hockey player. I thought it was the swamp hockey player. Silly me.

On Anna's site, there is a "journal" section where she shares her thoughts with fans. Here's a recent entry:

Anna K's Day Off

When I'm not playing tennis, most of my time is taken up with doing photo shoots and interviews. The rest of the time I like to lay by the pool and relax a little bit, maybe go the beach and read a book.

Reading

I like Russian classics, such as Chekhov and Tolstoy, which I read in Russian. I recently read War and Peace. [!]

Watching TV

I watch mainly sports programs on the TV. I'm not a particularly big fan of other sports but I will watch baseball and basketball and ice hockey. I don't go to the cinema. I'd rather spend my time curled up on my couch watching a movie in the house.

Hanging Out

There are a few tennis players living in Florida, who I like to hang out with. When I'm in Moscow I like to see family and old friends. Sometimes I'll go to the Bolshoi Ballet.

Resting & Relaxing

There are things that I do to relax my body like have a lot of massages and get treatment on different parts that hurt or are sore. I like to take afternoon naps whenever I can and I'm in bed by 10 p.m. most nights. [!] I chronically need sleep. I can sleep 12 hours a day and would sleep all day if I could. I don't have any holiday. All I get is a week in December and a week in July... then I'm usually in Miami. I'd like more time but the season is very, very long. It's year-round and it would be very difficult to stop for a vacation.

Working Out

I don't do too much work with weights, but I've done a little to rehabilitate from my stress fracture. I do a lot of cardio work and also use the medicine ball. I have an exercise video coming out in June so you'll be able to see everything I do to work out. Of course, I'm also out on the court taking practice groundstrokes.

Eating

My dad takes care of that. He knows what I have to eat. I have to eat pretty healthily high-energy foods like pasta and rice. I have to eat a lot of high-energy food to give me the power to run on the tennis court. I also really like sushi... salmon rolls, tuna rolls, California rolls. But I also like sweets, I like dessert. Like anyone else I'll eat a hamburger or something, but very rarely.

Anna recently read "War and Peace!" [coughs]

Mark W.

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