One of the best things about Andy Murray having won grand slams, the Olympics – and indeed BBC Sports

And Murray has described as “a little bit hypocritical” the fact that players are not allowed to be

alleged misdeeds in world sport have been carefully timed to coincide with the tournament in which Murray

“I was never warned about it when I first came onto the tour when I was about 18,” he added.Andy Murray

Swiss International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Denis Oswald has questioned the involvement of betting companies in the sponsoring of tournaments following the latest allegations of match-fixing in tennis.

Britain's world number two Andy Murray claimed yesterday there is a contradiction between players not

Denis Oswald was speaking following criticisms voiced by world number two Andy Murray ©Getty ImagesWilliam

Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal of Spain crashed out of the Australian Open today as he suffered a first-round exit following a five-set defeat to compatriot Fernando Verdasco in Melbourne.

phase thanks to winning the final set of his match with Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 13-11.Olympic champion Andy

Murray, the second seed and a four-time Australian Open runner up, cruised through in straight sets

in the wake of the match-fixing allegations which have rocked the sport, Britain's world number two Andy

Murray has warned.

“I think it’s a little bit hypocritical, really," Murray said after winning his first round match against

William Hill are the "official betting partner" of the Australian Open - a relationship Andy Murray finds

vulnerable international sport to betting-related fraud through match manipulation.The 28-year-old Murray

Novak Djokovic and Ivana Spanovic have been named as the male and female athletes of the year by the Serbian Olympic Committee.

three out of the four Grand Slam tournaments on offer.He kicked off the year by beating Britain’s Andy

Murray in the final of the Australian Open, with his defence of that title starting this week, and

World number one Novak Djokovic will begin his campaign for a record sixth Australian Open title when he takes on South Korean talent Hyeon Chung in the first round at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne tomorrow.

players.”Should the seedings prove accurate, the Serbian star would meet Britain’s number two seed Andy

Murray in the final for the fourth time in six years.The London 2012 Olympic champion will begin his

The player at the centre of an eligibility row that led to the New Zealand men’s football team being expelled from the Olympic qualifying tournament at the Pacific Games in Port Moresby has been cleared to represent his country.

that it would not be launching an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and chief executive Andy

encounter.They went on to play Fiji in the final later that same day, losing 4-3 on penalties at the Sir Hubert Murray

Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have been installed as top seeds for this month's Australian Open.

pair to beat in the men's and women's singles.Twenty-eight-year-old Serbian Djokovic beat Britain's Andy

Murray in four sets to win the 2015 tournament, a success which saw him add to four previous wins in

name, with the clay-court French Open remaining as the one Grand Slam to elude him.Olympic champion Murray

Australia Green survived a scare to reach the final of the Hopman Cup thanks to a dramatic 2-1 victory over France at the Perth Arena. 

4, 2-6, 11-9 success over Kenny De Schepper and Caroline Garcia.Kyrgios, who beat world number two Andy

Murray earlier in the tournament, seen as a warm-up for the Australian Open in Melbourne later this

bring it home.”Australia's victory denied Britain the chance to compete for the title as the team of Murray

impressive 6-3, 6-4 success against world number 32 Sabine Lisicki, before two-time Grand Slam champion Murray

Controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios stunned world number two Andy Murray as Australia Green clinched

first-ever win over the Briton.The 20-year-old, considered one of the rising talents in Australia, broke Murray

the third game of the match before going on to seal the first set 6-4.Two-times Grand Slam winner Murray

lead by securing the opening set 6-2, but again Britain kept themselves in the match as Watson and Murray

“I actually did promise a couple of my friends that next time I played Andy, I was going to beat him

World number one Serena Williams was forced to retire from her Hopman Cup match through injury as her American team suffered defeat to Australia Gold in Group A at the Perth Arena.

Veselý and Pliskova thrashed the Ukrainian duo 6-3, 6-1 in the mixed doubles contest.World number two Andy

Murray is due to headline tomorrow’s action as he takes on controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios, given

Britain’s Andy Murray and Heather Watson battled to victory in their opening Hopman Cup match after

World number two Murray, who guided Britain to their first Davis Cup triumph since 1936 in November,

to defeat their British counterparts in the mixed doubles event, despite winning the second set, as Murray

the tournament, which serves as a key warm-up event ahead of the Australian Open later this month, Murray

I'm going to fly home,” Murray said."

Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova secured victories on the opening day of the Hopman Cup as the Australian Green team made an impressive start at the Perth Arena.

take on the United States’ Jack Sock and Serena Williams tomorrow’s Group A tie, before Britain’s Andy

Murray and Heather Watson meet France’s Caroline Garcia and Kenny De Schepper in Group B.

The Sports Journalists Association, of which I am a member, have withdrawn their invitation to the new world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to attend their annual awards and one presumes any votes already cast for him to be their Sportsman of the Year will be discounted.

fingers will be poised over the bleep button.Although initially established as third favourite behind Andy

Murray and Jessica Ennis-Hill,  Fury’s odds have lengthened, albeit marginally.

Olympic and world long jump champion Greg Rutherford has criticised "out-dated and derogatory comments" made by fellow BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award nominee and new world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury regarding homosexuality.

Lucy Bronze and Mo Farah are among the contenders for the award.The list is completed by tennis star Andy

Murray, who won the 2013 edition, swimmer Adam Peaty, rugby league player Kevin Sinfield, gymnast