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Kvitova stunned, Radwanska, Li, Serena through in Toronto Defending champion Petra Kvitova suffered a shock exit when unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat the Czech 4-6 7-5 6-2 to move in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup. Cirstea was joined by top seed Serena Williams, who thumped Magdalena...

Hayman to leave Team Sky for ORICA-GreenEDGE ORICA-GreenEDGE have confirmed the signing of Team Sky domestique Mathew Hayman on a two year contract. The Australian will join the team from his home country at the end of the season after spending the last four seasons at Sky. "I watched the team...

McQuaid loses Swiss backing in UCI presidential race Pat McQuaid has lost Switzerland's backing for his bid to be re-elected as head of cycling's governing body, leaving the Irishman in what his rival Brian Cookson described as "a very difficult position." The Swiss cycling federation...

Athletics - Russian heptathlete Chernova ruled out of worlds Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova will not be able to defend her world title next month in Moscow because of injury. Chernova was the highest profile name missing on Tuesday from the team announced by the host nation for the world...

Murray shrugs off shock defeat Andy Murray felt he took a step forward in the build-up to his US Open title defence despite a surprise exit from the Rogers Cup at the hands of Latvia's mercurial Ernests Gulbis. Briton Murray suffered his first defeat in his second match back from a long break...

Athletics - Ohuruogu named as GB team captain Christine Ohuruogu has been selected to lead the British team at the World Championships in Moscow. Ohuruogu was selected by performance director Neil Black to lead the team at the championships – which run from August 10th to 18th – and he paid...

Murray crashes out in Montreal Wimbledon champion Andy Murray crashed out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a tame 6-4 6-3 loss to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the third round. Murray had played solidly on his return to the court after a month in his opening match against Marcel Granollers. But...

No positive tests in 2013 Tour de France - UCI The 2013 Tour de France had no positive **** test results, Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) director Francesca Rossi said at a media Open Day in Aigle, Switzerland. Britain's Chris Froome won this year's race, which came under extra scrutiny...

Athletics - Farah: Star-studded Great North Run will be 'amazing' Double Olympic champion Mo Farah faces one of the most challenging contests of his career when facing Ethiopian superstars Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie at the Bupa Great North Run. The awesome trio of Olympic and World...

Serena makes successful return to hard courts Top ranked Serena Williams made a successful return to hard courts with a 6-3 6-2 thrashing of former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Williams was joined in the third round by three other...

Team Sky name team for Vuelta Neither Chris Froome nor Bradley Wiggins will be in the Team Sky line-up for the Vuelta a España, the seasons's final Grand Tour, which starts on Saturday. The winners of the last two Tours de France will both sit out the iconic Spanish race, with Sergio Henao the...

Athletics - Bolt, Fraser-Pryce to lead scrutinised Jamaican team Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline a Jamaican world athletics championships squad that will come under intense scrutiny in Moscow following several positive doping tests by some of the country's...

Nadal adopts wait and see approach in Montreal Rafael Nadal was cautious about predicting how his body would hold up in the run-in to the US Open but did reveal that he had not missed the grind of the tennis tour during his absence from the game. The 12-times Grand Slam champion, who took a...

Sagan blasts to victory in Colorado opener Peter Sagan sprinted to the win in the opening stage of the USA Pro Challenge in Snowmass, Colorado. The Slovak Cannondale rider was simply too fast for Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing as he charged to the line at the end of the 98km stage from Aspen...

Wiggins: I'll never win the Tour again, so back to the Games Bradley Wiggins has said that he has no chance of winning the Tour de France again, and will go for Olympic glory once again. Wiggins has openly admitted that he has no chance of beating Sky team-mate Chris Froome at any of the Grand...

Nadal records routine win in Montreal Rafael Nadal returned to court with an emphatic 6-2 6-0 win over Canadian Jesse Levine to open his Rogers Cup campaign in Montreal. The Spaniard, playing his first match since his shock second round loss to Steve Darcis at Wimbledon six weeks ago, had...

Athletics - Eaton and Merritt headline young US team for worlds World record holders Ashton Eaton and Aries Merritt headline a strong American team for next month's world championships in Moscow. Nine current world champions and 18 other individual Olympic medallists join decathlete Eaton and...

Stybar takes stage seven, claims Tour victory Zdenek Stybar completed a stunning victory as he took stage 7 in Kapelmuur, securing the overall honours of the Eneco Tour. The Omega Pharma-Quick-Step rider broke clear of the Peleton inside the final 10 kilometres as he battled Team Sky’s Ian...

Wimbledon champ Murray makes winning return in Montreal World number two Andy Murray won his first match since triumphing at Wimbledon to get his Rogers Cup campaign underway in Montreal. Murray, twice a winner at the Canadian tournament, survived a second-set lapse in concentration to beat...

Athletics - Schedule denies Farah golden treble chance Mo Farah wanted to run the 1500m as well as the 5000m and 10000m at the World Championships in Moscow next month. The double Olympic champion asked UK athletics performance director Neil Black to pick him for the shorter distance race as...

Chavanel wins time trial, moves to second in general classification Sylvain Chavanel claimed stage five of the Eneco Tour as he won the time trial to climb to second in the overall standings. The Frenchman started day five 24 seconds adrift of overall leader Lars Boom but powered his way...

Djokovic says Serbia players back ****** Troicki ****** Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki was "innocent" of a doping ********* and the country's Davis Cup team supported him, world number one Novak Djokovic has said. The 27-year-old Troicki was suspended for 18 months by the International...

Athletics - Bolt agrees to Farah showdown Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has accepted a challenge from Britain's Olympic middle distance champion Mo Farah to race for charity, saying he would be prepared to meet over 600 metres. Farah, who won gold at the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the...

UCI candidates McQuaid, Cookson in another angry clash The bitter battle for the presidency of cycling's governing body took another twist on Friday as the two candidates, incumbent Pat McQuaid and challenger Brian Cookson, were involved in another angry exchange. McQuaid, bidding for a third...

Venus falls in first round in Toronto Venus Williams got off to a flying start in her return from a two-month layoff but her game quickly fell apart as the seven-times Grand Slam champion slumped to a 0-6 6-4 6-2 loss to Kirsten Flipkens in the Rogers Cup first round. Seeds Maria Kirilenko...

Athletics - Farah among three Brit winners at London Anniversary Games Mo Farah stormed to victory in the men’s 3000m while Christine Ohuruogu won the women’s 400m and Katarina Johnson-Thompson triumphed in the long jump at the London 2012 Anniversary Games in the Olympic Stadium. Olympic...

Greipel sprints to stage four win Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) utilised his superior sprint speed to claim stage four of the Eneco Tour ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (Radioshack-Leopard) and Lars Boom (Belkin). The German national champion took advantage of his Lotto Belisol teammates' lead out as...

Djokovic returns to court with easy win in Montreal World number one Novak Djokovic powered to a comprehensive 6-2 6-1 win over Florian Mayer in his first match since Wimbledon while Canadian players upstaged Rafa Nadal with a string of surprise victories at the Rogers Cup. A fit and fresh...

Athletics - Relieved Pearson delivers timely return to form The relief was clear on Sally Pearson's face when the 100 metres hurdles world and Olympic champion crossed the line at the Olympic stadium in London on Saturday for her first Diamond League victory of the season. Pearson, who powered...

Stybar claims unlikely Eneco Tour stage win Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma QuickStep) took stage three of the Eneco Tour after beating fellow breakaway riders Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Lampre Merida) and Lars Boom (Belkin) in a sprint finish. The trio were part of a small group that rode clear...

Athletics - Gay's B sample positive, fails another test Former world sprint champion Tyson Gay's 'B' sample from an out-of-competition test in May has been confirmed positive for a ****** substance, the US Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed, while adding he had returned another positive test...

Serena having fun, but still not satisfied Serena Williams has already achieved her stated goal of winning a second French Open title this year but the top-ranked American is still not satisfied with her season despite having more fun than ever on tour. Six other titles have been won this year...

Tomic struggles continue with early exit to Mayer Germany's Florian Mayer sent Australian young *** Bernard Tomic tumbling out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, while Janko Tipsarevic's miserable run of results continued with a first round exit. Mayer, ranked 50th in the world, came from a set...

Mouris signs new deal with GreenEDGE Orica GreenEdge have announced that Dutchman Jens Mouris has re-signed for the squad for another season. “I like being in this team, and I didn’t want to go anywhere else,” said Mouris. “I’m obviously really pleased to sign this contract for another year.”...

Athletics - British relay quartet flash to fastest time in 12 years Twelve months ago Britain's women's sprinters watched the Olympics with their noses pressed against the window - failing to qualify a sprint relay squad after one high-profile fumble too many. But at the Olympic Stadium -...

Robson pulls out at last moment in Toronto Laura Robson withdrew from the WTA Toronto event, moments before she was to go on court to face Yanina Wickmayer. Bethanie Mattek-Sands took Robson's place against Wickmayer as a 'lucky loser'. World number 32 Robson, who was suffering from a wrist...

Demare sprints to Eneco Tour second stage victory France's Arnaud Demare rose to the top of the Eneco Tour general classification after taking the second stage with a well-timed sprint finish. It had looked like Philippe Gilbert would take the victory but, despite being led out by his BMC...

Athletics - Slow-starting Bolt blasts to victory in London Usain Bolt returned to the scene of his triple Olympic glory and duly delivered for 60,000 camera-flashing fans as he overcame a slow start to win the 100 metres and give the London Anniversary Games the Friday finale it demanded...

Konta triumphs as Evans loses championship points in Vancouver There were two Britons in the Vancouver Open finals, with Johanna Konta winning the women’s title but Dan Evans agonisingly beaten in the men’s. Konta, the British number three, beat local player Sharon Fichman 6-2 6-4 to seal...

Renshaw holds on to take Eneco Tour opener Belkin rider Mark Renshaw pulled clear of the field in the final kilometre to take the opening stage of the Eneco Tour by two seconds in Belgium. Lotto Belisol’s Andre Greipel and Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise’s Giacomo Nizzolo were second and third...

Athletics - Suhr far from disheartened after London defeat Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr failed to repeat her London success of 2012 when Cuban Yarisley Silva turned the tables on her at the Anniversary Games on Friday, but the American was far from disheartened. Suhr, who set a world...

Stosur stuns Azarenka to win Carlsbad Australia's Sam Stosur won her first title in nearly two years when she upended world number two Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-2 to win the Carlsbad Open on Sunday. In registering her first victory over the Belarussian in nine attempts, Stosur played an...

Hushovd wins second stage of Arctic Race Thor Hushovd of BMC produced a textbook sprint finish to win the second stage of the Arctic Race. The Norwegian saved his legs in the back of the peloton during the stage in and around Svolvaer before unleashing everything he had in the closing stages...

Athletics - London fans revel in Olympic memories Britain's athletics fans were out in ***** again on Friday as 60,000 filled the Olympic Stadium for a Diamond League meeting that doubled up as London's "Anniversary Games" with Usain Bolt filling his accustomed role as star billing. Just under...

Del Potro overcomes shaky start to beat Isner in DC final Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina overcame a shaky opening set to defeat big-serving American John Isner 3-6 6-1 6-2 on Sunday and win the $1.3 million Citi Open, underscoring his status as a major threat at the upcoming U.S. Open. Del...

Van Hummel wins stage one of Arctic Race Kenny van Hummel sprinted to the win at the end of the Arctic Race opener in Bodo. Thor Hushovd had been favourite to win, but Vacansoleil's van Hummel held off team-mate Barry Markus for the win. Rudiger Selig came third, with Husovd down in fifth...

Athletics - Farah aiming for another record at Anniversary Games Double Olympic champion Mo Farah will go back to the scene of his greatest triumphs with Dave Moorcroft's 31-year-old British 3,000m record in his sights. Farah broke Steve Cram’s British 1500m record at the IAAF Diamond League...

Murray: Lendl helped me shed 'loser' tag Andy Murray admitted that Ivan Lendl helped him cast aside a reputation for being a "******" and a "loser" in Grand Slams. The 26-year-old will play his first match since being crowned Wimbledon champion when he lines up at the Rogers Cup Masters Series...

Keukeleire commits himself to ORICA Jens Keukeleire has extended his contract with ORICA-GreenEDGE through 2015. The young Belgian rider says he is delighted to further commit himself to the team he feels has helped him lay the foundation for a burgeoning career as an eventual Classics rider...

Athletics - Kiplagat says tough to retain marathon title Kenya's Edna Kiplagat said successfully defending her marathon title at next month's world championships in Moscow will be more difficult than her maiden win because as the holder she is the woman to beat. "Defending is hard," Kiplagat...