A sore back forced Serena Williams to forfeit her Rome WTA semi-final, leaving 8th seed Lin Na to play defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final.
Japan is again the Asian Five Nations rugby union champion after a 57-0 rout of Hong Kong.
Quade Cooper has enjoyed an impressive Super Rugby return in Queensland's 34-20 win over the Lions at Suncorp Stadium.
England's cricketers have firm control of the first Test against the West Indies at Lord's after a top-order collapse in the tourists' second innings.
An increasingly confident Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic have overrun Canterbury Tactix 65-42 in a trans-Tasman netball league whitewash in Christchurch.
The first all-Edinburgh Scottish Cup football final since 1896 has been won by Hearts, 5-1 over Hibernian.
Dani Pedrosa will start from pole position in the French MotoGP after pipping Honda team-mate and world champion Casey Stoner in qualifying at Le Mans.
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