Novak Djokovic's title defence at Wimbledon is still yet to come under serious threat as he eased into the last eight for the 11th time on Monday with a comfortable win over Ugo Humbert.

This is only the latest battleground in the tussle to decide who will be considered the greatest of all time. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are likely to stroll through quarter-finals.

LAURA LAMBERT AT CENTRE COURT: Novak Djokovic withstood an early scare to turn the screw on Belgian challenger David Goffin and reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Roberto Bautista Agut will meet Novak Djokovic in the first Grand Slam final of his career after beating Argentina's Guido Pella 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut is free to go back on his cancelled stag do to Ibiza after crashing out of Wimbledon in a semi-final defeat to defending champion Novak Djokovic.

He's known for his incredible sense of style and David Beckham must have been so into his Wimbledon look on Thursday, he went for something similar the day after. 

Not for the first time this tournament, Novak Djokovic's focus on tennis has been disrupted by the politics around the sport.

Millions of fans were stressed out not just by the dramatic sporting clashes that went on around the UK yesterday, but also by finding ways to watch them all at the same time.

Novak Djokovic, 32, is set to compete in his sixth Wimbledon final on Sunday. The Serbian player has just snapped up a three-bedroom apartment at at Eighty Seven Park in Miami.

The Russian was a 7-6 (3), 6-4 winner in one hour 39 minutes and has guaranteed his place in the world's top five in next week's new ATP rankings. Medvedev stormed into a 4-1 lead against Goffin.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Defending singles champions perished at the US Open within 24 hours of each other, one departing to a cacophony of booing and the other to supportive cheers.

EXCLUSIVE: The world No 1, who retired from his fourth round match with a shoulder injury, spent the recent US Open with his own private hyperbaric chamber parked up next to Flushing Meadows.

Novak Djokovic made a successful return from a shoulder injury with victory over Alexei Popyrin in the opening round of the Japan Open. He had to retire from the US Open last month.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has taken an innovative approach to training ahead of the Japan Open by stepping into the dohyo to face a sumo wrestler. 

Nadal's withdrawal could prove decisive in the battle to end the year as world number one, with Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals in Tokyo this week and due to defend his title in Shanghai.

The world No 1, competing in his first tournament since withdrawing from last month's US Open with a shoulder injury, secured a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Lucas Pouille on Friday.

World number one Novak Djokovic secured his 76th tour-level title by beating John Millman in straight sets at the Japan Open.

Novak Djokovic's semi-final streak in Shanghai is over. The defending champion, a four-time winner of the Masters had reached the semi-finals in all eight of his tournament appearances.

Novak Djokovic has aimed a jibe at outgoing ATP chairman Chris Kermode as the Serbian tennis star welcomed new chairman Andrea Gaudenzi to the tennis organisation on Thursday.

Kyle Edmund continued his upturn in form with a straight-sets win over Diego Schwartzman at the Rolex Paris Masters to book a showdown with world number one Novak Djokovic.

British number three Kyle Edmund had posted back-to-back wins after arriving at the Rolex Paris Masters on an eight-match losing streak that stretched back to August.

The last great tennis player to emerge, incongruously, from an upbringing that took place largely in a mountainous ski area was one of the greatest ever: Novak Djokovic.

After beginning the week under the weather, Djokovic has looked stronger with each match and he was just too good for 20-year-old Shapovalov, appearing in his first Masters final.

Novak Djokovic proved he is every inch the doting father as he larked around with his two kids during an outing the local park on Wednesday afternoon.

Novak Djokovic helped Serbia make a fast start to their Davis Cup campaign with victory over Japan in Madrid. The world number two was unfazed by a sparse crowd on the central court.

The Juventus forward posted a video to Instagram of himself and Djokovic attempting several run-ups and leaps as onlookers find it all rather amusing.

Novak Djokovic was forced to dig deep and lost his temper with the chair umpire and crowd in his 7-6(5) 7-6(6) win over Kevin Anderson to win a testing ATC Cup tie for Serbia in Brisbane.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: The forthcoming Australian Open may see an unprecedented amount of matches indoors to combat poor air quality if the country's bushfires persist this month.

Rally for Relief will take place at Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park on January 15 to raise money for bushfires that have killed 25 people and destroyed nearly 1,900 homes.

Nadal - who lost the inaugural tournament's final singles rubber in straight sets to Novak Djokovic - complained to the umpire about fans of the Serbian star.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: The last team to win the Six Nations on the back of a losing Rugby World Cup final was - oh wait, sorry, there isn't one.

Jelena Djokovic, 33, shared a 10-minute video of an American physician which focuses on the conspiracy theory that 5G technology has played a role in creating the current global health crisis.

Novak Djokovic has been spotted in Marbella after returning to training on Monday amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

England face Switzerland in the Nations League third place play-off final after both sides were knocked out of contention to win. Find out KO time, channel, squads, predicted lineups and more here.

FC Sion fired Johan Djourou and eight other players after they either failed to respond to a WhatsApp message from club president Christian Constantin or refusing his offer of taking a pay cut.

Guy Sebastian is calling a truce on his feud with Iggy Azalea. Speaking to 60 Minutes on Sunday, Guy admitted he feels bad for the 29-year-old rapper in the wake of her nude photo leak.

The Australian singer, 29, stepped out make-up free with her rapper beau Playboi Carti, 22, and her pet dog in Miami on Sunday.

Iggy Azalea, 29, has quietly returned to social media, two weeks after vanishing from Instagram and Twitter due to her nude photos being leaked online.  

They've been immensely loved up the past few months. 

They met in 2018 when Playboi Carti was on tour, and quickly became one of the music industry's most talked about couples.

It seems the Twitter feud between Iggy Azalea and Guy Sebastian is far from over. 

She's known for her daring sense of style.

Iggy Azalea has defended her 'sickening' In My Defense album artwork.

She's been on the comeback trail since releasing Sally Walker in March.

Rapper Iggy Azalea regularly champions LGBTI+ rights. 

Iggy Azalea has has sparked engagement rumours with boyfriend Playboi Carti after sharing a telling video of a massive diamond ring on her left hand wedding finger. 

She's already released the hits Sally Walker and Started from her forthcoming sophmore album, In My Defense.

Iggy Azalea and Snoop Dogg had one of the biggest celebrity feuds of 2014.

Iggy Azalea made a long-overdue return to the charts last year with her hit single Kream.

She first sparked speculation she's engaged to US rapper Playboi Carti last week, when she debuted a giant diamond ring on her left hand wedding finger.