New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has withdrawn from the USA men's select team that will train this month against the 2012 USA basketball men's national team during training camp in Las Vegas.

Lin told USA Basketball Monday that he was withdrawing because he is now a NBA restricted free agent.

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon on Monday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round — just a month after completing a career Grand Slam.

Lisicki, a 15th-ranked German, simply outplayed the 2004 Wimbledon champion in windy, rainy conditions on Court 1 for her first career victory over Sharapova in four matches. She avenged a loss in the semifinals to Sharapova here last year.

Michael Phelps is headed to the London Olympics with a chance to match his glittering eight-gold haul of 2008.

Phelps won the 100m butterfly on the penultimate night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Sunday in 51.14sec to claim a fifth individual berth for London.

In a result that can no longer be considered a surprise, Yohan Blake beat Usain Bolt in the 200 meters at Jamaican Olympic trials Sunday, finishing in 19.80 seconds to edge the world-record holder by 0.03.

"Usain always gives me a lot of encouragement and tells me to keep coming to this race," Blake said.

There were times when Cesare Prandelli pondered resigning as Italy's coach after this European Championship.

But after seeing his players reduced to tears following a 4-0 rout by Spain in Sunday's final, Prandelli can't bear the thought of leaving them anymore.

Spain trounced Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final on Sunday, retaining its title and extending its reign as the best team in world football.

Goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba in the first half gave Spain a convincing lead. Fernando Torres and fellow substitute Juan Mata added goals in the last six minutes.

Veteran former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf has signed a two-year deal with Botafogo, the Brazilian top-flight side have confirmed.

Rio de Janeiro-based Botafogo announced the capture of Seedorf, 36, as "the biggest signing of a foreign player ever made by a Brazilian club."

Ryan Lochte booked two Olympic berths and set himself up as a longshot for one more Saturday with a gritty treble on the sixth day of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Lochte opened his night with a triumph in the 200m backstroke, giving himself a chance to defend the gold medal he won in Beijing.

Serena Williams believes her Center Court scare against China's Zheng Jie was the perfect preparation for the sterner tests that lie ahead in the second week of Wimbledon.

Four-time champion Serena narrowly avoided an embarrassing third round exit on Saturday as she fought back from a set down to grind out a gritty 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 9-7 victory over the tenacious Zheng.

Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Marcos Baghdatis in a match which finished just past the 11:00pm Centre Court curfew.

The fourth seed will face Croatia's Marin Cilic, who clinched victory over Sam Querrey in the second longest match in tournament history, on Monday for a place in the quarterfinals.