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Robson falls in Tokyo opener but Konta progresses in China Laura Robson fell to a first-round 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 defeat at the hands of Ayumi Morita in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, but compatriot Johanna Konta won her opening match in Ningbo, China. World number 38 Robson and Konta, ranked...

Colclough confident for Armitstead after claiming world gold herself Katie Colclough is adamant she can help Lizzie Armitstead to road race glory in Tuscany after being crowned world champion herself in the women's team time trial. The 23-year-old formed part of the Team Specialized-Lululemon...

WTCC - Coronel wins Suzuka race two Tom Coronel won race two of the FIA World Touring Car meeting at Suzuka. There is a special feeling between Tom Coronel and Japan. Every time the Dutchman visits the land of the rising sun he gives his best. And this was proved again today in the second...

Premier League - Swansea ease past poor Palace Premier League, Selhurst Park – Crystal Palace 0 Swansea City 2 (Michu 2, Dyer 48) Swansea City kept up their impressive start to the season after cruising to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Goals at the start of...

Premier League - City thump United in frantic Manchester derby Premier League, Etihad Stadium – Manchester City 4 (Aguero 16 47, Toure 45+1, Nasri 50) Manchester United 1 (Rooney 87) Manchester City thumped rivals United 4-1 in an incredible Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. A...

WTCC - Muller wins record-breaking fourth title Yvan Muller clinched an unprecedented fourth FIA World Touring Car championship by finishing third in Race 1 at Suzuka. It was also the fifth consecutive Drivers’ Championship won by the Chevrolet cars run by the RML Group. “This has a special...

Premier League - Arsenal go top with Stoke win Premier League, Emirates Stadium – Arsenal 3 (Ramsey 5, Mertesacker 36, Sagna 72) Stoke 1 (Cameron 26) Arsenal marched to the Premier League summit with a 3-1 victory over Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium with £42 million summer signing Mesut...

WTCC - Michelisz claims pole as rivals struggle Norbert Micheliz claimed the second pole position of his career as most of his main rivals at the WTCC Suzuka event committed errors. Micheliz, whose other pole position came in Slovakia last year, secured the front of the grid for Honda on their...

Premier League - Last-gasp Paulinho breaks Cardiff hearts Premier League, Cardiff City Stadium - Cardiff City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Paulinho 90+3) Tottenham Hotspur left it to practically the last kick of the game to beat Cardiff City 1-0 as substitute Lewis Holtby set up Paulinho deep in...

GP2 - Dominant Bird win sets up showdown Sam Bird closed the gap to GP2 Series leader Fabio Leimer by winning the Singapore sprint race for the Russian Time team. Starting on reversed-grid pole after a troubled race on Saturday, Bird made a fine start and was never challenged at the head of...

Liga - Ronaldo at the double for Real Madrid La Liga, Santiago Bernabeu – Real Madrid 4 (Pepe 19, Ronaldo (pen) 34, Isco 57, Ronaldo 90) Getafe 1 (Lafita 4) Cristiano Ronaldo became Real Madrid’s fifth highest goalscorer in their comfortable 4-1 victory over Getafe. The Portuguese sensation...

GP2 - Palmer charges to thrilling victory Jolyon Palmer won a stunning GP2 Series feature race in Singapore, overcoming Carlin team-mate Felipe Nasr in the closing stages as high tyre *********** made for a thrilling spectacle. After making a poor start from pole position, as his anti-stall...

Ligue 1 - PSG and Monaco share the spoils Ligue 1, Parc Des Princes - Paris Saint-Germain 1 (Ibrahimovic 5) - Monaco 1 (Falcao 20) Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco shared the points in an increasingly dull Ligue 1 encounter that finished 1-1. PSG had the best of the opening stages and took the...

Gulbis completes comeback to win in Russia Ernests Gulbis completed a dramatic comeback, winning 11 straight games, to beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the final of the St. Petersburg Open. Spaniard Garcia-Lopez was in imperious form as he took the first set 6-3 and then continued his dominance...

Speedway - Injured Woffinden ****** to wait Denmark’s Niels-Kristian Iversen won the Scandinavia Grand Prix to prevent Britain’s Tai Woffinden from claiming the world championship. Iversen triumphed at the first ever speedway meeting in the Friends Arena, with Poland’s Jaroslaw Hampel in...

Serie A - Balotelli misses first penalty in Milan defeat Mario Balotelli missed a penalty for the first time in his career as AC Milan slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Serie A joint leaders Napoli on Sunday. Balotelli, who had converted all 21 of his previous penalties in official matches...

Simon downs Tsonga to claim Moselle title Gilles Simon beat fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets to win the Moselle Open. The 16th-ranked Simon has joined former world number four Guy Forget on the list. Former French Open champion Yannick Noah is the only Frenchman to have won...

Superbikes - Assen BSB: Lowes takes race two win as Byrne, Brookes crash Samsung Honda’s Alex Lowes clinched his second MCE British Superbike win of the day at Assen. The rider managed to outpace Milwaukee Yamaha’s James Ellison on lap fifteen to storm across the finishing line with nearly a...

Serie A - Milito scores twice on return for seven-goal Inter Diego Milito came on as a second-half substitute for his first appearance following a seven-month injury layoff and scored twice to help unbeaten Inter Milan rout hapless Sassuolo 7-0 away in Serie A on Sunday. Inter were already...

Radwanska rallies to win year's third title in Korea Polish top seed Agnieszka Radwanska came from behind to beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7 (6) 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Korea Open in Seoul to bag her third WTA title of the year. Radwanska's victory in the gruelling final, which...

Motorsports - Assen BSB: Lowes edges Byrne to snatch race one win Samsung Honda’s Alex Lowes took the MCE British Superbike win from title rival, Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Shane Byrne, by the tiniest of margins at Assen, after the Derby rider made a move at Ramshoek on the last lap. It is...

Serie A - Ljajic inspires Roma to derby win over Lazio Serie A, Stadio Olimpico - Roma 2 (Balzaretti 63, Ljajic 90 pen) Lazio 0 Roma took the bragging rights in the 70th Derby della Capitale thanks to an inspired second-half performance from Serbian wonderkid Adem Ljajic. Ljajic ****** a late...

'Flying Alone' Zhang hopes Guangzhou win a new start Zhang Shuai was aware of the risks involved when she opted to "Fly Alone" two months ago but the 24-year-old Chinese now stands vindicated after winning her maiden WTA Tour title in Gunagzhou. Li Na, the 2011 French Open champion, broke free...

Omega Pharma-Quickstep win men’s TTT in Florence Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Specialized-Lululemon defended their team time trials on the first day of the Road World Championships. Tony Martin, Sylvain Chavanel, Michal Kwiatkowski, Niki Terpstra, Kristof van de Walle and Peter Velits claimed...

Athletics - Seven athletes tested positive at world championships Seven athletes failed ***** tests at last month's Moscow world championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced on Friday. Ukraine's Roman Avramenko, fifth in the men's javelin, was the only...

Tsonga to face Simon in all-French final Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will aim to cap his comeback from injury with a third consecutive title at the Metz Open as he faces Gilles Simon. World number eight Tsonga, returning this week from a knee injury that sidelined him for three months after...

Wiggins wins Tour of Britain Mark Cavendish took the final stage of the Tour of Britain whilst Sir Bradley Wiggins claimed the overall win. Omega Pharma QuickStep's Mark Cavendish secured his third stage of this year's tour with An Post-Chainreaction's Sam Bennett in second and Cannondale Pro...

Athletics - Bolt reconsidering plans to retire after 2016 Olympics Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is reconsidering plans to retire from athletics after Rio 2016 because of his fans' reaction to the news. The 100m and 200m world record holder admitted he is now weighing up whether to also...

Wildcard Zhang wins maiden WTA singles title in Guangzhou China's wildcard entrant Zhang Shuai won her maiden WTA Tour singles title with a 7-6 (1) 6-1 victory over American qualifier Vania King in the Guangzhou Open final on Saturday. Playing in her first singles final, the 112th-ranked Zhang...

Froome and Wiggins head GB charge at world championships British Cycling performance director Sir Dave Brailsford insists Great Britain's squad is in strong shape after confirming the elite men and women riders for the Road World Championships in Italy. Great Britain will be able to boast two...

Snooker - Ding beats Xiao to claim Shanghai Masters Ding Junhui beat Xiao Guodong 10-6 in the final of the Shanghai Masters – the first world ranking final to be contested by two Chinese players. The world number 12 claimed the seventh ranking event of his career with a topsy-turvy win over...

Comfortable Radwanska reaches final in Seoul Poland's world number four Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past Spaniard Larra Arruabarrena 6-0 6-2 in the semi-finals of the Korea Open on Saturday to set up a title clash with Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Pavlyuchenkova, seeded third, had a...

Cavendish takes stage seven, Wiggins still leads Mark Cavendish won stage seven of the Tour of Britain – his second stage this year – while Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead. Cavendish won the 155.8km ride from Epsom to Guildford in a time of 3 hours 46.57 seconds to register his...

Shanghai Masters - Xiao to face Ding in first all-Chinese ranking final Xiao Guodong will face Ding Junhui in the Shanghai Masters final after the players overcame Michael Holt and Barry Hawkins in their respective semi-finals. "I found more and more enjoyable moments in competition and I'm...

Wildcard Zhang to meet qualifier King in Guangzhou final China's wildcard entrant Zhang Shuai entered her maiden WTA Tour singles final on Friday to set up a title clash with American qualifier Vania King in the Guangzhou Open. Zhang, ranked 112th in the world, had an easy outing in the...

Yates wins stage six, Wiggins maintains overall lead Young British talent Simon Yates won stage six of the Tour of Britain, taking the lead with 200 metres remaining and holding on up the final climb in Haytor. Bradley Wiggins finished safely in seventh, 10 seconds behind the 21-year-old Yates...

Shanghai Masters - World’s top two crash out in quarters Home favourite Ding Junhui upset world number one Neil Robertson 5-2 to progress to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters. Ding got off to a great start with breaks of 58 and 62 to take the opening frame but Robertson hit back with an...

Snooker - Xiao and Holt reach first ranking semi-finals Xiao Guodong and Michael Holt both reached the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time after wins at the Shanghai Masters. Xiao delighted the home fans with a come from behind 5-4 victory against Mark Davies after having been...

Radwanska races into Seoul semis World number four Agnieszka Radwanska continued her devastating form with a 6-2 6-0 win over Vera Dushevina to reach the semi-finals in Seoul. The top-seeded Pole has dropped just nine games in her first three matches in the South Korean capital and cruised...

Varnish raring to go after injury lay-off Jess Varnish insists she is fully fit and refreshed as she prepares for the return of a non-stop schedule after a four-month injury lay-off. Varnish kept herself busy following the London 2012 Olympics, where she suffered the heartache of being...

Champions League - Gonzalez leads Porto to win in Vienna Argentine midfielder Lucho Gonzalez scored in the 55th minute to give Portuguese champions Porto a 1-0 victory over Austria Vienna in their opening Champions League Group G match on Wednesday. Gonzalez calmly slotted the ball into the...

Champions League - Milan strike late to stun Celtic Champions League Group H, San Siro – AC Milan 2 (Zapata 82, Muntari 86) Celtic 0 Celtic suffered more Champions League late heartbreak, conceding two late goals in the San Siro to lose their opening group game 2-0. It was harsh on Celtic who...

Champions League - Dortmund in calamitous defeat to Napoli Champions League Group F, Stadio San Paolo - Napoli 2 (Higuain 29, Insigne 67) Borussia Dortmund 1 (Zuniga og 87) A Gonzalo Higuain-inspired Napoli survived a late fight-back from 10-man Borussia Dortmund to get their Champions League...

Champions League - Schalke leave it late to beat Steaua Bucharest Schalke 04 were made to work hard for more than an hour before scoring three times to beat battling Steaua Bucharest 3-0 in their Champions League Group E opener on Wednesday. Atsuto Uchida gave the German side a lucky lead...

Champions League - Arsenal grind out win in Marseille Champions League Group F, Stade Velodrome – Marseille 1 (Jordan Ayew pen. 90+2) Arsenal 2 (Walcott 65, Ramsey 85) Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey scored second-half goals as Arsenal rode their luck to beat Marseille 2-1 in France. Arsenal...

Champions League - Basel hand Chelsea shock defeat at Stamford Bridge Champions League Group E, Stamford Bridge - Chelsea 1 (Oscar 45) Basel 2 (Salah 71, Streller 81) Chelsea suffered a shock defeat in the first Champions League game of Jose Mourinho’s second spell with the club, after Basel...

Jaded Serena withdraws from Tokyo Women's world number one Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo citing fatigue, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. "I'm disappointed to have to withdraw from the Pan Pacific Open, which I was very much looking...

Rally Australia - Australia set to secure WRC future Rally Australia's long-term future in the World Rally Championship looks secure following a successful event last week. The New South Wales rally had been rotating with Rally New Zealand, but has now secured a three-year deal with the WRC...

Champions League - Magical Messi hits hat-trick in Ajax rout Champions League Group H, Camp Nou - Barcelona 4 (Messi 22, 55, 75, Pique 69) Ajax 0 Lionel Messi edged closer to Raul’s all-time Champions League scoring record with a hat-trick as a rampant Barcelona put four past Ajax. Messi, who...

Snooker - Higgins soundly beaten by Davis in China Former world champion John Higgins crashed out of the Shanghai Masters ranking event, suffering an emphatic 5-1 defeat to Mark Davis. Davis started with a 76 break for the opening frame on his way to a 3-0 lead, with Higgins getting off the...