At the flame-lighting in the ruins of ancient Olympia, Brazil’s sport minister Ricardo Leyser tried to assure the world about the troubled Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev has been forced to publicly apologise for his slur against the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.

WIMBLEDON’S historic decision to award equal prize money to men and women for the first time in the tournament’s history has been hailed as a “poignant and symbolic” gesture by leading figures in the women’s game.

The International Tennis Federation has dismissed reports linking tennis players to the drugs scandal engulfing cycling.