Oliver Wilson plays from the edge of the bunker on the par five second hole at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Oliver Wilson takes a one shot lead over former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy into the final round of the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai as he attempts to [...]

Sachin Tendulkar flicks the ball to the leg side watched by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
Sachin Tendulkar struck a determined century, the 40th of his Test match career, to give India the upper hand after day one of the fourth Test against Australia in Nagpur. India ended the day on 311 for five, [...]

Kevin Sinfield and his Leeds team-mates celebrate with the Super League trophy. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images
Leeds confounded the odds to retain their Super League crown thanks to a brilliantly executed game plan which was perfectly suited to the wet and windy conditions this final was played in. Two weeks ago, on a mild, dry evening [...]

Hull’s Garreth Carvell battles through the Catalan Dragons defence in their Challenge Cup quarter-final. Photograph: John Clifton/Action Images
Good morning from Wembley, and the traditional walkabout for the two teams competing in tomorrow’s Carnegie Challenge Cup final. Except this year we think only one of the teams are coming, after the St Helens players decided earlier [...]

Tim Brabants slices through the flat waters in Shunyi to win his K1 500m heat. Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Getty Images
Having qualified for the final of the K1 1,000m class on Monday afternoon, Britain’s Tim Brabants booked a place in the K1 500m final too with an assured performance in the opening heat on a Shunyi lake, [...]

Dinara Safina celebrates reaching an all-Russian final as she beats Li Na 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 in her semi-final. Photo: Behrouz Mehri/AFP
Dinara Safina has set up an all-Russian final in the women’s singles after beating local hero Li Na 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 in her semi-final. Sixth-seed Safina went through in straight sets to win her 15th [...]

Hannah Miley looks dejected after the British women fail to make the final. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
British swimming’s efforts to build on the individual success of Rebecca Adlington suffered a disappointing setback when the women’s 4×200m freestyle relay squad failed to reach the final in an event they had identified as a possible medal opportunity.
The [...]

The women’s team power to victory. Photograph: Roland Weihrauch/EPA
Blood seeping through the bandage on her right-hand, Debbie Flood was slightly disappointed that the stretcher which had been brought out for had been taken away. “I could have done with the rest,” she said.
As the rain worsened and the mist grew here at the Shunyi Rowing [...]

Will Ireland’s Padraig Harrington get to drink from the Claret Jug for another year. Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA
3pm: Number of minutes spent doing this online commentary: 60. Number of emails received in that hour: 0. It’s almost as if people are watching it on television. How quaint.
2.55pm: English amateur Chris Wood (+9) sends a [...]

Barry’s future remains undecided. Photograph: David Davies/PA
The Gareth Barry transfer saga appeared to have stalled once again today, with Liverpool denying that they have made a “final” offer for Aston Villa’s England midfielder. Earlier, reports suggested that Liverpool had tabled a £15m bid, with the promise of £2m to come in extras linked to the [...]