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December 25, 2002 - The Mail reports Anna Kournikova banned masseuse to the stars Dot Stein from administering to Enrique Iglesias when he had a backache. Anna felt Dot was too good looking to get close to her boyfriend.

December 16, 2002 - The Sunday People reports Anna Kournikova threw a tantrum when she was told she couldn't meet Prince Charles.

December 6, 2002 - Anna Kournikova modeled at the Trilogy Fashion Show in support of the Chernobyl Children Project on Wednesday (December 4) at the RDS in Dublin, Ireland.

December 4, 2002 - The Sun has photos of Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias laughing as a pal mooned passing pedestrians from an upstairs window while they were dining at NOBU Japanese restaurant in London’s Park Lane. The couple covered up completely as they left the restaurant, cuddling up in the back seats of a minibus as it sped off before arriving at their hotel at Hyde Park Corner two hours later.

December 3, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Bob Guccione is close to a settlement with Anna Kournikova, who sued Penthouse after it published topless photos of a woman it misidentified as the tennis star. Though Judith Soltesz-Benetton sought $10 million, an insider says she accepted "less than" $1 million.

November 21, 2002 -  Kournikova and the world's top women tennis players will be in Dublin for The Trilogy in the RDS from December 5th. Read more.

November 21, 2002 - The Mirror reports Enrique Iglesias - who told Emma Jones the other night "I shouldn't be doing this" just before shoving his tongue down her throat - has been calling the 24-year-old non-stop ever since. Meanwhile, soccer star Dwight Yorke also has his eye on Emma. "She knows that things won't be serious with Enrique as he has a girlfriend. And she seems very keen to see where things go with Dwight," a source revealed. "Obviously it's early days as she's only been out on one proper date with him, but she really likes him. Emma is very aware of Enrique's relationship with Anna. But she's flattered he's calling her so much. She's going to meet him at the Top Of The Pops studio and then he's taking her out for dinner."

November 19, 2002 - Big Pictures had a photo, since removed, of Anna Kournikova out on mini-shopping spree at the shops of Bal Harbor in Florida on Thursday (November 14).

November 14, 2002 - Frank Harris Riley posted a profile on the strange relationship between Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias at megakournikova.com. Riley, a fan of Kournikova, writes, "The promoters of the show have made a big mistake is making Anna a part of the show. Why in the world would female fans care about the supposed girl friend showing up anyway? The truth is Anna is adored by millions of male fans and the female Anna fans are not interested in Enrique. Did the promoters think that Anna would somehow get males to come to an Enrique concert?"

November 12, 2002 - Last week, Anna Kournikova filed suit against Penthouse magazine, which ran topless shots of a woman it misidentified as the tennis star after already paying an undisclosed sum to Judith Soltesz-Benetton, the real person the nude photos were of.

November 4, 2002 - A fan on Enrique Iglesias' official message board reports the singer's girlfriend Anna Kournikova was in attendance at the Miami show on Saturday night and made quite a spectacle of herself. tigerlili36 writes, "She was a complete moron on the sideline of the stage. Is it me or she was completely plastered or high because I don't believe someone sober would act the way she did! It got to the point that she started to thrown garbage balls in Enrique's direction... I always knew that she was good with 'balls' but now it has been proven! She spend the whole concert picking up garbage from the floor to throw on stage."

November 4, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Last night at Enrique Iglesias' Don't Turn out The Lights Tour concert stop in Miami, Anna Kournikova was there along with her family. She was walking around the floor, talking to people for about an hour before the show and then went backstage to be with Enrique. After the concert, a fan who went backstage and met Enrique saw her sitting with Enrique's abuela (grandmother) and chatting it up with his family and friends. She also said that Anna is gorgeous and that she and Enrique were really sweet, taking pictures with everyone and signing autographs. Guess they aren't denying their romance anymore!"

November 2, 2002 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler with AJ Discala dressed as Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias at the DKNY Annual Halloween Party in New York on Thursday (October 31). Check out photos from The DKNY Flagship Store event at WireImage.com.

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