British qualifier Daniel Evans' tattoo was mocked by Laura Robson, so he questioned some of her hairstyle choices.

British tennis is all smiles these days. At the site of Andy Murray's breakthrough last year, Evans notched the first big upset of this U.S. Open.

Top-seeded Serena Williams starts defending her U.S. Open crown on Monday while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer join her in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the year's final Grand Slam event.

Williams, seeking her 17th Grand Slam singles crown and her fifth U.S. Open title, faces Italy's 54th-ranked Francesca Schiavone in the opening night match on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.

Two French trekkers in their twenties have gone missing in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas after breaking away from their group near the mountain town of Dharamshala, police said Monday.

"Over two dozen people are searching for the missing trekkers in the Dhauladhar mountain ranges," local police chief Balbir Singh Thakur told Agence France Presse by phone.

Kimi Raikkonen watched the end of the Belgian Grand Prix from the garage for once as his long points-scoring run ended at 27 races because of right brake failure.

He is arguably the most consistent driver in Formula One and it was a rare sight to see his car crawl back to the Lotus team compound on Sunday.

For his first competitive home game as Manchester United manager, David Moyes could be forgiven for wishing the fixture computer had not spat out a game against Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.

Not only have Chelsea improved their formidable squad during the close season and started the new campaign with back-to-back wins, but in Mourinho they boast a coach who has a history of upsetting United's best-laid plans.

World Player of the Year Lionel Messi will miss Barcelona's trip to Malaga on Sunday as he continues to recover from a thigh injury as Real Madrid remained poised to welcome Gareth Bale.

Messi was substituted at half-time in Barca's 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and Barca boss Gerardo Martino confirmed the 25-year-old had not been included in his squad as a precaution.

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez scored on his Serie A debut for Juventus in a 1-0 win at Sampdoria as AC Milan stumbled on the opening day of the new campaign with a 2-1 away defeat to new boys Verona.

Tevez, who scored when the champions secured the Italian Super Cup with a 4-0 rout of Lazio last weekend, was partnered up front by Mirko Vucinic as Spaniard Fernando Llorente was left on the sidelines.

Marseille continued their excellent start to the Ligue 1 season on Saturday with a hard-earned win at Valenciennes, but Lyon completed a miserable week by suffering a shock home loss to Reims.

A late goal from Andre-Pierre Gignac gave OM a 1-0 win in France's far north before Lyon lost to Reims by the same scoreline at the Stade de Gerland in a game interrupted for more than half an hour by torrential rain and which saw the hosts miss a second-half penalty.

World number one Park In-Bee fired a five-under par 65 on Friday to grab a share of the second-round lead at the LPGA Canadian Women's Open.

South Korea's Park, who has won three major titles this season, was joined on eight-under 132 by US veteran Cristie Kerr, who carded a 66.

Tejay van Garderen stretched his overall lead in the USA Pro Challenge cycle race on Friday with a victory in the stage five individual time trial.

Van Garderen admitted he was feeling the pain in the closing stages of the 16-kilometer, mostly uphill route in the Colorado Rockies, but his time of 25:01 was four seconds faster than that of runner-up Andrew Talansky of Garmin-Sharp, whose time had held up for much of the day.