Drogba throws an object back at Burnley fans. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images
The Metropolitan police and the Football Association are both to investigate last night’s incident at Stamford Bridge when the Chelsea striker Didier Drogba threw an object back at Burnley fans during their Carling Cup tie. Drogba gestured at the visiting supporters and threw what [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Venus Williams. Photograph: A Couldridge/Action
Venus Williams eased into the last 16 with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Court No1 today.
The seventh seed raced through the first set in just 25 minutes, helped by some powerful serving, which included aces clocked at 116, 119 and 120mph.
Sanchez, the world No101, made [...]