Michael Phelps stormed to victory in the men’s 200m freestyle swimming, claiming his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing Olympics.
Phelps, 23, finished nearly two seconds ahead of South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan in a time of one minute 42.96 seconds. The American owned the previous record of 1:43.86 and now has a [...]

China delivered a stunning performance in front of a packed crowd to claim the men’s team gymnastics gold in Beijing.
The host nation scored 286.125 points to regain the Olympic crown they won in 2000 and push defending champions Japan into second place. The Americans had been in the silver medal position until the final two [...]

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro swept past Andy Roddick in Los Angeles to win his third consecutive tournament.
Del Potro, 19, broke the American’s first two service games and powered on for a 6-1 7-6 (7-2) victory.
The 6ft 6in teenager won back-to-back clay titles in Stuttgart and Kitzbuhel last month and dominated against Roddick on the [...]

After having a race win snatched from him at the last hurdle in Hungary, Felipe Massa concedes a driver needs more than a good car and skill to win a title, he needs luck.
Having overtaken both McLaren drivers at the start of the race, the Brazilian was just three laps away from victory and a [...]

England sealed a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start as Test captain.
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 123 as England looked set to cruise to the 197 needed for the consolation win. Cook departed for a fluent 67, but Ian Bell [...]

The chief of the Premier League says he would be willing to subject Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra to the fit and proper person test. Thaksin faces corruption charges in Thailand and a warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court in Bangkok on Monday.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore [...]

Manchester United needed a penalty shoot-out to capture the Community Shield despite producing a dominant display against Portsmouth at Wembley. They beat their rivals 3-1 on penalties after the match ended 0-0 in regulation time.
Pompey failed to score three of their four spot-kicks to hand victory to Sir Alex Ferguson’s side. United had completely controlled [...]

Michael Phelps remains on track for a record eight Olympic titles as the American 4×100m freestyle swimming team rallied to notch a thrilling victory.
The US team broke the world record with a time of 3:08.24, beating France into silver, while Australia took bronze.
The 23-year-old Phelps maintained his own excellent form, but the team had to [...]

Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal was tested in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles as Italy’s Potito Starace took him to three sets. The second seed needed a deciding third set to eventually beat the 71st-ranked Italian 6-2 3-6 6-2.
It was the fifth time Starace had played Nadal and the first time he had [...]

England require 197 to win the final Test at The Oval after heavy rain ended day four prematurely with them on 0-0. The third day was also washed out with only 17 overs possible.
A comfortable consolation win looked likely as South Africa lost Hashim Amla (76) in the third full over to stand three down [...]