Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic eased into the second round at Wimbledon with a minmum of fuss. Federer provided a masterclass in grass-court tennis in overpowering the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, while Novak Djokovic made light work of the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. Joining the second and third seeds in the second round were three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick, 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt.
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 22 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Wimbledon 2011 Day 3 - Order of play. Play on all courts gets underway at 1200 BST except for Centre Court and Court One, where play begins at 1300 BST. Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Venus Williams are all in action on Day Three of Wimbledon 2011. There have been few surprises so far at the All England Club as the top seeds in the men's and women's draw eased through into the second round.
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André Villas-Boas has resigned as FC Porto coach and will be installed as the next Chelsea manager once his €15m (£13.3m) release clause is paid by the Stamford Bridge club, the Portuguese club announced this morning.
Afternoon folks. The wind is blowing but the sun is out, just, and we should see some action in SW19 this afternoon. Roger Federer is in action against Mikhail Kukushkin on Centre Court in a little under half an hour. Follow the live coverage below:
Craig Kieswetter and Samit Patel have both been included in England's limited-overs squads for the upcoming one-day and Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Tuesday.
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After the driest spring in over a century, weather forecasters have predicted that rain will blight much of the 125th year of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
Alex McLeish's first task as Aston Villa manager will be to sanction the £15m move of England international Ashley Young to Manchester United, according to the Daily Mail. McLeish is resigned to losing the 25-year-old after Villa owner Randy Lerner verbally agreed to let the player join United.
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 21 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
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Wimbledon Day 2 - Order of play. Play on all courts gets underway at 1200 BST except for Centre Court and Court One, where play begins at 1300 BST. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will look to follow Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray into the second round of Wimbledon 2011 when they begin their respective campaigns this afternoon.
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A busy window is set to continue at Anfield as Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish continues to add to his major spending in the January transfer window.
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Barcelona appear to have beaten Manchester United to the signature of Alexis Sanchez, the Chilean winger is expected to complete a £32m move to the European champions from Udinese this week.
United will instead complete the £17m transfer of Ashley Young from Aston Villa, subject to the 25-year-old agreeing personal terms this week.
FC Porto manager André Villas-Boas is on the verge of becoming the new Chelsea manager, according to reports in Portugal.
Chelsea have been linked with a £40m bid for Barcelona striker David Villa.
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 20 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Wimbledon Day 1 - Order of play. Number one seed Rafael Nadal will begin the defence of his Wimbledon title against American Michael Russell at one o'clock this afternoon. The world number one has been drawn in the opposite half of the draw to Roger Federer, increasing the likelihood of another final between the great rivals.
Number one seed Rafael Nadal will begin the defence of his Wimbledon title against American Michael Russell and has been drawn in the opposite half of the draw to Roger Federer, increasing the likelihood of another final between the great rivals.
An additional 2.3 million tickets to the 2012 Olympics will be available from next Friday, the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) said today.
A superb first round score of six under has put Rory Mcilroy at the top of the leader board at the end of play of day one at the 111th Us Open
Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o has indicated that he would consider a move to the Premier League this summer.
Manchester United are set to offer Tottenham £18m plus Dimitar Berbatov in their quest to land Croatian midfielder Luka Modric
Britain's Andy Murray will face world number 56 Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round of Wimbledon. The tournament gets under way on Monday 20 June, with the women's final to be played on Saturday 2 July and the men's the following day.
When does the Premier League 2011/12 season start? The start date for the 2011/12 Barclays Premier League is Saturday 13 August 2011, the full list of fixtures was released today.