Rafa Nadal crushed Andy Murray's Wimbledon dream in the semi-finals for the second successive year with an emphatic 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory on Friday.
Novak Djokovic reached his first Wimbledon final and guaranteed himself the No 1 ranking by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-3 Friday in a match filled with diving shots by both players on Centre Court.
The Williams sisters are still a force to be reckoned with despite early exits from Wimbledon, nine-times champion Martina Navratilova said.
Asafa Powell took advantage of Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay's absence to run the fastest 100 metres this year at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday.
Favourite Maria Sharapova served 13 double faults in just 87 minutes yet still set up a Wimbledon final against Petra Kvitova after beating Sabine Lisicki 6-4 6-3 in an error-strewn semi-final on Thursday.
The NBA is locking out its players at midnight on Thursday as last-ditch negotiations for a new labor deal collapsed, sending the league into its first work stoppage in 13 years.
Former Brazil striker Renato Portaluppi and fans were in tears on Thursday as he quit his beloved club Gremio after poor results this year.
Hosts Argentina feel it is their "obligation" to win the Copa America with a team built around Lionel Messi.
Brazil's Neymar (R) and Alexandre Pato attend a training session in Los Cardales, June 29, 2011, ahead of the Copa America soccer tournament.
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shredded the Wimbledon script with a devastating fightback to knock six-times champion Roger Federer out on Wednesday and clinch a semi-final showdown against Novak Djokovic.
A national red sports meeting with 14 events, mainly fun games, was held from June 26-28 in a bid to commemorate CPC's revolutionary days.
The mayhem that swept River Plate's Monumental stadium following the famed team's relegation to Argentina's second division also threatens the future of club president Daniel Passarella and the upcoming Copa America.