Andy Murray's hopes of a first title of 2017 ended in disappointment as he suffered a dramatic three-set defeat to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Qatar Open.

US Open champion Novak Djokovic is honoured to be considered among the greats of the game and has warned his rivals he has many years left in him yet.

Seven-time major champion Mats Wilander is backing Andy Murray to win two or three more grand slams but says the Scot’s body language is still a key weakness against the top players.

Novak Djokovic again dashed Roger Federer’s hopes of winning a record eighth Wimbledon crown as the Serbian ripped up the script to defend his title at the All England Club.

Two decades after the massacre at Srebrenica, Gwynne Dyer reports on how Serbia and its people, with some exceptions, refuse to accept it was an act of genocide

Stan Wawrinka insists Novak Djokovic will win the French Open one day and complete his career grand slam after he denied the Serb with a shock four-set victory in the final yesterday.

Novak Djokovic admits he was simply beaten by the better player as Stan Wawrinka stunned the Serb with a four-set victory in the French Open final.

Andy Murray admits he will have to draw on all his clay-court experience if he is to pull off the shock of the tournament and beat Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-final.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was not dropped last week as a result of an alleged dressing room bust-up but instead was axed by Manuel Pellegrini because of his poor form.

Tell me again what pride comes before? Well, almost… Brendan’s in a good place right now, and the Miles Davis of own-trumpet-blowers wasn’t slow in telling everyone.

Novak Djokovic became just the 23rd player in the open era to claim 600 tour-level victories as he brushed Milos Raonic aside to lift the BNP Paribas Masters title.

Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in straight sets to book his place in the semi-finals of the BNP Paris Masters tonight.

Louis van Gaal will not get drawn into any mind-games with Jose Mourinho this season and he says he still regards the Chelsea manager as his "friend".

Novak Djokovic made light of a shoulder-injury scare and several potentially-costly concentration lapses to coast to a straight-sets Wimbledon victory over erratic Frenchman Gilles Simon.

Chelsea recovered from their recent malaise to return to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a routine 3-0 victory over Stoke.

Venus Williams will face Ana Ivanovic in the final of the ASB Classic as two former world number ones meet in Auckland today.

The people of Kosovo went to the polls today to choose mayors and local councilors in an election that will test the country’s fragile relations with Serbia as both countries seek to move closer to the European Union.

Novak Djokovic won an epic match against Stanislas Wawrinka for the second time this year to reach a fourth consecutive US Open final.

Novak Djokovic resisted a stiff first-set challenge from Benjamin Becker to ultimately ease through to the third round of the US Open in less than two hours.

A Wimbledon that will live long in the memory today produced one of the championships' finest ever matches as Novak Djokovic edged past Juan Martin del Potro in a record-breaking semi-final.

Belgian Kirsten Flipkens caused a Centre Court sensation as she dumped the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova out of Wimbledon to reach the semi-finals yesterday.

Novak Djokovic became the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian Open titles when he beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in yesterday’s final.

Novak Djokovic shelved the conventional preparations for a while, warming up for a shot at a third consecutive Australian Open title with a bit of weekend hit-and-giggle and a ‘Gangnam-Style’ dance with Serena Williams.

Roger Federer eased through to a 10th semi-final at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals last night to leave David Ferrer and Juan Martin Del Potro scrapping for the second spot in Group B.

At the fifth time of asking and in the most dramatic way possible, Andy Murray became a grand slam champion.

Scotland will meet Serbia for the second time in three days when Andy Murray faces Novak Djokovic in the US Open final tonight, and this time there cannot be a draw.

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.

Roger Federer bounced back from his Olympic final defeat in sensational style by comfortably seeing off Novak Djokovic to win the Western & Southern Open title.

Andy Murray will play Roger Federer for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday after a brilliant 7-5 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic in tonight’s men’s singles semi-final.

A host of missed late chances on a frustrating night for Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium leaves Ekranas holding a distinct advantage ahead of the second leg in Lithuania next week.

Rafael Nadal will look to join chief title rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round of Wimbledon when he takes on Czech Lukas Rosol on Centre Court this evening.

A furious Rafael Nadal held a tenuous lead over Novak Djokovic when rain forced an overnight suspension of their French Open final blockbuster in Paris.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will face each other in a record fourth straight grand slam final tomorrow after world number one Djokovic gained revenge for last year’s semi-final defeat by Roger Federer with a 6-4 7-5 6-3 victory at Roland Garros.

A relaxed Rafael Nadal strolled into the second round of the French Open with a 6-2 6-2 6-1 victory over Italian Simone Bolelli at Roland Garros today.

Sixth seed David Ferrer proved far too good for Lukas Lacko in their first-round match at the French Open today.

Novak Djokovic is ready to embrace the weight of history as he bids to follow in the footsteps of Rod Laver and Don Budge.

Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union.

Twenty years after Ratko Mladic’s forces began raining artillery fire on Sarajevo, the former Serb general looked down again on the Bosnian capital’s main square from a giant screen showing the start of his genocide trial live from The Hague.

Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband, and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at the start of his trial yesterday for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the Second World War.

As Bart Simpson — and latterly thousands of football fans — have said, you can actually pinpoint the second his heart rips in half.

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A BOSNIAN Serb accused of race crimes so brutal her victims called her the “Female Monster” has been arrested.

A Bosnian Serb accused of race crimes so brutal that her victims called her the “Female Monster” has been arrested.

Rafael Nadal knows he has his work cut out if he is to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga tonight and reach the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.