Murray is defeated but not downhearted

Andy Murray's Rome Masters ended in defeat to David Ferrer here last night, but the world No 5 was far from despondent despite his third successive early exit from a tournament. Ferrer, who won 6-3, 6-4, is one of the world's best clay-court players and was made to work hard for his third-round victory.

James Lawton: The Guardiola backlash begins as Messi misfires

Barcelona can be a haunting city at the best of times and certainly yesterday it was not a place to linger in any of its extravagantly ornate cemeteries. You might just have encountered the ghosts of Lionel Messi and Josep Guardiola, the men whose reputations were most damaged when Jose Mourinho turned off the lights at the Nou Camp stadium.

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