Roger Federer uncharacteristically failed to nail two match points as Dominic Thiem stunned the top seed on the grass in the rain-disrupted Stuttgart semi-finals yesterday.

Defending champion Andy Murray will start his bid for a record fifth Queen’s Club title with a first round tie against former finalist Nicolas Mahut.

Nuwan Pradeep took three wickets and did some serious damage to a couple of England careers as Sri Lanka fought hard to avoid a series whitewash in the third Test at Lord’s yesterday.

Opener KL Rahul became the first Indian to hit a century on one-day international debut as he secured a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first ODI at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Missing inspirational World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm, Germany begin Euro 2016 against Ukraine today with major doubts over whether they can reach the heights of Brazil two years ago.

Dimitri Payet left the field in tears of joy after scoring the sensational last-gasp goal in France’s 2-1 win over Romania to launch their European Championship campaign in style on Friday.

When the France-Romania match ended, the Eiffel Tower was lit up with the colours of the French flag.

Lionel Messi scored a magical hat-trick in 19 minutes as Argentina cruised into the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals with a 5-0 rout of Panama on Friday.

Arturo Vidal scored a controversial penalty deep into injury time as holders Chile snatched a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bolivia to keep their Copa America Centenario campaign alive on Friday.

Daniel Berger stormed to the top of the FedEx St. Jude Classic leaderboard with the lowest score of the week, a six-under-par 64 in Friday’s second round, though the ominous figure of golfing heavyweight Phil Mickelson was in hot pursuit.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth and fellow Americans Zach Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau will form an eye-catching grouping for the first two rounds of next week’s US Open in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

England continued their revival under Eddie Jones with a deserved 39-28 victory over an ill-disciplined Australia side to claim their first ever win in Brisbane and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series yesterday.