SOCCER - Thomas Mueller scored a hat-trick as Germany opened their World Cup campaign with a 4-0 rout of 10-man Portugal, with Cristiano Ronaldo enduring an afternoon to forget, while Nigeria and Iran produced the first stalemate of the tournament with a 0-0 draw in Curitiba.
RUGBY LEAGUE - Melbourne got their NRL campaign back on track with a thrilling 24-20 win over Gold Coast, two tries in the final 10 minutes sealing victory for the makeshift Storm outfit.
TENNIS - Samantha Stosur is refusing to let another short-lived preparation get her down ahead of Wimbledon following a 7-4 6-4 first-round defeat to eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki at Eastbourne.
CRICKET - Sri Lanka held on for a thrilling draw in the opening Test against England at Lord's, the visitors clinging on at 9-201 after having an lbw dismissal overturned on the penultimate delivery.
MOTORSPORT - Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has been transferred to a facility in Switzerland after emerging from a coma, almost six months after his ski accident in December.
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