Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer Sunday, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.

Victory allowed the top seeded Serb, who was also the 2011 champion and runner-up last year, to end a run of three successive defeats in Grand Slam finals, but the 27-year-old struggled to get across the finish line, surrendering a 5-2 lead in the fourth set and then a match point.

Lewis Hamilton delighted a 120,000 crowd of enthusiastic home fans when he revived his world championship bid on Sunday with an emphatic victory in a dramatic incident-filled British Grand Prix.

The 29-year-old Briton took full advantage of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s first non-finish of the season, due to gearbox problems, to reduce the German’s lead in the title race to just four points.

"Icecube" Manuel Neuer has been dubbed 'the best goalkeeper in the world' by Oliver Kahn as Germany's star shot-stopper prepares for Tuesday's World Cup semifinal against Brazil.

The 28-year-old has played a key part in Germany's run to the last four of Brazil 2014 by dominating his penalty area and pulling off a string of key saves.

Mark Cavendish admitted he was devastated after being forced to pull out of the Tour de France on Sunday with a dislocated collarbone as the peloton's punchers aim for a stage win.

The 29-year-old crashed on Saturday's opening stage but had been hoping to make the start of Sunday's 201km second stage from York to Sheffield, only for pain to get the better of him.

Substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul saved two penalties in a dramatic shoot-out on Saturday as the Netherlands edged Costa Rica 4-3 to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

After a goalless 120 minutes, the towering Newcastle United custodian came on at the end of extra time and he saved from Bryan Ruiz and Michael Umana to win the quarterfinal for the Dutch.

Argentina reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 24 years on Saturday after a Gonzalo Higuain strike secured a 1-0 win over Belgium.

Napoli striker Higuain lashed in an instinctive first time shot after eight minutes as Belgium's hopes of qualifying for the last four wilted in Brasilia.

Gonzalo Higuain smashed home an early goal as Argentina dashed the World Cup dreams of much-fancied Belgium with a 1-0 win in the quarter-finals in Brasilia on Saturday.

Higuain struck in the eighth minute at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium to send Argentina into the last four for the first time since 1990 and thwart Belgian hopes of avenging their defeat in the 1986 semi-finals.

Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano, one of the greatest players in history, suffered a heart attack in Madrid Saturday and is in a serious condition in hospital, the emergency services said.

Rescuers battled to revive the former player, who turned 88 on Friday, after his heart and breathing stopped while he was in central Madrid, said a source at Madrid Emergency Services.

Emotional Petra Kvitova blitzed Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in a brutal Center Court demolition on Saturday to win her second Wimbledon title and immediately vowed to keep on winning.

Three years after the tall, shy Czech sent Maria Sharapova crashing to a similar one-sided defeat in the final, she repeated the assault on the sport's latest poster girl in just 55 minutes, the shortest title match since 1983.

Four-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi wished his Barcelona team-mate Neymar a quick recovery after the Brazil star Brazil suffered a fractured vertebrae ruling him out of the remainder of the World Cup.

"Neymar, I hope that you recover very quickly," wrote the Argentinian on his Facebook page alongside a photograph of the two stars in their Barcelona shirts.