The Miami tennis tournament

Roddick beat Roger Federer 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-4 in the third round. American Andy Roddick upset third seed Roger Federer 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-4 in the third round of the Miami Masters tennis tournament. Roddick, who is seeded 31st, will play either Argentina s Juan Monaco or Gael Monfils of France in the fourth round. Meanwhile, defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated No.27 seed Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-4 in an all-Serb third round matchup at the tournament. The world No.1 Djokovic, who won Miami titles in 2007 and 2011, saved seven of eight break point opportunities as he beat Troicki for the 11th consecutive time. Djokovic finished with two aces, one double fault and won 73 per cent of his first-serve points in the 85-minute match. "Generally I feel that I have been playing well," Djokovic said. "I did have some ups and downs, especially in today s match, but I m confident that I can raise the level of my performance in every match." Djokovic next plays 17th seed Richard Gasquet of France. On the women s side of the draw, Serena Williams rallied from a break down in both sets to beat Sam Stosur 7-5 6-3 in a rematch of the 2011 US Open final. Ranked 11th, Williams is playing in her first tournament since January after being sidelined by a left ankle injury. She hit 20 aces and lost only six points on her first serve, but she had to rally after being broken in the first game of each set against the No.5-ranked Stosur. Women s top seed Victoria Azarenka survived a scare from 16th seeded Dominika Cibulkova, gutting out a 1-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 victory in the fourth round. Cibulkova made Azarenka, of Belarus, work to protect her season long match win streak which now stands at 26. "It felt like she closed her eyes and just went for everything, and me, I couldn t really open my eyes," Azarenka said. "It was like I was blinded. "But my coach came to the court, kicked me a little bit that I have to at least try to change something. It was like a snowball. I kept rolling ... and I didn t really adjust. "In the end I tried to change something. But it was more about fighting in my heart today." Azarenka advances to face France s Marion Bartoli, who easily defeated Maria Kirilenko 6-1 6-2 earlier in the day. World No. 2 Maria Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to set up a quarter-final clash with China s Li Na.

Record for Cristiano Ronaldo

Ferenc Puskas formerly held the record for the fastest player to reach 100 goals.  Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by scoring a brace to help leader Real Madrid rebound from consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of Real Sociedad on Saturday. Gonzalo Higuain scored before both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit doubles as Madrid showed no signs of missing the guiding hand of suspended coach Jose Mourinho. Madrid stayed six points clear at the top of table following 10-man Barcelona s 2-0 victory at Mallorca where Lionel Messi netted his 55th goal of the season in all competitions. Madrid great Ferenc Puskas formerly held the record for the fastest player to reach 100 goals after doing so in 105 matches in the 1960s. Ronaldo needed 92 games to score 101.

Nadal Quits as vice president of player council

Rafael Nadal resigns as ATP players' body vice-president after lack of movement on changes to ranking system, Rafael Nadal believes the current ATP tour rankings allow players insufficient time to recover between tournaments The tensions at the top of men’s tennis were thrown into relief yesterday by the news that a frustrated Rafael Nadal has quit his role as vice-president of the player council.
Nadal ’s resignation appears to have had little to do with the main issue preoccupying the player council at present, which is the size of their pay packets at the four grand slam tournaments.
Rather, it has been triggered by the lack of movement on Nadal’s pet project, the introduction of a two-year ranking system. He has argued repeatedly that this is the best way to prolong the careers of the leading players, by making it easier for them to withdraw from tournaments when they have physical ailments.
But Roger Federer , who is supposed to workwith Nadal as president of the player council, has stated his own objection to the two-year idea. “I think it would make thingsrather boring,” he said in December. “It would be a struggle for lower-ranked players to make the breakthrough.”
The other main point of difference betweenthe sport’s two most famous players was around the appointment of the new ATP chief executive, a post that was given to Brad Drewett around the turn of the year.
Nadal backed the application of former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek, believing that as a top-10 player from the 1990s, Krajicek would be more likely to feel sympathetic towards his complaints of overload.
But Federer took the view that Krajicek, who now works as tournament director of the Rotterdam Open, was insufficiently experienced in the business world. The result was that Drewett, formerly the director of the ATP’s operations in the Pacific and Asian regions, came in as a compromise candidate.
The player council consists of 12 members, including six members of the world top 100 in men’s singles. 

World’s highest-paid football coach

Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho to be comfortably the world’s highest-paid coach, according to the Sportinformations agency. The Portuguese boss, who has won the Champions League with both FC Porto and Inter Milan and is in line to win the Liga title in his second season in Madrid, is reported to earn 10 million euros ($13.1m) per year.Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini is the highest-paid Premier League coach, earning six million euros ($7.9m) per year. Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, now with Paris Saint-Germain, is fifth on the list, with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp also in the top ten. The departure of Fabio Capello from the role of England manager means that Switzerland boss Ottmar Hitzfeld is now the highest-paid national coach in the world, with the study revealing his annual salary to be 2.6 million euros ($3.4m). Despite his lucrative salary – the 19th-highest on the overall list – the veteran German failed to lead his adopted country to the finals of Euro 2012 this summer in Poland and Ukraine. Spain’s World Cup-winning coach Vicente Del Bosque ranks 22nd in the list. 

The ten highest-paid coaches in the world:

Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid) – 10 million euros ($13.1m)

Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) and Guus Hiddink (Anzhi Makhachkala) – 7.5 million euros ($9.8m)

Roberto Mancini (Manchester City) – 6 million euros ($7.9m)

Carlo Ancelotti (Paris Saint-Germain) – 5.9 million euros (($7.7m)

Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich) – 5 million euros ($6.6m)

Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) and Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool) – 4.8 million euros ($6.3m)

Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) and Harry Redknapp (Tottenham Hotspur) – 4.7 million euros ($6.2m)