Seven-time champion Roger Federer survived a scare as he fought back from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic of Croatia in an epic semi-final encounter at Wimbledon today.

World number two Andy Murray also needed five sets to reach the last four as he overcame Frenchman Jo-Wilfried

to the semi-finals after he overcame tricky Frenchman Lucas Pouille 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.Berdych will face Murray

Murray, seeking his second Wimbledon crown, was installed as the favourite following Djokovic's shock

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, aka SPOTY, is still some six months away yet the London bookmakers William Hill have already installed the Olympic and International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua as 4-1 favourite to pick up the gong.

certainly box a bit.But how on earth can he be already in pole position with the Olympics still to come, Andy

Murray in hot pursuit of his second Wimbledon title - and hey, what about Welsh footballer Gareth Bale

England striker Jamie Vardy is second favourite at 5/1 with Real Madrid and Wales hero Bale at 9/1.Murray

Tennis legends Roger Federer and Serena Williams cruised into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon today as the second week began with a busy day of last 16 matches.

of the absence of world number one Novak Djokovic after his shock defeat last week.World number two Andy

Murray now appears his biggest threat, as the home player cruised past Australia's Nick Kyrgios 7-5,

We seem to have spent most of the last year writing continually about what is wrong with sport. Doping and corruption, mostly, as well as the various problems stalling preparations for Rio 2016, which have faced another setback this week after a dead body was found floating ominously close to the Copacabana Bay beach volleyball venue.

Many people had come to watch Andy Murray, Britain’s world number two and best tennis player since the

vanquished, there was a spontaneous, if slightly restrained, celebrations, as people comprehended that Murray

How long will the lyrics of "Three Lions" need updating? The "30 years of hurt" referred to in the Skinner/Baddiel/Lightning Seeds song that was an aural backdrop to the 1996 European football Championships are about to become "50 years of hurt" - and counting - as the anniversary of those fabled 1966 World Cup finals, in which England claimed the trophy on home soil, falls this Sunday.

Looking at this year’s Wimbledon tourmanent, for instance, home darling Andy Murray seems to have had

Defending champion Serena Williams of the United States safely progressed to round four and Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came through a marathon contest 19-17 in the fifth set of his men's singles encounter as matches were held on middle Sunday for the first time since 2004.

2016 Olympic Games following a row with Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller, will go up against Britain's Andy

Murray in round four tomorrow after he beat Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.Kyrgios came through with a 6-3

, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 triumph and admits world number two Murray is now the favourite for the title following

Sam Querrey of the United States produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of Wimbledon as he stunned defending champion Novak Djokovic with a four-set victory to reach the fourth round.

and ended a 30-match Grand Slam winning streak.It also opens up the men's draw and leaves Britain's Andy

Murray as the favourite for the title.The world number two remained coy when news of Djokovic's defeat

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Slovakia's Jana Cepelova secured the shock result with a dominant performance ©Getty ImagesBritain's Andy

Murray eased into the men's third round with a straight sets win ©Getty ImagesAndy Murray will now face

French Open champion Garbine Muguruza fell to a shock second round defeat at Wimbledon after being comfortably beaten by Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova in the women’s second round at the All-England Club today.

battling past the home favourite 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.There was home success in the men’s draw after Britain’s Andy

Murray eased to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 win over Chinese Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu, who had ended Murray’s challenge

Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki made a first round exit from Wimbledon after falling to a straight sets defeat to Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova at the All-England Club today.

’s Daniela Hantuchová 7-5, 6-2, as she looks to reach the third round for the first time since 2012.Andy

Murray beat fellow Briton Liam Broady to get his pursuit of a second Wimbledon title underway ©Getty

ImagesAn all-British battle entertained centre court as 2013 men’s champion Andy Murray clashed with

Liam Broady, the world number 235.Unsurprisingly, second seeded Murray eased past his compatriot as

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2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray progressed with a straight sets victory over compatriot Liam Broady

©Getty ImagesFans gathered on Murray Mount to watch the action on the big screen ©Getty ImagesTop women's

Defending champion Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fifth consecutive Grand Slam title by sweeping aside Britain's James Ward as world number 772 Marcus Willis delighted the home crowd with a remarkable display to reach round two at Wimbledon today.

France.The third Grand Slam of the Canada year continues tomorrow as home favourite and world number two Andy

Murray gets his campaign up and running against fellow Brit Liam Broady.

Novak Djokovic will be aiming to move one step closer to a first calendar Grand Slam in 47 years and win a fourth men's singles title when Wimbledon begins tomorrow.

calendar Grand Slam, an achievement only managed three times in the sport's history.Ward's fellow Briton Andy

Murray appears Djokovic's only serious rival after losing to the Serb in the final of the French Open.Murray

first round in the same half as Djokovic.His fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka could lie in wait for Murray

Rio 2016 has officially unveiled the Athletes’ Village for this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of the first athlete arrivals next month.

confirmed they will not stay at the Village include reigning Olympic men's singles tennis champion Andy

Murray of Britain.It was confirmed in April that the United States' basketball teams will stay on one

The International Tennis Federation today announced that its 2017 Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in Ho Chi Minh City.

changes for the ITF’s international team competitions, the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup.Britain's Judy Murray

Torben Ulrich and Belgium's Luc Vandaele.An additional award was approved for Great Britain’s Judy Murray

, the mother of world number two and Olympic gold medallist Andy, following a nomination by the ITF Coaches