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Former champion Ivanovic sent packing as favourites continue to fall at Roland Garros

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneFormer champion Ana Ivanovic has been sent crashing out of the French Open today as tournament favourites continue to crack in Paris.

and sealed a place in the next round.Action continues at Roland Garros tomorrow as Great Britain's Andy

Murray finishes his suspended game against German Philipp Kohlschreiber with the pair tied at 7-7 in


Top three women's seeds out of French Open as Radwanska becomes latest victim to fall

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneThe script has well and truly been torn to pieces in this year's French Open as third seed Agnieszka Radwanska was sent packing by up and coming Croat Ajla Tomljanovic in their third round encounter in Paris.

top seed Rafael Nadal as he looks to add a ninth French Open title to his collection.Great Britain's Andy

Murray will also be in action alongside David Ferrer, Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic and Simona Halep.Contact


Normality restored on day five of French Open as favourites progress to third round

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneFollowing days of turbulence at the French Open, resulting in the toppling of the number one and two women's seeds and number three men's seed, a brief sense of normality was restored today as all seeds within the top ten progressed without a hiccup.

on clay this year and is setting himself up as a good outsider in this year's tournamentBritish hope Andy

Murray made it through his second round tie at a mere canter as he washed away Australian world number


Froome slams UCI for lack of drugs testing at Tour de France training camp

  • Cycling

By Nick ButlerGreat Britain's Tour de France champion Chris Froome has criticised the International Cycling Union (UCI) for not subjecting either himself or other top cyclists to any out-of-competition drug tests while at a training camp in Tenerife.

Froome to bring about more concrete change follows similarly public calls by leading tennis players Andy

Murray and Roger Federer to introduce more rigorous drug testing in their sport in recent years.The


Defending French Open champion Serena Williams slumps to second round defeat

  • Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianDefending champion Serena Williams has slumped to a shock straight sets defeat in the second round of the French Open.

defending men's champion Rafael Nadal of Spain facing Austrian Dominic Thiem on Philippe Chatrier.Britain's Andy

Murray faces Australian Marinko Matosevic and Frenchman Gail Monfils will play German Jan-Lennard Struff.In


Former champion Li Na crashes out of French Open in first round

  • Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianFormer champion Li Na has suffered a shock defeat at the hands of France's Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the French Open.

set, with Errani eventually showing her class in a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 victory.Two-time Grand Slam champion Andy

Murray dropped a set on his way to beating Andrey Golubev ©Getty ImagesIn the men's draw, Spain's David

Ferrer won 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in his tie against Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands.Britain's Andy Murray was


Shock defeat for Wawrinka in opening round of French Open

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneAustralian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka has fallen at the first hurdle in France after a shock defeat by Guillermo Garcia-López saw the first big casualty at Roland Garros.

David Ferer of Spain will begin his challenge against the Netherlands' Igor Sijsling, with Britain's Andy

Murray up against Kazakh Andrey Golubev.Second seed in the women's contest, China's Li Na, will open


Glasgow to host 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards at SSE Hydro

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonThe BBC has announced the SSE Hydro in Glasgow will play host to its annual Sports Personality of the Year awards night on December 14.

Andy Murray was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2013 after his historic win at Wimbledon

for the 10-strong shortlist which will be revealed a few weeks before the awards ceremony.Scotland's Andy

Murray picked up the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2013 after becoming the first British man

who had won the award in 2010.Commenting on the news that the ceremony will take place in Glasgow, Murray



International Premier Tennis League opener moved to Manila because of Bangkok unrest

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneThe first leg of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) has been moved from Bangkok to Manila in the Philippines following the ongoing political unrest in Thailand.

world have committed to play in the league, including world number one Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy

Murray, Thomas Berdych, Wilfired Tsonga, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline


Former British number one tennis player Baltacha dies from cancer aged 30

  • Tennis

By Nick ButlerElena Baltacha, the former British number one tennis player and London 2012 Olympian, has died from liver cancer at the age of 30.

along with a host of British tennis stars of the past and present including reigning Wimbledon champion Andy

Murray, Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Baltacha's former teammates Anne Keothavong and Heather Watson


Wimbledon increases prize money to £25 million, with early round losers to gain most

  • Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianApril 29 - Players knocked out in the early rounds of this year's Wimbledon Championships will see a steep increase in prize money, organisers have announced.

($2.95 million/€2.13 million), compared to £1.6 million ($2.6 million/€1.9 million) last year.Andy Murray

from next year.The 2014 Wimbledon Championships are due to be held from June 23 to July 6.Britain's Andy

Murray is the defending men's singles champion, with Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli not defending her singles


Royal Mail to release range of special stamps to coincide with Glasgow 2014

  • Collecting and Heritage News

By Nick ButlerApril 17 - Royal Mail will issue a range of special Commonwealth Games stamps in July to mark the start of Glasgow 2014, it has been announced.

produced by Royal Mail in recent years to mark British sporting achievements, including last summer when Andy

Murray became the first British tennis player to win the Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936.All

the stamps have been created by Dutch illustrator Nanette Hoogslag, based on original photography by Andy

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesAugust 2013: Royal Mail issue Andy

Murray stamps to mark historic Wimbledon victory


Nick Butler: The importance of battling on when ill in sport and work

  • Inside the Blogs

the national game has largely remained in the doldrums.The one exception to this has been the rise of Andy

Murray who cast away the "plucky Brit" moniker to triumph at London 2012 and the US Open.before last

semi-final against either Kazakhstan or Switzerland to come.Unfortunately reality then struck.First Andy

at the hands of Italy in their Davis Cup quarter final despite the best efforts of a virus-stricken Andy

better result than the British Davis Cup tennis team against Italy, learning from the determination of Andy