Serena Williams' hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal are crushed by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina as the battle for the women's title in Rio is blown wide open.

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams will display their Grand Slam talents in Rio, but with serious questions being asked over tennis's place in the Olympics after a host of high-profile pull-outs.

With a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title wrapped up, Serena Williams insists she will never get bored of winning and that is bad news for her flagging rivals.

Serena Williams powered to her seventh Wimbledon crown as the world number one finally claimed a record-equalling 22nd major title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Angelique Kerber in Saturday's final.

Serena and Venus Williams close in on a fifth all-sister Wimbledon final while beaten quarter-finalist Dominika Cibulkova prepares to rush back to Slovakia to get ready for her wedding.

Dominika Cibulkova could be forced to postpone her wedding after a shock Wimbledon win over world number three Agnieszka Radwanska, while Serena and Venus Williams march into the quarter-finals.

World number 1 and Wimbledon defending champion Novak Djokovic goes perilously close to exiting the tournament at the earliest stage since 2008 before rain intervenes.

Rafael Nadal faces a battle to qualify for the Rio Olympics after the International Tennis Federation announced the entry list for the 2016 Games.

Williams, Murray and Wawrinka go through to the second round at Wimbledon while Nick Kyrgios has yet another fallout with the chair umpire.

One hundred and forty thousand punnets of strawberries ripened to perfection, 256 players dreaming of singles glory, 19 courts trimmed with precision - all for two weeks and one tournament. Wimbledon is here.

Serena Williams may have been second best at the French Open on Saturday but the American has moved ahead of fellow tennis player Maria Sharapova to top the women's earnings list in sports, according to Forbes Magazine.

Two days after her stunning loss to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final, Serena Williams scores a different win when Forbes Magazine reported she has overtaken Maria Sharapova as the world's highest-paid sportswoman.

The sporting week that ended Sunday was one made poignant by the passing of the People's Champion, Muhammad Ali. That was swiftly followed by Novak Djokovic galloping away from the chasing pack by winning the French Open for the first time and in the process creating a host of records. For these and much more, read our weekly sports review.

The 10th day of the French Open sees just two matches completed and resultant backlog means players, including top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, face playing four days in a row.

Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams both sweep into the last 16 at the French Open on a rain-hit Saturday in Paris, while Dominic Thiem confirmed his status as an outsider to win the men's title.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic ground their opponents into dust, Andy Murray barely survives while two of the top five women's seeds make unceremonious exits.

World number one Novak Djokovic fends off a resurgent Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6 (4) in a pulsating battle on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Italian Open.

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the Laureus World Sports Awards at a gala in Berlin on Monday.

World number one Novak Djokovic has questioned equal prize money in tennis, suggesting men should get better awards as they have more spectators.

Angelique Kerber upsets world number one Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open and becomes the first German to win a grand slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999.