Mercedes F1 team boss Niki Lauda on Monday slammed Formula One for being “over regulated” and said Finn Kimi Raikkonen was partly to blame for his own big first lap accident in Sunday's British Grand Prix.

The three-time world champion Austrian said he could not understand Raikkonen's driving in the accident that delayed the British Grand Prix for an hour.

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic has announced that he will not remain as coach after leading the country to an historic last 16 finish at the World Cup.

The 61-year-old Bosnian saw Algeria into the knockout stages for the first time in their history in Brazil before an extra-time defeat to Germany.

Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger thinks Brazil has crossed the line with some of its hard tackling ahead of the World Cup semifinals and is urging referees to keep a closer eye on the host team.

"I am all for a healthy hardness but some of Brazil's fouls were over the limit," Schweinsteiger said. "Brazilians are not only football magicians, hard tackling is part of their game — we have to be careful and so does the referee."

With the potentially record-breaking $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a trial beginning Monday will focus on whether Donald Sterling's estranged wife had the authority under terms of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate the deal.

Shelly Sterling struck a deal to sell the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer after Donald Sterling's racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicized and the NBA moved to oust him as team owner.

Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria has been ruled out of the World Cup semifinal against the Netherlands with a thigh injury while striker Sergio Aguero has been declared fit to play after recovering from a similar problem.

Di Maria limped off the field in the first half of Argentina's quarterfinal win over Belgium after straining a muscle in the back of his right thigh.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari hinted in training Sunday that midfielder Willian is his first option to replace Neymar in Brazil's World Cup semifinal against Germany.

Willian took Neymar's position when Brazil's reserves played against a local under-20 squad at its training camp outside Rio de Janeiro.

Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer Sunday, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.

Victory allowed the top seeded Serb, who was also the 2011 champion and runner-up last year, to end a run of three successive defeats in Grand Slam finals, but the 27-year-old struggled to get across the finish line, surrendering a 5-2 lead in the fourth set and then a match point.

Lewis Hamilton delighted a 120,000 crowd of enthusiastic home fans when he revived his world championship bid on Sunday with an emphatic victory in a dramatic incident-filled British Grand Prix.

The 29-year-old Briton took full advantage of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s first non-finish of the season, due to gearbox problems, to reduce the German’s lead in the title race to just four points.

"Icecube" Manuel Neuer has been dubbed 'the best goalkeeper in the world' by Oliver Kahn as Germany's star shot-stopper prepares for Tuesday's World Cup semifinal against Brazil.

The 28-year-old has played a key part in Germany's run to the last four of Brazil 2014 by dominating his penalty area and pulling off a string of key saves.

Mark Cavendish admitted he was devastated after being forced to pull out of the Tour de France on Sunday with a dislocated collarbone as the peloton's punchers aim for a stage win.

The 29-year-old crashed on Saturday's opening stage but had been hoping to make the start of Sunday's 201km second stage from York to Sheffield, only for pain to get the better of him.