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Murray wins late-night thriller

Andy Murray earns a dramatic floodlit five-set win over Stanislas Wawrinka in Wimbledon’s latest finish.
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Williams sisters head for familiar final tussle

LONDON (Reuters) – Sisters Venus and Serena Williams will go into Tuesday’s quarter-finals increasingly confident of setting up a fourth family showdown in the Wimbledon final.

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Federer sweeps into quarter-final

Five-time champion Roger Federer is in sublime form on Centre Court as he defeats Robin Soderling 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
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Fun the name of the game for Roddick

LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Roddick has long had to deal with questions over his ability to add to his one and only grand slam success, but the American admits to reveling in his progress at Wimbledon this year.

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Live – Murray v Wawrinka

Andy Murray is locked in a tense battle with Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka on Centre Court.
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French Open final repeat up next for Federer

LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Federer will have happy memories of his last encounter with Swede Robin Soderling at Roland Garros and will be hoping for a similar outcome when he opens the play on Wimbledon’s Center Court on Monday.

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Live – Wimbledon

Andy Murray will take on Stanislas Wawrinka for a quarter-final place, as the men’s and women’s fourth-round matches are completed on day seven at Wimbledon.
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Brazil fight back to sink U.S. in Confederations Cup final

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Holders Brazil fought back from 2-0 down with three second-half goals to beat the United States 3-2 and win the Confederations Cup for the third time in an entertaining final Sunday.

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SA’s Burger handed eight-week ban

South Africa flanker Schalk Burger receives an eight-week bam for eye-gouging, while his team-mate Bakkies Botha is banned for two weeks.
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Bolt and Fraser take 100M victory

Olympic 100-metre champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Usain Bolt confirmed their readiness for this summer’s 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin by posting world leading times in the blue riband event on day two of the Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships at the National Stadium last night.
Running in lane three, Fraser exploded from the blocks to [...]