* Brazil coach Tite says Neymar is back to his best as the five-time champions take on Mexico on Monday for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. Despite a slow start to the tournament, the PSG forward has steadily silenced his detractors, scoring Brazil's second goal in a laboured 2-0 win over Costa Rica before providing the corner for Thiago Silva's powerful header that capped a valuable 2-0 win over Serbia.
* Senegal’s football federation (FSF) has asked FIFA to reconsider its fair play ruling after their accumulation of more yellow cards than World Cup group rivals Japan made the African side the first country to be eliminated by the new regulation.
* Sweet-swinging Francesco Molinari clinched his first PGA Tour title in style, an emphatic eight-shot romp at the Quicken Loans National in Maryland on Sunday as Tiger Woods finished equal fourth. Molinari carded eight-under-par 62 in the final round at TPC Potomac to become the first Italian winner on the United States-based circuit since Toney Penna in 1947.
* Andy Murray has sensationally withdrawn from Wimbledon on the eve of the tournament after the two-time champion decided he wasn't fit enough to compete at the All England Club. Murray has only just returned to action after 11 months on the sidelines due to a hip injury that needed surgery in January.
* The revamped World Team Cup, a men's tennis event offering US$15 million in prize money plus ranking points, will start in early 2020 in Australia, the ATP said on Sunday. The competition is likely to be a part of the build-up to the Australian Open, which begins in mid-January.
* The Republic of Korea's Park Sung-hyun birdied twice in a weather-disrupted playoff on Sunday (July 1) to win the Women's PGA Championship, capturing the second major women's golf title of her career. The 24-year-old from Seoul defeated compatriot Ryu So-yeon, denying her bid to reclaim the world number one ranking, and Japanese teen star Nasa Hataoka in the playoff to capture the US$547,500 top prize.
* Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei beat young Japanese shuttler Kento Momota 21-17, 23-21 on Sunday (July 1) to grab the Malaysia Open title for a historic twelfth time. The home favourite Lee executed a sensational attack strategy that left the rising star Momota confused and flat footed.
