Spain trounced Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final on Sunday, retaining its title and extending its reign as the best team in world football.

Goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba in the first half gave Spain a convincing lead. Fernando Torres and fellow substitute Juan Mata added goals in the last six minutes.

Veteran former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf has signed a two-year deal with Botafogo, the Brazilian top-flight side have confirmed.

Rio de Janeiro-based Botafogo announced the capture of Seedorf, 36, as "the biggest signing of a foreign player ever made by a Brazilian club."

Ryan Lochte booked two Olympic berths and set himself up as a longshot for one more Saturday with a gritty treble on the sixth day of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Lochte opened his night with a triumph in the 200m backstroke, giving himself a chance to defend the gold medal he won in Beijing.

Serena Williams believes her Center Court scare against China's Zheng Jie was the perfect preparation for the sterner tests that lie ahead in the second week of Wimbledon.

Four-time champion Serena narrowly avoided an embarrassing third round exit on Saturday as she fought back from a set down to grind out a gritty 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 9-7 victory over the tenacious Zheng.

Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Marcos Baghdatis in a match which finished just past the 11:00pm Centre Court curfew.

The fourth seed will face Croatia's Marin Cilic, who clinched victory over Sam Querrey in the second longest match in tournament history, on Monday for a place in the quarterfinals.

Two-time Olympic runner-up Allyson Felix ran the sixth-fastest women's 200 meters in history on Saturday, winning the final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in 21.69 seconds.

Felix, embroiled in controversy over a deadlock for the final 100m Olympic spot, served notice she will be a gold favorite in London by surging to the lead quickly and leaving behind a world-class field to set a personal best.

An attempt by British-Australian woman Penny Palfrey to swim unassisted from Cuba to Florida ended in failure early Sunday after she had to be pulled out of the water unable to cope with a strong ocean current.

"Penny Palfrey had to be pulled out of the water, after swimming for more than 40 hours," the team said in a tweet.

Australian Honda rider Casey Stoner won Saturday's Dutch Moto GP here after a terrific battle with Spain's Dani Pedrosa, also on a Honda.

Stoner started on pole but soon found himself behind Pedrosa before retaking the lead with nine laps remaining and surging clear to win by a comfortable margin.

Lukas Rosol, the shock Wimbledon conqueror of Rafael Nadal, returned to familiar anonymity on Saturday when Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber sent him crashing out in the third round.

Czech world 100 Rosol had caused one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport when he beat world number two Nadal in five sets in the second round under the Centre Court roof on Thursday.

Roger Federer believes the £80 million roof on Wimbledon's famed Centre Court has made a lottery out of the pursuit of the championship title.

The great Swiss, chasing Pete Sampras's record of seven titles, survived an epic battle to defeat France's Julien Benneteau on Friday to reach the last 16.