Rafael Nadal suffered another early Wimbledon exit yesterday after Gilles Muller won a Court One classic 15-13 in the fifth set.

Andy Murray insisted he is playing well enough to beat Juan Martin Del Potro in the third round of the French Open after battling past Martin Klizan.

Pablo Cuevas' grass-court epiphany continued with victory over Gilles Muller to reach the Aegon Open final in Nottingham.

The Oscar-nominated ‘Brooklyn’ helped drive profits at the family-controlled Dublin Cinema Group last year.

World number one Novak Djokovic and Britain’s Andy Murray were both handed tough examinations en route to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.

Maria Sharapova was accused of being a bad sport after she beat American Coco Vandeweghe in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

Novak Djokovic survived a Court One shoot-out with Kevin Anderson to keep the defence of his Wimbledon title going.

Elder sister Venus will directly block Serena Williams’s calendar grand slam path today in a Wimbledon clash that is impossible to watch. Former Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport believes the siblings’ first meeting in six years will have even the aficionados squirming in their seats.

Heather Watson came within a whisker of one of the great Wimbledon upsets, but was unable to stop Serena Williams’ march towards the calendar grand slam.

Rafael Nadal was dumped out of the Miami Open yesterday as he suffered a shock defeat to fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

Roger Federer breathed a sigh of relief after surviving an early deficit and an injury scare to reach the third round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray secured his place at next month’s season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London with a highly impressive victory over Grigor Dimitrov in the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters.

Roger Federer recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to race into the fourth round of the US Open.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray remain on a quarter-final collision course at the Rogers Open in Toronto after both men came through their second round matches yesterday.

Cork poet Louis de Paor tells Alan O’Riordan how he thinks some of the richness of our cultural heritage can get lost in translation

Tennis: Novak Djokovic admitted he feared his Wimbledon campaign was over when damaging his left shoulder in a "scary fall" during his third-round win over Gilles Simon at Wimbledon yesterday.

Andy Murray completed a perfect first week at Wimbledon by brushing aside Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round.

Reigning champion Andy Murray dropped just two games in an imperious straight-sets dismissal of Slovenian Blaz Rola in Wimbledon’s second round yesterday.

Rafael Nadal looks determined to hang onto his crown as the king of clay.

One Spanish king may have abdicated but Rafael Nadal looks determined to hang onto his crown as the king of clay.

Rafael Nadal is through to the fourth round of the French Open without dropping a set after defeating Leonardo Mayer on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Rafael Nadal handed Dominic Thiem a clay-court lesson to move into the third round of the French Open.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal survived a serious scare against Radek Stepanek before recovering to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Grigor Dimitrov emerged victorious from an epic encounter with reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to reach the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.

Rafael Nadal began life back at world number one with a convincing victory at the Shanghai Masters to join Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round.

World number one Novak Djokovic got the job done with the minimum of fuss on Centre Court today as he kicked off his Wimbledon championship with a straight-sets win over Florian Mayer.

The Republic’s first giant screen OmniplexMAXX format cinema is to be sited at Mahon Point in Cork.

David Ferrer served notice of his intent at the French Open with a fourth-round demolition of Kevin Anderson.

Defending champion Roger Federer was stunned by Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the last 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open.

World number one Novak Djokovic kept his hopes of a third successive Australian Open title alive with an extraordinary defeat of Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday.

Novak Djokovic laughed off suggestions he became embroiled in ’exhibition tennis’ before seeing off Radek Stepanek at the Australian Open today.

Moving from burning coal to generating electricity from shale gas in the US is not cutting emissions as much as thought, as coal is being exported for use elsewhere, a report has warned.

Fourth seed David Ferrer passed a potentially dangerous test with flying colours as he defeated big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the first round of the US Open.

American fourth seed Andy Roddick advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP BB&T Atlanta Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets victory over his French Open conqueror Nicolas Mahut.

Andy Murray will begin his Wimbledon campaign against Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko.

Seventh seed Tomas Berdych survived a five-set examination against South Africa's Kevin Anderson to reach the fourth round of the French Open.

Roger Federer described as “pretty incredible” his achievement in equalling Jimmy Connors’ record of grand slam match wins at the French Open today.

World number two Rafael Nadal booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open today with a 6-2 6-3 win over Colombian qualifier Robert Farah.

Six-times champion Rafael Nadal booked his place in the third round of the Barcelona Open with a comprehensive 6-1 6-2 victory over Spanish compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez today.

Andy Roddick produced the shock of the Sony Ericsson Open by knocking world number three Roger Federer out at the third-round stage with a 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 win.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic moved through to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last night with a 6-2 6-3 win over South African Kevin Anderson.

Andy Roddick endured a night to forget at the SAP Open in San Jose, losing to Denis Istomin at the quarter-final stage.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer eased into the the last 32 of the Australian Open, but Mardy Fish has become the highest seed to exit the tournament.

Defending champion David Nalbandian dropped out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC at the first hurdle as he was defeated by James Blake.