TENNIS

Eight-time winner Rafael Nadal recovered from a set down to beat Britain's Andy Murray to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final.

Murray broke twice to take the opening set but wilted under the Spaniard's power and accuracy to lose 2-6 6-4 6-2 after two hours and 44 minutes.
The win was Nadal's seventh over Murray in eight meetings on clay and puts him into his 100th ATP World Tour final.

He faces Gael Monfils who beat fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1 6-3.
Murray beat Nadal for the first time on clay in last year's Madrid Masters final, but his hopes of being only the third player to earn back-to-back victories over the world number five on the surface were dashed in a brutal two-and-a-half-hour encounter.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

                                                              Newcastle claimed a first win under Rafael Benitez as they overcame Swansea to bolster their   chances of Premier League survival.

Jamaal Lascelles headed in from a corner to put Newcastle in front towards the end of an edgy first half.
Ashley Williams and Jefferson Montero missed chances as the Swans dominated after the break, but Moussa Sissoko and Andros Townsend struck late goals.

Newcastle are now three points adrift of safety, while Swansea drop to 15th.