two time champion nani roma sustained head and neck injuries in a crash near the end of the third stageed his minijohn cooper works rally car a kilometre before the finish of the day's stage in peru. despite the accident, he and co—driver alex haro managed to arrive at the finish line only 26 minutes down on stage winner nasser al—attiyah. stephane peterhansel‘s peugeot came in second and takes the overall lead. the frenchman is chasing a record 14th dakar title in the event that also visits bolivia and argentina. vestas11th hour racing took the lead in the 11th leg of the volvo ocean race, with dongfeng race team, who dominated the race in the previous five days, relegated to fourth position. as the fleet entered their sixth day of competition, the distance spread between the top five boats was just six nautical miles, with all of them easing into the light winds of the doldrums for the second time in the race. they'll also have to keep a look out for pods of feeding whales such as these, before arriving in hong kong later this month. including coutinhi, that's bbc.com/sport. for me an

nani and felipe anderson were among the scorers as lazio beat udinese 3—0 to move three points clear of fourth—placed inter. roma respectively, after sharing a 1—1 draw. it's day 11 at the australian open in melbourne and in a few hours from now we'll know which two players will contest this year's women's singles final. the order of play for rod laver arena includes the first of the men's semis between maric cilic and kyle edmund and both of the women's semis. the world number one simona halep, who's never won a grand slam title, plays the former champion angelique kerber. before that, it's caroline wozniacki against belgium's elise mertens. wozniacki, the number two seed, is showing the sort of form which took her to the top of the world rankings back in 2010. she's still looking to win her first grand slam, having twice been a runner—up at the us open. she now plays the only unseeded player left in the draw, belgium's elise mertens, who still can't quite believe she's made it to the semi—finals. if someone had said to you last monday that this is where you would be, what would you have said to them? laugh a l