Andy Murray and defending champion Stan Wawrinka set up a mouthwatering French Open semi-final duel yesterday as Novak Djokovic became the first player to smash the $100 million prize money barrier.

Coach Magnus Norman gives full credit to his grand slam-winning pupil Stan Wawrinka for the world-class success enjoyed by the Swiss over the past few seasons.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Aegon championships at Queen’s Club, the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event, due to the wrist injury that forced the Spaniard to leave the French Open last week.

Another defeated player added his voice to the growing criticism of the organisers of the French Open after bowing out of the rain-plagued tournament two days after his match had been scheduled to start.

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen says he has learned from his Monaco Grand Prix crash, with the first lesson being to stay away from walls and barriers.

Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi literally coasted to victory at the Brickyard in the 100th running of the race on Sunday but his triumph was anything but worry free.

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes snatched victory from under the noses of Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull in Monaco .

All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams has spurned lucrative moves to France as well as a return to Australian rugby league in favour of signing a new deal to stay in New Zealand until after the 2019 World Cup.

Ex-world champion Wladimir Klitschko says he has ‘suffered like a dog’ since losing to Tyson Fury, but has vowed to humble the controversial British heavyweight in next month’s rematch.

Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim will be up against home hero and World Indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi and Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko, world champion in Moscow 2013, at today’s Diamond League meet in Rome.

Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar yesterday backed England skipper Alastair Cook to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket’s all-time leading run-scorer.

England’s Lydia Greenway, a four-time Ashes winner and two-time world champion, announced her retirement from international cricket yesterday.