Emily Webley-Smith spent more than two hours trying to prove there really is strength in depth in the British women's game, only to be denied a Wimbledon first-round victory... more
Met chiefs were under mounting pressure this afternoon after Labour's Tessa Jowell and designer Kelly Hoppen emerged as the latest alleged victims of phone hacking... more
The home side did not even have any men in the final round of qualifying after Bogdanovic, Josh Goodall and Dan Evans all lost in the second round... more
Bogdanovic, who has failed to win at Wimbledon in eight attempts as a wild card, will have to produce something special to reach next week's Grand Slam... more
Andy Murray will see a wrist specialist later today before planning out the rest of his year following Great Britain's Davis Cup defeat by Poland at Liverpool's Echo Arena... more
Andy Murray begins Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie against a player who is No678 in the rankings but the Polish opponent insists he has not given up hope of pulling off one of the biggest shocks in tennis... more
John Lloyd has insisted Andy Murray is happy to play three Davis Cup rubbers in a bid to help Great Britain avoid relegation from the Euro/Africa Group One zone against Poland at the end of September... more
There has been an awful lot of talk this week about what to do about tennis in this country after nine British players failed to make it past the first round at Wimbledon... more
Tim Henman has defended the decision to hand wildcards to British tennis players at Wimbledon after eight of them crashed out in the first round... more
The heads of British tennis has refused to take responsibility for this year’s woeful display by our players and chose instead to put the humiliation down to the luck of the draw... more
Elena Baltacha has insisted she is good enough to be a top 100 player as she became the only British woman through to the second round at Wimbledon... more
As the Scot opens up his challenge for the Wimbledon crown today, he says winning a first grand slam will be harder now than
in any era of the game... more
James Mangold's new version of 1957 Western 3.10 to Yuma has much to commend it, says Derek Malcolm, including good performances from Christian Bale and Russell Crowe.... more
A seriously weird American family, inventive stand-up Dan Antopolski and two successful acts returning from Edinburgh make up Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more
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