Once the immediate euphoria of winning Wimbledon for a second time had subsided, the tears flowing down Andy Murray’s face bore testament to the sheer relief surging through his body.

Force India principal Vijay Mallya hailed a big step forward for his Silverstone-based Formula One team on Sunday even if their main focus of development has shifted to next year’s car.

World champion Lewis Hamilton will head to the Hungarian Grand Prix in a fortnight knowing that he can overhaul Mercedes teammate and fierce rival Nico Rosberg in their title battle.

Mike Montgomery’s first major-league pitch at Kauffman Stadium – a sizzling 93-mph fastball, delivered in 91-degree heat at 1:32pm Central time Sunday – was thrown with as much cool as he could muster in such suffocating humidity.

Jason Day is unconcerned about the threat being posed to his status as world number one by Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy — for the Australian it is all about “conquering my ego”.

Sweden’s Alex Noren will head to the British Open in the best possible form after capturing the Scottish Open title in Inverness on Sunday.

Bayern Munich’s new coach Carlo Ancelotti said yesterday he would stick to his predecessor Pep Guardiola’s offensive strategy for the Bundesliga giants, pledging to “try to win every competition”.

Sam Allardyce will be interviewed for the England job this week and offered the chance to convince the Football Association he is better suited for the role than Jurgen Klinsmann, the other leading candidate in a process the people in charge hope to finalise within the next two weeks.

Injured NBA star Andrew Bogut was yesterday included in Australia’s 12-man basketball squad for the Rio Olympics, along with San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills.

San Antonio Spurs star power forward Tim Duncan yesterday announced his retirement after 19 seasons in the NBA, ending a glittering career that included five National Basketball Association championships and 15 All-Star Game appearances.

UEFA on Monday named French forward and tournament top scorer Antoine Griezmann as the best player of Euro 2016, a day after the hosts' 1-0 final defeat to Portugal.

Central Lisbon was taken over by dancing fans, faces painted red, green and yellow and waving national flags after Portugal's stunning win over France in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday.