SERENA Williams reached her fifth Wimbledon final Thursday with an epic 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 8-6 win over Elena Dementieva.

AUSTRALIA'S Ashes campaign is in danger of being compromised by the selectors' failure to choose a reserve batsman against England.

CADEL Evans' frustrations must be boiling over after seeing his Tour de France campaign jeopardised by a second drugs scandal.

LOTE Tuqiri and his representatives have declined an invitation from Australian rugby boss John O'Neill to publicise the incident which saw his contract torn up.

LLEYTON Hewitt insists that he will take greater self-belief into next month's US Open after exiting Wimbledon with a gallant loss to Andy Roddick.

AN influx of money for the Newcastle Knights has added starch to the belief tomorrow night's clash at Olympic Park is a danger game for Melbourne Storm.

MELBOURNE Victory signing Surat Sukha has too massive jobs looming - break into the A-League champion's line-up and man-mark Liverpool superstar Steven Gerrard.

ONE-TIME villain to Victorian cricket crowds Muttiah Muralidaran is likely to become the Bushrangers second international for the coming domestic Twenty20 season.

Bernard Tomic reached the Wimbledon boys' semi-finals after beating Dominik Schulz of Germany today.

THE Australian Jockey Club's vision to turn Randwick into the new Flemington is in tatters after a $4 million cut from feature race prizemoney next season.