Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson believes Marc Murphy's shoulder injury should be a warning to the AFL that tinkering with the slide rule could have dire consequences as players put their heads over the ball.

Fernando Torres says Chelsea's Champions League triumph is a 'dream come true' for everyone associated with west London club.

Pune Warriors stuttered in their pursuit of 137 to fall to the Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs in the Indian Premier League on Saturday (local time).

They were without their four representative stars, lost another before the match and saw their influential five-eighth forced off injured inside 15 minutes but Manly refused to let those setbacks stop them from a recording courageous win.

A late penalty goal to Kurtley Beale has enabled the Melbourne Rebels to escape with a nail-biting 32-31 victory over the Western Force at NIB Stadium on Sunday.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will meet five-time winner Rafael Nadal in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Sunday (local time).

American Jay Choi fired a final round seven-under 65 to clinch the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open on Sunday while Australian Kurt Barnes stormed home to finish fourth.

Jorge Lorenzo took out the French MotoGP in wet conditions on Sunday to leapfrog Casey Stoner at the top of the MotoGP standings.

Trainer Anthony Freedman has claimed his first Group 1 race, after the German-bred Mawingo took out the Doomben Cup following a protest.