Nadal bows out in Montreal

Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Rogers Cup in the second round by Ivan Dodig. The unseeded Croatian lost the first set 1-6 but came back strongly after a rain interruption taking the second in a tie break. Dodig continued to capitalize on his serve to win the deciding set which too went to tie break. Meanwhile, third seed Roger Federer progressed with a straight set win over Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-5, 6-3.

Spain suffer double blow

In the other anticipated encounter, Spain went down to Italy 2-1.
Riccardo Montolivo netted after 11 minutes to cap a good start by Italy, before Chelsea striker Torres was withdrawn, apparently suffering from concussion.
Xabi Alonso levelled from the spot eight minutes before the break, but the night took a turn for the worse for the Spanish as Pique was also withdrawn.
Liverpool misfit Alberto Aquilani grabbed a winner 6 minutes from time to create another upset for the night.

MS Dhoni admits England tour toughest

India captain MS Dhoni has conceded that the
ongoing series in England is one of the most
difficult tours of his career.

Dhoni admits injuries, fitness and form have combined
together to deal a severe blow to the team.



The 2011 world cup winning skipper says he finds it difficult to remember when he was last faced with a situation with back-to-back defeats with some key players either missing or in poor form.
Dhoni also admitted the tour has placed extraordinary demands on the team to seek comeback measures.

Real round off their China tour in style

Real Madrid rounded off their pre-season tour
of China with a resounding 6-0 win over
Tianjin Teda at the Olympic Stadium in Tainjin.
Goals from Gonzalo Higuain, Kaka, Angel di
Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema -
who netted twice for the second game in a row -
ensured Jose Mourinho's side would sign off their
Chinese campaign in style.
Real can now look ahead to next weekend's Spanish Super Cup clash with Barcelona with some confidence after seven pre-season friendlies and seven victories.

Violence affects Carling Cup fixtures

Two football matches have been postponed and questions raised over other sporting events after a third successive night of rioting in London.
Today's games at Charlton and West Ham were called off on police advice.
The FA will be guided by police advice, but at this stage is planning for Wednesday's game to go ahead.
England defender Rio Ferdinand has expressed shock and disappointment at the rioting.
Alongwith team mate Wayne Rooney he has issued an appeal to rioters to stop the violence.