Serena wary of Riske factor at Wimbledon
The 37-year-old seven-time champion is moving into something resembling her best form after an unconvincing first week
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‘My goal is to win Wimbledon,’ says teen Gauff after Venus shock
The teenage American, who was not even born when Williams won her first two Wimbledon singles titles, showed not an ounce of fear on Court One
Take a header at dementia
It seems logical that football is linked to the illness but a researcher says it’s not that clear-cut
Serena Williams seeded for Wimbledon, Murray misses out
The 36-year-old — who was not seeded for the French Open — has made only a tentative return to action
Champions League: Barca, United manage great escapes
Barcelona and fellow former Champions League winners Manchester United had to draw on all their class to come from behind and claim home wins.
SA men to run Olympics 4x400m relay final
South Africa’s men’s 4x400m relay team will run in the London Olympics final after a successful appeal for reinstatement following a dramatic crash.
Spirited Gunners’ slip out of Champions League race
Arsenal have been knocked out of the Champions League after AC Milan held on and prevented them from completing a memorable comeback.
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Wales’ Gatland plans to keep it simple
Wales coach Warren Gatland says his team must keep things simple if they are to progress to being an outstanding team against Scotland.
Barca and Arsenal hit by late equalisers
Barcelona and Arsenal both missed victory in their opening matches of the Champions League group stages as late goals left them with draws.
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United and Barca cruise into last four
Manchester United and Barcelona wrapped up their places in the Champions League semifinals on Tuesday by beating Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Inter defeat adds to Italian misery, United held
Italian football’s Champions League fortunes suffered a further blow on Wednesday as holders Inter Milan could not stem the tide of home defeats.
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Chelsea win, Real held in Champions League
Jose Mourinho’s dreams of landing the Champions League for a third time as a coach remained firmly alive after Real Madrid secured a 1-1 against Lyon.
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Moment of truth for Monty
Colin Montgomerie insists that should Europe regain the Ryder Cup it will not mean anything on a personal level for him
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Tiger likes to ‘chat while he plays’
American golfing greats Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson may be Ryder Cup teammates but they will never be friends.
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Problems to sort out for Ryder Cup captains
Ryder Cup captains Corey Pavin of the US and his European counterpart, Colin Montgomerie face as tough a task now as they did as players.
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William Webb Ellis: Innovator of rugby or fraud?
The Duke of Wellington may have said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the fields of Eton College, but more surely the game of rugby was founded on the fields of another British public rugby school appropriately called Rugby. And who is to blame for that? An Englishman called William Webb Ellis, who — horrors of horrors for the English — is buried in the town of Menton in the south of France.
