Hull thrash West Brom, Man Utd are held by Everton, Sunderland defeat Newcastle and Blackburn snatch a point against Middlesbrough.

Jamie Stiehm asks whether John McCain's impulsive character could make him seem too "volatile" to voters.

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Two-time champion Serena Williams' beats unseeded Zheng Jie to join her sister Venus in the Wimbledon final.

Italy book a quarter-final against Spain with a 2-0 win over France as Group C winners the Netherlands send Romania out with a 2-0 victory.

Munster reach the Heineken Cup quarter-finals while defending champions Wasps are dumped out.

The data crisis means another delay to Gordon Brown's hopes of setting out his vision, says the BBC's John Pienaar.

Argentina's Angel Cabrera wins the US Open at Oakmont.

Leicester take on Scarlets in the weekend's first Heineken Cup semi-final.

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BBC Europe Editor Mark Mardell discusses the wide variety of pop music he meets on his European beat.

Weblog Watch, the Magazine's review of blogs, takes a look at how fake blogs can serve their purpose.

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Thomas Bjorn's Open dream turns to dust in the bunker at the 16th.

Cricket bosses want America to host several matches at the next World Cup - with Disneyland a possible venue.

Snooker star Graeme Dott suffers a nightmare sequence of events on his way to an early exit from the China Open.