World Nutella Day has been saved after Ferrero dropped a Cease and Desist complaint.

Ireland’s ambassadors to developing nations have been warned to switch their attention from “Ferrero Rocher-style receptions” to better control of finances in the wake of the €4m Ugandan aid fraud scandal.

Novak Djokovic began the defence of his Wimbledon crown with a straightforward 6-3 6-3 6-1 victory over former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero on Centre Court this afternoon.

Ninth seed Tomas Berdych became the 17th singles player to pull out of this year’s US Open during his third-round match against Janko Tipsarevic today.

Airtricity League side Shamrock Rovers face the might of Juventus tonight in the first leg of the Third Qualifying round of the Europa League at Tallaght Stadium.

Italian confectioner Ferrero ruled itself out of the Cadbury takeover race today after last week’s recommended £11.9bn (€13.5bn) bid from US food giant Kraft.

Andy Murray cruised to a 6-4 6-2 win over Jeremy Chardy in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal today in his first match since losing to Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray stayed on course for a Wimbledon final clash with straight-sets victories in the quarter-finals today.

Andy Murray today stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time with a comprehensive victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

ANDY MURRAY set a new Wimbledon record in his epic fourth-round match with Stanislas Wawrinka – coming through in five sets 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the latest match ever on played Centre Court.

Andy Murray reached the final of AEGON Championships for the first time in his career after a one-sided victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero at Queen’s.

Andy Murray insists he will be untroubled by the lack of rowdy support when he takes on Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero in today’s AEGON Championships semi-final at Queen’s Club today.

PORTUGUESE 16-year-old Michelle Larcher De Brito grunted her way into the limelight at the French Open on a day Venus Williams made her now customary early exit from Roland Garros.

Third seed Novak Djokovic upped his game considerably to breeze into the third round of the French Open today.

Three-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer headed the list of seeded players to safely make it through to the third round on day four at Melbourne Park.

Roger Federer took another step closer to immortality when he dispatched Juan Carlos Ferrero to take his place in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

SECOND seed Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon hopes hang in the balance for the second night in a row after another rain-hit day at Wimbledon.

Defending champion Roger Federer was today handed a bye to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when fourth-round opponent Tommy Haas was forced to pull out through injury.

RAFAEL NADAL had little to quibble about after cruising into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday.

Claycourt genius Rafael Nadal goes head-to-head with the world’s top tennis player on all other surfaces, Roger Federer, in a dream final of the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo event.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins on yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Andy Roddick recovered from an epic first set tie-break setback to overcome spirited Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to book his place in the second round of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer remains on course for a hat-trick of Wimbledon titles after easing past Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero last night.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been receiving most of the attention at Roland Garros but Marat Safin could end up surprising everyone again.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wanted revenge for an Olympic loss and got it.

America’s Andy Roddick put young pretender Rafael Nadal in his place to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.

Sixth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, of Spain, wins 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 against Julien Boutter, of France.

DEFENDING champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain was knocked out of the French Open in the second round yesterday, losing 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to tournament debutant Igor Andreev of Russia.

Roger Federer stormed into the final of the Australian Open with a devastating straight-sets win over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

FORMER world number one Marat Safin of Russia ended Andre Agassi’s five-year winning streak at the Australian Open with a pulsating semi-final upset of the reigning champion.

WORLD number two Roger Federer may have felt he was a little off-key, but he did enough to beat the in-form David Nalbandian in four sets and seal an Australian Open semi-final showdown with Juan Carlos Ferrero.

World number two Roger Federer ended David Nalbandian’s impressive run at the Australian Open to reach his second Grand Slam semi-final and a clash with Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Juan Carlos Ferrero today reached his first Australian Open semi-final with a hard-fought victory over Morocco’s Hicham Arazi.

Moroccan Hicham Arazi put a dampener on the Australia Day celebrations Down Under with a straight-sets fourth round victory over home favourite Mark Philippoussis (pictured).

Australian Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald hailed Mark Philippoussis a “national hero” after he battled to an historic five set victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero to clinch the title for his country.

The year-end battle for the world number one spot between Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick moved closer to centre stage on Monday night at the Paris Masters Series event.

World number one Juan Carlos Ferrero was pushed all the way by French qualifier Nicolas Mahut before advancing to the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters Series in Bercy tonight.

Andy Roddick kept American interest alive in this year's US Open after coming from two sets to love down to beat David Nalbandian to reach the final.

French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero denied the home crowd the chance of an all-American men’s final in the US Open with a four-set victory over Andre Agassi.

Andre Agassi booked his place in the last four of the US Open today with a straight sets victory over Guillermo Coria of Argentina.

Andre Agassi overpowered Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7/1) 6-1 6-4 victory.

Andre Agassi is certain to go to the US Open the week after next as the world number one – just when it seemed odds on that he would be overtaken.

French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his place at the top of the ATP Champions Race after a shock third-round defeat in the Masters Series in Montreal.