Chris Froome got a brutal reminder of the unpredictable nature of the Tour de France when he crashed to the ground in Sunday's second stage, recovering to finish with torn shorts as German Marcel Kittel powered to victory at the end of a huge sprint.
Russia's Elena Vesnina ousted German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Tuesday.
They made the grade with contrasting victories in the ITF Futures tennis tournament.
Here is some good news for Indian tennis fans. India's Somdev Devvarman has qualified for the US Open.
Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out of the Swisscom Challenge after a 7-6 7-5 defeat to Paola Suarez.
The Indian Davis Cupper battled for 172 minutes to get the better of Slovakia's Michal Mertinek in the ATP Challenger.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco came back from the brink of defeat to beat the top seed 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the last 16 of the Rome Masters.
Kit manufacturer Puma said it had traced a problem with ripped shirts for the Swiss team at Euro 2016 to a defective batch of material used only in a limited number of home jerseys for the team.
Russia striker Fyodor Smolov insists that English and Welsh fans were guilty of antagonising their Russian counterparts during scuffles that broke out in Lille earlier in Euro 2016.
The unseeded Indo-American pairing completed a surprise straight sets victory over fifth seeds Kevin Ullyet and Daniela Hanutchova.
The Indian ace beat Kamil Capkovic of Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the ITF Futures men's singles event in Chennai.
Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is ready to play the mentor's role irrespective of who leads the team in their Euro 2016 opener against Ukraine on Sunday.
Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester City at Anfield, thus maintaining the league leaders' 100 per cent start
Martina Hingis, fresh off her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, will end a nearly six-year retirement to play doubles at next week's Southern California Open, the WTA said on Tuesday.
The British number one will play Croatian Donna Vekic, 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(4) victor over Czech Lucie Safarova in the day's second semi-final, in the climax to the Wimbledon warm-up tournament on Sunday.
The French envoy was notified about "discrimination" towards Russian citizens, it said, adding that "further fanning of anti-Russian sentiments" could damage relations between France and Russia.
Lleyton Hewitt beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera to bring Australia level in their Hopman Cup tie.
World champions Germany are to meet Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland in Group C.
Title-contenders Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth advanced to prequarter-finals of the Thailand Open after notching up straight-game wins in the women's and men's singles competition respectively.
39-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was however left out.
The duo meet in the semi-finals of the German Open.
England have what it takes to get the better of any opponent but need to be consistent if they are to win their first European Championship in France, captain Wayne Rooney has said.
Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati will clash for a place in the final of the Bausch and Lomb championships.
The fourth seeded South African advanced to the semis of the Belgaum ATP Challenger, beating Russia's Dmitry Vlasov.
Unseeded Chilean Nicolas Massu brought Andy Roddick's 20-match unbeaten Tour run to a crashing end.
The Indian singles challenge in the ATP Challenger ended, with Harsh Mankad losing to Marco Baghdatis.
Qualifiers Spain and the United States suffered blows in friendlies, the world champions beaten 1-0 by eliminated South Africa on the SoccerCity pitch where they clinched their 2010 crown and the Americans losing 1-0 away to lowly Austria.
The duo will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.
According to the latest rankings issued on Monday, the left-handed Sharan is ranked 50th after gaining a place. He had reached the final of the last three tournaments he participated in, winning the ATP 250 European Open, while ending runner-up at Challenger events in Brest and Tashkent with different partners.
Two years after Spain's stunning fall from grace in Davis Cup tennis, Rafael Nadal has hailed his nation's return to the World Group after victory in the playoff against India.
Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu rallied to third place after the second day of qualification in the Men's Trap Shooting event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Rio di Janerio's Olympic Shooting Centre.
Zhu Q of China won the gold in the 10m Air Rifle event breaking the world record.
Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard combined to fashion a narrow win over Slovakia.
Djokovic dropped only three games against Klizan.
Indian shooter Manu Bhaker won gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in Youth Olympics on Tuesday.
The second seed's career has been on an upward swing ever since he finished as the losing finalist in Chennai last year.
They posted comfortable semi-final victories over Jean Rene Lisnard of France and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina respectively in the Tata Open tennis tournament.
