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Hsieh becomes Taiwan's first Grand Slam title winner Hsieh Su-wei became the first Taiwanese player to win a grand slam title when she and Peng Shuai beat Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 7-6(1) 6-1 in the Wimbledon women's doubles final on Saturday. Hsieh and China's Peng, the eighth seeds...

Athletics - Gay impressives with 9.79 in Lausanne US champion Tyson Gay continued his impressive buildup to next month's world championships by winning the 100 metres at Lausanne's Athletissima Diamond League meeting in 9.79 seconds. Jamaica's former world record holder Asafa Powell was among...

U-20 World Cup - Uruguay upset Spain, France thrash Uzbekistan Uruguay prevailed 1-0 against Spain after extra-time courtesy of a Felipe Avenatti header at the FIFA U-20 championship to progress to the semi-finals. As expected, the Spanish had the Lion’s share of possession for much of the...

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Lisicki still smiling after final meltdown Sabine Lisicki's smile had returned as she admitted nerves got the better of her as she lost 6-1 6-4 to Marion Bartoli in a one-sided Wimbledon final on Saturday. The German clearly found her first Wimbledon final a difficult experience and she looked...

Froome '100 per cent' denies doping Chris Froome faced the inevitable questions about doping at the Tour de France after demolishing his rivals to claim the overall lead and said his results would not come under suspicion in the future. Briton Froome won Saturday's eighth stage, a 195-km...

******'s methods pay off as Bartoli does it her way People thought Walter Bartoli was a little odd when he ripped up the conventional coaching manual and began moulding the hybrid player who on Saturday won the Wimbledon singles title. That player was his ******** Marion whose punchy...

Froome in yellow after stunning stage eight win Britain's Chris Froome led a Sky one-two ahead of team-mate Richie Porte to win the first mountain-top finish of the Tour and take the leader's yellow jersey. A devastating ****** on the second of two mammoth climbs towards the end of the 195km...

'Murray Mania II', the sequel, hits Wimbledon 'Murray Mania' escalates ahead of Sunday's final. "Murray Mania II" was gripping Britain ahead of Andy Murray's second shot at becoming the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936 with major victories in rugby and cycling events on Saturday...

Team Sky prepare for a fight in the Pyrenees Team Sky locked up the mountain stages last year to help Bradley Wiggins win his maiden Tour de France title yet all the signs point to a different strategy this year with Chris Froome in charge. This year's first mountain test comes on Saturday...

Bryan brothers win men's doubles final Americans Bob and Mike Bryan beat Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 to win the Wimbledon men's doubles title on Saturday and become the first pair to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time since tennis went professional. The top-seeded...

Sagan strengthens hold on green jersey with stage 7 win Slovakia's Peter Sagan outsprinted John Degenkolb of Germany to take stage seven of the Tour de France and build up a commanding lead in the green jersey competition. After a series of second-places in the opening week of the race, Sagan...

Familiar final amongst fortnight of seismic shocks During a fortnight of seismic shocks, scattered seeds and bandaged knees there remained a sense of inevitability that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray would walk out on Centre Court to contest the Wimbledon final on Sunday. For the third time in...

Frank Schleck's firing leaves ******* Andy fuming Andy Schleck has blasted his own RadioShack-Leopard for firing his ******* Frank just before a diuretics ban was set to end. Leopard, the management company of RadioShack, announced on Thursday that Frank would not ride for them again this...

Bartoli wins maiden Slam against tearful Lisicki Marion Bartoli crushed a tearful Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4 to win the Wimbledon title, her first Grand Slam. In a battle of the underdogs Bartoli, ranked 15th, kept her composure as world number 24 Lisicki fell to pieces on Centre Court, the...

Vande Velde abandons Tour American Christian Vande Velde is out of the Tour de France after being involved in a crash early in the seventh stage. Organisers said Vande Velde withdrew following a mass pile-up after 11-km. He was one of Garmin-Sharp's top contenders along with fellow American...

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Order of play: Saturday July 6 The order of play for day 13 at Wimbledon, with Sabine Lisicki facing Marion Bartoli in the women's final. CENTRE COURT (1400 BST) Women's singles final 23-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) v 15-Marion Bartoli (France) Men's doubles final 1-Bob Bryan (U.S.)/Mike...

Beaten Janowicz still focused on cracking top 10 Jerzy Janowicz was beaten but not bowed after losing to second seed Andy Murray in the Wimbledon semi-finals. The Polish 24th seed stunned Murray by taking the opening set in a tiebreak but the Briton found a way to handle his monstrous serve...

Murray ready to learn from last year's Wimbledon final loss Andy Murray insists he is better prepared than 12 months ago to end a 77-year wait for a British men's winner at Wimbledon. Murray was beaten in straight sets by Roger Federer in last year's final and now takes on top seed Novak...

Djokovic beats Del Potro in epic to reach final In the end, an exhausted, sweat-soaked Djokovic could not stop himself from joining 15,000 hollering fans in giving Argentine warrior Del Potro a standing ovation after an epic display of courage and endurance. A contest that many feared would...

Inspired Murray ousts Janowicz to set up Djokovic showdown Andy Murray will play Novak Djokovic in the final at Wimbledon after a thrilling 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4 6-3 win over Polish giant Jerzy Janowicz. Murray lost a first-set tie-break against the 6'8" Janowicz, but the world number two from...

Unlikely Bartoli v Lisicki final a clash of styles A clash of styles featuring an unorthodox Frenchwoman and a smooth powerful German will play out when Marion Bartoli and Sabine Lisicki bid to etch their names on to the Wimbledon honours board on Saturday. Emerging unscathed from the chaos of...

Djokovic and Del Potro break new ground with longest semi Top seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro set a record for the longest semi-final ever played at Wimbledon on Friday as the Serb favourite eventually triumphed in the fifth set after four hours 43 minutes of scintillating...

Brit hope Edmund suffers semi-final heartbreak British teen Kyle Edmund has narrowly missed out on the Wimbledon boy’s singles final after a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Gianluigi Quinzi in the last four. Edmund, 18, embarked on an impressive run of form to reach the semi-finals but could not keep that...

Order of play: Friday July 5 The order of play for day 12 at Wimbledon, as both men's semi-finals take place on Centre Court. Wimbledon 2013 will be remembered as a tournament of shocks but unless giants Juan Martin del Potro and Jerzy Janowicz can chop Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray down to...

Lisicki beats Radwanska to reach first Grand Slam final Sabine Lisicki came out on top in a fluctuating three-set Centre Court epic to reach a maiden Grand Slam final as her bludgeoning ********* proved too much for the crafty Agnieszka Radwanska at Wimbledon on Thursday. The German, who...

Greipel wins as Impey moves into historic yellow Germany's Andre Greipel sprinted to success in stage six of the Tour de France in Montpellier as Daryl Impey became the first South African to take the leader's yellow jersey. German national champion Greipel benefited from a textbook lead-out...

Bartoli dismisses Flipkens to reach final Marion Bartoli barely had time to go through her full repertoire of mannerisms as she thrashed Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-2 on Thursday to reach her second Wimbledon final. The 15th seed from France sealed victory in 63 minutes, overwhelming Flipkens with...

Radioshack to end collaboration with Frank Schleck Frank Schleck's contract with Radioshack-Leopard will not be renewed in 2014, as the end of the Luxembourg rider's doping ban looms. Schleck is serving a one-year ban after failing a dope test for the diuretic Xipamide in last year's Tour de...

Britain's Edmund into junior semi-finals Britain’s Kyle Edmund reached the semi-finals of the boys’ singles at Wimbledon with a 4-6 6-1 6-3 victory over American Stefan Kozlov. Edmund, the fifth seed at his home Grand Slam, appeared to be in big trouble as he lost the opening set and proceeded...

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Order of play: Thursday July 4 The order of play for day 11 at Wimbledon, as both women's semi-finals take place on Centre Court. An improbable scenario that would have prompted a polite chuckle among tennis fans two weeks ago is set to play out on Thursday when Marion Bartoli, Kirsten...

Experience key as Murray mounts Wimbledon comeback Andy Murray is probably a little too old to be labelled the Comeback *** but as Sir Alex Ferguson watched on he produced the tennis equivalent of stoppage time winner. Murray was two sets down and heading out of Wimbledon against Fernando...

U-20 World Cup - Ghana stun Portugal, Iraq ***** continues Ghana beat Portugal 3-2 in an U20 World Cup thriller, while Iraq scored in extra time to oust Paraguay from the last 16. Ghana, known as the Black Satellites at junior level, had led for much of their second-round clash with Portugal...

Athletics - Pearson confident Worlds build-up is on track Australia's Sally Pearson is finding her rhythm again after returning from a hamstring injury and is confident she is on track to defend her sprint hurdles title at the World Championships next month, the Olympic champion said. The...

Storming Murray comeback secures Wimbledon semi place Andy Murray produced a stunning comeback to clinch his Wimbledon semi-final place after a five-set edge-of-your-seat thriller at the All England Club. The British number one had cruised through his first four matches at the Championships...

Snooker - China win snooker gold at Asian Indoor Games China's '***** Team' of Ding Junhui, Tian Pengfei and Liang Wenbo have won gold in the snooker at the Asian Indoor Games in Incheon, Korea. The professional trio were pushed all the way in the final though by India who fought from 2-0 down...

Injured Van den Broeck pulls out of Tour de France Belgian rider Jurgen Van den Broeck became the first high-profile casualty of this year's Tour de France when he pulled out injured before the sixth stage, his Lotto-Belisol team said on Thursday. A spokesman for the team told Reuters by...

Murray roars back to beat Verdasco in five Andy Murray came from two sets down to beat Fernando Verdasco 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-5 in a pulsating quarter-final on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Murray's hopes of ending Britain's 77-year wait for a men's Wimbledon champion were on the verge of being...

Robson, Murray and Djokovic battle for Twitter supremacy Dramatic knockouts and a surge in popularity for British teenager Laura Robson have sent activity on Twitter to new levels at the 2013 Wimbledon tennis championships as more players take to the twittersphere to boost their profiles...

Tough day in office for Garmin-Sharp Tour de France team Garmin-Sharp had a tough day in the office on Wednesday when two of their top riders crashed in the fifth stage. Canada's Ryder Hesjedal, the 2012 Giro d'Italia champion, hit the tarmac on the final climb some 15 kilometres from the...

Djokovic coasts into semi-finals, faces brave Del Potro Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro will meet in the Wimbledon semi-finals after contrasting straight-sets victories. Djokovic, the top seed and 2011 champion, came through a tough first set against former finalist Tomas Berdych...

Cavendish sprints to victory in Marseille Britain's Mark Cavendish secured the 24th Tour de France win of his career with victory in stage five in Marseille after a fast bunch sprint. The Omega Pharma-Quick Step sprinter avoided two big crashes in the closing moments of the stage to power home...

McEnroe enjoys new role as comedy fall guy John McEnroe was once the "bad boy" of Wimbledon, berating linesmen and umpires alike and famously screaming "You cannot be serious". The 54-year-old silver fox had a new role on Thursday as comedy fall guy to Iranian Mansour Bahrami in the...

Order of play: Wednesday July 3 The order of play for day 10 at Wimbledon, featuring all four mens' quarter-finals. Centre Court (1300 UK time) 4-David Ferrer (ESP) v 8-Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v 2-Andy Murray (GBR) Court One (1300 UK time) 1-Novak Djokovic...

Flipkens defies doctor's orders to light up Wimbledon It is just as well Kirsten Flipkens is not one to follow doctors' orders. If she had, her career would have been long over - not once but twice. The bespectacled Belgian proved that it was the doctors, and not she, who were short-sighted as...

U-20 World Cup - Sanogo strikes in France win, Spain come back for victory Arsenal new boy Yaya Sanogo was on target as France breezed past hosts Turkey 4-1 in the last 16 of the U-20 World Cup. The French had few problems in progressing to a quarter-final against Uzbekistan, who overcame...

Leg-weary Radwanska in relaxed state of mind Good shoes, a relaxed mind after negotiating a perilous tournament for top seeds and her experience 12 months ago are standing Agnieska Radwanska in good stead for a tilt at another run to the Wimbledon final. The Pole eked every last sinew of...

Flipper Flipkens knocks out Kvitova to reach semis Bespectacled Belgian outsider Kirsten Flipkins threw her name into the hat of Wimbledon's giant-slayers as she beat 2011 champion Petra Kvitova 4-6 6-3 6-4 on a floodlit Centre Court to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday. Kvitova had...