Tiger Woods pulls out of AT&T tournament at Congressional

• World No1 cites an elbow problem for missing own event• Woods will not compete again until Open at MuirfieldTiger Woods will not defend his AT&T National title at Congressional at Bethesda from 27 June due to an elbow strain and is not expected to play again before the Open next month.Woods, who won the TT&T title in 2008 as well as in 2012, announced on his website on Wednesday that he

Brazil 2-0 Mexico

Confederations Cup: Neymar scored one and made another as the hosts swept past MexicoPaul Doyle

Fabio Capello follows André Villas-Boas in rejecting PSG's overtures

• Russia manager turns down offer of 12 month-deal• Michael Laudrup, Van Basten and Rijkaard enter the frayParis Saint-Germain's increasingly desperate search for a new manager endured yet another setback on Wednesday after Fabio Capello, the latest candidate to whom the French champions have turned, rejected the chance to move to Parc des Princes and indicated he intends instead to remain a

Jockey James Doyle's three winners at Royal Ascot - in picturesJockey James Doyles three winners at Royal Ascot

James Doyle rode three winners in a day at Royal Ascot, a treble which started with victory on Al Kazeem in the most prestigious race of the day

Hearts get 15-point SPL deduction after appointing administrator

• Decision spells end of disastrous Vladimir Romanov era• Cashflow problems and £25m deficit still dog troubled clubHearts will begin next season with a 15-point penalty after their major creditor, Ukio Bankas, succeeded in installing its preferred administrator in charge of the club – the major battle for survival will now take place off the pitch as BDO looks to negotiate the club out of a

Danny MacAskill’s stunts on giant models of childhood toys – video

Trial biking star Danny MacAskill has turned his favourite childhood toys, including a Dandy comic, into giant obstacles for his latest stunt video

Thomas Heatherwick accused of plagiarism over Olympic cauldron

New York design studio says Heatherwick's concept and design 'looked identical' to something it proposed to Locog in 2007As the polished copper petals of Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron rose up to form a striking flaming dandelion last July, gasps of awe and wonder echoed around the world at the structure's startling originality. In the offices of the New York design studio Atopia, howe

Elena Baltacha, Laura Robson, Heather Watson exit Aegon International

• Britain's three leading women all lose at Eastbourne• Wimbledon preparations for home trio cut shortLaura Robson, Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha all tumbled out of the Aegon International in the second round, dealing a blow to Britain's Wimbledon hopes with the Championships less than a week away. Expectations were high at Eastbourne as three British women featured in the singles second

Alastair Cook delighted after England's Champions Trophy win over South Africa – video

Alastair Cook praises England's performance after they beat South Africa in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday

Hayley Turner loses her job with Newmarket trainer Michael Bell

• News comes as blow for Britain's leading female rider• Decision ends 13-year link with BellHayley Turner and Michael Bell are to go their separate ways after a 13-year association that peaked with the victory of Margot Did in the 2011 Group One Nunthorpe Stakes. The pair insist there has been no falling out but the news deprives Turner, the most successful female jockey Britain has seen, o

Sepp Blatter urges Brazil protesters not to link grievances to football

Fifa president makes plea amid preparations for Confederations Cup matches following protests condemning his organisationFifa president Sepp Blatter has called on Brazil's protesters to stop linking their demonstrations to football, as police stepped up reinforcements ahead of expected clashes at Confederations Cup matches taking place in Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza.After protests on the

Sky and BT embark on battle for the best live Premier League fixtures

• Majority of BT's 38 games to be shown on Saturday lunchtimes• Sky confident experience of picking matches gives them edgeThe announcement of the Premier League fixture list will also sound the starting gun on a bitter battle over which matches are to be televised live between BSkyB and BT. The new broadcaster has gambled £738m on securing the rights to 38 live matches per season, but Sky S

Cook: 'We can win, without a doubt'

• Captain is ready to seize rare chance of 50-over glory• South Africa coach reluctantly accepts 'chokers' tagAlastair Cook may already be in rare company, having led England to their second ICC 50-over final in the past 20 years, but he was quite happy to talk up the significance of Sunday's climax at Edgbaston after a seven-wicket victory against South Africa means England will face either

James Doyle rides a quick treble on day two of Royal Ascot

• Young jockey wins feature race on Al Kazeem• Rider follows up on 33-1 shot Belgian BillThere are days at the track when a champion racehorse announces its arrival in the big time with a single, exceptional performance, and rarer afternoons when a jockey does the same. James Doyle had not ridden a winner at the Royal meeting at 3.44pm on Wednesday afternoon. A little over 100 minutes later,

What Serena Williams 'taught me' about rape | Eris Zion Venia Dyson

The tennis star's comments on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case were a slap to women. Her apology was just as disappointingLate last night, I read Serena Williams' comments in Rolling Stone on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case: "Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don't know. I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like th

Fans protest over high Premier League ticket prices – video

Demonstrators protest outside the Premier League headquarters in London on Wednesday

Godolphin find success scarce but it's business as usual at Royal Ascot

Sheikh Mohammed shows intent with the purchase of Derby runner-up LibertarianAfter the jubilation that followed the narrow victory of Dawn Approach in Tuesday's St James's Palace Stakes, the Godolphin racing operation returned to something approaching normality on Wednesday afternoon.Saeed bin Suroor, their only British trainer following the doping scandal that removed Mahmood al-Zarooni f

Horse racing tips: Thursday 20 June

Prophets Pride at Royal Ascot is the best bet of the dayAscot2.30 Coach House 3.05 Alive Alive Oh (nb) 3.45 Altano 4.25 Prophets Pride (nap) 5.00 Indian Chief 5.35 EshtiaalFfos Las6.00 Forresters Folly 6.30 Fairwood Massini 7.05 Prospect Wells 7.40 Donnas Palm 8.15 True Blue 8.45 Busted Tycoon 9.20 Gwili SparLeicester6.20 Cats Eyes 6.55 Curl 7.30 Rocksilla 8.05 Banaadeer 8.35 B

England reach Champions Trophy final with easy win over South Africa

• South Africa rue early collapse to 80 for eight• Jonathan Trott sees England home with calm 82England strolled their way into Sunday's Champions Trophy final. If winning by seven wickets, with 75 deliveries in hand, represents a breeze in what had been anticipated to be a tight contest, then it could have been more of a hurricane had it not been for a fighting ninth-wicket partnership of 9

Altano can win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for Germany

Stout stayer can see off the Queen's runner Estimate in traditional meeting highlightThe German flag may be flying over Ascot on Ladies Day if Altano (3.45) can win the Gold Cup. Trained by Andreas Wöhler, he makes plenty of appeal at 20-1 in an open renewal of the famous marathon.Germany has not been a consistent source of top-quality Flat horses but has enjoyed notable successes in the p

England find swing to put South Africa in reverse in Champions Trophy

Alastair Cook's bowlers went back to Plan B and it worked perfectly against some helpful battingOld hat, one-paced – and in the final: not bad going for a team who are apparently bent on seeing out the summer playing their own travelling revivalist John Player League match. For England, who beat South Africa by seven wickets to reach the final of the Champions Trophy, this was a match in whic

Wimbledon bars Tomic Sr even as a spectator following alleged assault

• Coach banned after altercation with son's ex-training partner• After Roland Garros bars him All England Club follows suitWimbledon have confirmed that Bernard Tomic's father and coach will be barred from the tournament next week even if he tries to attend as a paying spectator.John Tomic has been banned from grand slam events since he allegedly assaulted Bernard's former training partne

Channel 4 Racing fails to break million barrier at Royal Ascot

• Figures in line with dip for station since January• Broadcaster now showing all races from meetingChannel 4 has returned unimpressive viewing figures for its first ever broadcast from Royal Ascot. The station failed to break through the one-million mark in a programme that featured three Group One races here on Tuesday.The programme averaged 600,000 viewers and an 8% audience share, pea

Paolo Di Canio to bring young Swedish striker to Sunderland for £1.5m

• Wearsiders continue to rebuild with Gothenburg forward• David Moberg-Karlsson regarded as another one for the futureSunderland's mission to reshape Paolo Di Canio's squad continues apace with the impending arrival of David Moberg-Karlsson for £1.5m from Gothenburg. The 19-year-old striker has agreed a transfer subject to medical but, like the newly acquired youngsters Duncan Watmore and El

Mercedes and Pirelli ready for FIA tribunal over tests in Barcelona

• Team could be thrown out of F1 world championship• Mercedes team principal, Ross Brawn, will be cross-examinedMercedes could be thrown out of the 2013 Formula One world championship when they appear before a 12-man FIA International tribunal in Paris on Thursday morning.Such an outcome could lead to them quitting the sport for good. But even if Mercedes are found guilty of contravening

Premier League fans descend on London to protest about ticket prices

Supporters groups vent their fury about 'greedy' clubs hiking prices despite signing a £5.5bn television dealThe Globe pub, opposite Baker Street Tube station in London, is normally the gathering point for raucous shows of partisanship ahead of Wembley finals. But on Wednesday there was unity in the air, as well as righteous fury, as rival fans gathered over a pint before a march on Premier L

Premier League ticket prices: which clubs charge the most?

Football fans have marched to the Premier League headquarters to protest about rising ticket prices. But which clubs are the most expensive and which are the cheapest?• Get the data• More data journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianDespite being the most lucrative league in the world already, the Premier league has yet again seen an average rise of season ticket prices this yea

MS Dhoni happy with young India side for Champions Trophy semi-final

• Captain full of praise for coach Duncan Fletcher• Cardiff is an unhappy venue for Sri LankaMS Dhoni has praised the role of the former England coach Duncan Fletcher in the development of a new young India team who are aiming to follow Fletcher's former employers into Sunday's Champions Trophy final.India take on Sri Lanka in the second semi-final in Cardiff on Thursday, a repeat of the

England beat South Africa to reach Champions Trophy final – as it happened

OBO report: England have secured a place in Sunday's final after a seven-wicket victory at The OvalSimon BurntonJohn Ashdown

Alan Pardew loses vital Newcastle ally as Derek Llambias resigns

The managing director's departure, a day after the arrival of Joe Kinnear, leaves a void at the top of the troubled clubNewcastle United have been thrown into turmoil with the resignation of their managing director, Derek Llambias, on Wednesday morning , leaving a void at the top of the club.Apart from acting as the effective chairman and running the club on a day-to-day basis, Llambias –