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Egypt's Karim Darwish is the new men's world number one, ending the 33-month reign of compatriot Amr Shabana.

Japanese electronics group Panasonic offers to buy rival and compatriot Sanyo for 806.7bn yen ($9bn; £6bn).

Russian Dinara Safina overpowers her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the Pan Pacific Open 6-1 6-3 in Ariake, Japan.

Olympics day 15 as it happened

Middleweight boxer James DeGale wins gold for Britain and there are bronze medals for Tim Brabants and Sarah Stevenson.

Teenager Daley dives into final

British teenager Tom Daley qualifies for the 10m Olympic diving final, but compatriot Pete Waterfield fails to progress.

US sweep beach volleyball golds

The US men's team beat Brazil to complete a double, after their female compatriots took gold on Thursday.

Olympics day 11 as it happened

Christine Ohuruogu storms to victory in the 400m to add to three earlier golds for Great Britain in the cycling and sailing.

Taylor regains 400m hurdles title

American Angelo Taylor regains his Olympic 400m hurdles title with victory over compatriots Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson in Beijing.

All-Chinese clash for semi-final

Tian Jia and Wang Jie reach the women's beach volleyball semi-finals, and will play compatriots Zhang Xi and Xue Chen.

Olympics day eight as it happened

Usain Bolt smashes the world record to win 100m gold after cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy, swimmer Rebecca Adlington and rowing's men's coxless four win gold for GB.

He dominates trampoline qualifier

Athens bronze medallist Huang Shanshan fails to qualify for the women's trampoline final as compatriot He Wenna leads the qualifiers.

Zhang fights back to claim gold

China's Zhang Ning defends her Olympic badminton singles title with a superb comeback against compatriot and world number one Xie Xingfang.

Powell powers to third 100m win

Asafa Powell wins his third consecutive 100m race of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Open day one as it happened

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell shares the lead with Rocco Mediate and Robert Allenby at the Open on one under par.

Tour de France: Stage three as it happened

France's Samuel Dumoulin claims a surprise victory in the third stage of the Tour de France as compatriot Romain Feillu takes over the yellow jersey.

Feillu takes yellow from Valverde

France's Romain Feillu takes the yellow jersey as compatriot Samuel Dumoulin wins a dramatic third stage of the Tour de France.

Baltacha wins as Bogdanovic flops

Britain's Elena Baltacha is into the second round of Wimbledon but compatriots Alex Bogdanovic and Melanie South fall at the first hurdle.

Appleby crowned British champion

Scotland's Paul Appleby wins the British featherweight title on a unanimous decision after a gruelling battle with his compatriot John Simpson in Glasgow.

Spaniards head World Trial field

Reigning world champion Toni Bou and compatriot Adam Raga head the field for the World Trial round at Bangor this weekend.

Dementieva secures title in Dubai

Elena Dementieva comes back from one set down to beat Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in an epic finale to the Dubai Championships.