Central Saint Martins students have plundered the archives to create knits fit for a princess, says Stephanie Hirschmiller

Emile Griffith's audition to become a fighter took place in a bustling New York street when a couple of boxing insiders asked him to strip to his trousers, turn and flex his muscles. At the time Griffith, a teenager émigré from the Virgin Islands, was delivering bundles of women's hats to wholesalers in the city's garment district.

Two out of three ain’t bad – a tour de force for British sport

If you can’t find the stars here, import them, the Cuban dance legend tells Adam Sherwin

World No 1’s regular appeals to the umpire and his second-set reverse showed uncharacteristic frailty

Andy Murray had not played for a month after injury forced him to miss the French Open but the 26-year-old Scot made the perfect return to competition here by winning two matches in one afternoon.

Pulling out of the French Open was one of the toughest decisions Andy Murray has ever made, but the  26-year-old Scot said yesterday that watching Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic fighting toe-to-toe for more than four and a half hours in Paris confirmed that he had made the right call.

The Spaniard only recently returned from a long term injury

Nico Rosberg won in Monaco

The collision of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic here in the semi-finals of the French Open has looked as inevitable as a rush-hour traffic jam on the Périphérique and the two juggernauts duly booked their showdown. Nadal, the seven-times champion of Roland Garros, and Djokovic, the world No 1, will meet on Friday for the right to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or David Ferrer in Sunday's final.

Australian retires from French with injury while his dad and coach is suspended over butting

Wear, what, why, when?

The Spaniard looks back to his best after seven months out injured and is strong favourite to win another French Open title

Former champion says new engines will make ‘brain power’ as vital as horsepower for drivers