TENNIS - John McEnroe has accused Nick Kyrgios of giving tennis a bad look after Andy Murray sent the temperamental youngster packing from Wimbledon with a ruthless straight-sets win. His defeat ends Australia's interest in the singles for another year with Bernard Tomic also suffering a disappointing 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4 10-8 loss to Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
BASKETBALL - Australian NBA star Andrew Bogut appears headed to the Dallas Mavericks, with his Golden State Warriors shedding salaries to make way for a new two-year $US54.3m deal for All-Star Kevin Durant. Fellow Aussie Matthew Dellavedova's days at the Cleveland Cavaliers are also over with the NBA champions deciding not to match a four-year, $US38.5m offer from the Milwaukee Bucks.
CYCLING - Mark Cavendish has joined France great Bernard Hinault in second place of the all-time list of Tour de France stage winners after pipping Andre Greipel for his second victory in this year's race. Australian hopeful Richie Porte, who suffered a costly puncture on Sunday, is 119 seconds behind overall leader Peter Sagan.
TENNIS - Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova may have to postpone her wedding on Saturday after reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon with a ripping victory over third seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Sam Querrey, meanwhile, has beaten Nicolas Mahut to become the first American man to reach a grand slam quarter-final for five years.
SOCCER - Vicente del Bosque, the coach behind Spain's glorious run of three major titles, has confirmed he is stepping down following the team's failed attempt to retain its European Championship crown.
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SOCCER - Holding midfielder Sami Khedira will miss Germany's Euro 2016 semi-final against hosts France after sustaining an adductor muscle injury in the quarter-final victory over Italy.
OLYMPICS - The Russian Olympic Committee, the International Association of Athletics Federations and 68 Russian athletes have agreed the Court of Arbitration for Sport will settle a dispute over the athletes' participation in next month's Olympic Games.
NETBALL - Melbourne Vixens will travel to Sydney to play NSW Swifts in Sunday's trans-Tasman netball Australian conference elimination final after clinching third spot.
OLYMPICS - Hockeyroos captain Madonna Blyth admits it will be a failure if the team fail to medal at the upcoming Olympics and she's even daring to dream of snatching gold.
