Mark Meadows

Fulham winger Alex Kacaniklic sealed a 2-1 Premier League win at high-flying West Bromwich Albion to end a sorry run of results for the Londoners.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton produced a monumental drive to take his second win of the season in the German Formula One Grand Prix.

Roger Federer suffered his second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal exit after Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made an extraordinary comeback.

Rafa Nadal sealed a record-equalling sixth French Open title with a 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 win over Roger Federer on Sunday.

Reports of Roger Federer’s demise were as wide of the mark Rafa Nadal’s own prediction he was not playing well enough to win a sixth title.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso feels Michael Schumacher could be his biggest threat in the 2011 Formula One season.

The chinks in Inter Milan’s armour were exposed again by Gareth Bale in Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-1 Champions League win on Tuesday.

A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in Italy.

Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton is certain the in-fighting affecting rivals Red Bull could never happen at McLaren.

Holders Italy made a humiliating exit in the World Cup group stage when they lost 3-2 to Slovakia on Thursday having been largely outplayed.

World champions Italy suffered an embarrassing 1-1 draw with underdogs New Zealand in their second World Cup Group F match on Sunday.

Marco Borriello and Giuseppe Rossi were axed from Italy’s 23-man squad for the Soccer World Cup on Tuesday, with Fabio Quagliarella the surprise pick.

Kimi Raikkonen embarks on a new career in the World Rally Championship this weekend but is under no illusions about how difficult the season might be.

Michael Schumacher could rue his departure from Ferrari because Fernando Alonso is perfectly placed to beat the German to the world title again.

For all the talk of attacking capabilities, Barcelona and Manchester United must sort out defensive worries for Wednesday’s Champions League final.