semi finals

British No1 Andy Murray will play Slovakia’s Karol Beck in the first round of the Australian Open after the draw was made on Thursday

Bayern Munich have no plans to sell midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger despite rumoured interest from Chelsea and Manchester United

Roger Federer, when prompted to comment on seeking revenge against Novak Djokovic for his US Open loss, asserted that he wasn’t “a revenge kind of guy,” but it wasn’t convincing

The race is on, and the scramble for those prestigious eight places at the World Tour Finals in London’s O2 at the end of November is becoming more frenetic by the week

While the cat’s away, the rest of the women’s tour will play. And the biggest reward has come to the beaming Caroline Wozniacki

Tennis can be a cruel mistress. Just ask Nikolay Davydenko

Thierry Henry may have denied Ireland the chance to shine at the World Cup in South Africa this summer but at the under-17 female equivalent in Trinidad and Tobago the Irish girls are injecting pride back into the nation

enus Williams progressed into the last four at the US Open after overcoming French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7-5) 6-4

It has taken almost three days, but the first round of the men’s draw at the US Open is complete

Tottenham Hotspur must beat Swiss side Young Boys if they are to qualify for the Champions League group stage

Andy Roddick says he is “feeling great” in the build-up to the US Open despite an early Wimbledon exit affecting his schedule

Urugyay striker Diego Forlán has insisted his team are ready to face the Netherlands in the first of the World Cup semi-finals tonight

Russia’s Vera Zvonareva came from a set down to beat unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova and reach her first Grand Slam singles final

The head of the Italian football association is confident Andrea Pirlo will recover from a calf injury in time for the knock-out stages of the World Cup

He is the defending champion, number one in the world, and the top seed

Ian Holloway is close to sealing Blackpool’s return to the top flight in 41 years