WIMBLEDON, England Rafael Nadal, grass stains on his white shirt and a Spanish flag tucked under his arm, scampered through the Centre Court stands to celebrate his first Wimbledon title with hugs and handshakes.

Rafael Nadal has ended the five-year reign of Roger Federer at Wimbledon, capturing his first men's singles title at the All England Club with a thrilling 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 triumph.

WIMBLEDON, England Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer's five-year reign at Wimbledon on Sunday, winning a riveting five-set marathon to claim his first title at the All England Club and signal a changing of the guard in men's tennis.

Rain has delayed the start of the men's final at Wimbledon.

WIMBLEDON, England After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal. Federer does have a DVD of Nadal's match, but he wasn't exactly rushing to use it for scouting purposes before they meet for the Wimbledon championship Sunday.

For 88 minutes it looked like the Major League Soccer fixture between the San Jose Earthquakes and Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center would end in a 0-0 tie. However, an Ante Razov free kick goal two minutes from time ensured the goats that they would earn the full points.

Germany's Felix Sturm again successfully defended his WBA middleweight title with a unanimous decision victory over American Randy Griffin on Saturday at Gerry Weber Stadium.

Venus Williams won another title- match battle with her sister, Serena, downing her younger sibling in straight sets on Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon championship.

WIMBLEDON, England When Venus Williams won her second match point of the day at Wimbledon, even little sister Serena could celebrate.

WIMBLEDON, England This time, big sister put little sister in her place.

Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Canada's Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic bested the eighth-seeded duo of Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Zimbabwe's Kevin Ullyett for a four-set victory in Saturday's men's doubles final at Wimbledon.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Recently retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. accused HBO's announcers of bias against him and other black fighters.

World No. 1 Roger Federer, seeking a sixth straight title here, and two-time runner-up Rafael Nadal were Friday's semifinal winners at The Championships, Wimbledon. The two superstars will meet in the lucrative final here for the third time in three years on Sunday.

Adam Cristman scored two first-half goals and the New England Revolution held off David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-1, on Friday to win a battle conference leaders at The Home Depot Center.

Abe Thompson scored in stoppage time as FC Dallas salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Kansas City Wizards on Friday night.

Mehdi Ballouchy, Colin Clark and Tom McManus each had a goal and an assist as the Colorado Rapids rolled to a 4-0 win over Red Bull New York on Friday to snap a four-game winless streak.

Chivas USA coach Preki wasn't very pleased after last week's 1-1 tie against Red Bull New York.

Chicago Fire coach Denis Hamlett admitted after last week's 0-0 tie against the San Jose Earthquakes that his strikers "need to finish."

Unbeaten British star Joe Calzaghe relinquished his WBC super-middleweight title on Friday to set up a potential fight against Roy Jones Jr. in the light heavyweight division.