Novak Djokovic got into the Shanghai final gallantly and can now boast of an ATP Tour-leading 69-11 match record for the season as he secured a break in just the second game of the match to take control of the opening set, before taking it for the loss of just three games. Berdych was always behind in the match, and he was unable to match the world number two in the second set as Djokovic closed it out effi ...

The Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist has announced that all arrangements has been concluded for this year's media games and it has been billed to start October the 6th in Lagos. The Chairman of the Council,Comrade Deji Elumoye Gbolahan issued a press statement to that effect backed by the Secretary of the Council ,Sylva Emeka-Okereke that the games will, among other things, promote professio ...

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Laura Robson has landed herself in the last 16 of the U.S. Open taking place in New York as she ran over China's Li Na. The 18-year-old became the first British women to reach the final 16 at the US Open since 1991 as she now focuses on her next opponent. Robson was in fine form at the Louis Armstrong Stadium with a fantastic 6-4 6-7 6-2 victory over the 2011 French Open champion. Speaking after the match, ...

The guests on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise, blame the decline in sports in Nigeria on the neglect of school sports. “There is a disconnect between the foundries and national sport,” Duro Ikhazuage, the group Sports Editor, Thisday newspaper said. ...

Six-time champion Roger Federer produced a vintage display to beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final on Friday. The Swiss maintained his record of never losing a Wimbledon semi-final to reach a record eighth showpiece match at the All England Club with a dominant performance under the closed Centre Court roof. After the first two sets were shared in less than an h ...

Spain's Rafa Nadal beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 to win a record seventh French Open title on Monday. The number two seed overtook Sweden's Bjorn Borg, who won six Roland Garros titles, and ended Djokovic's hopes of becoming the third man to win four consecutive grand slams. Play had been suspended on Sunday because of rain with the Spaniard a break down in the fourth set, but he broke back i ...