LONDON — It had been, famously, more than 75 years since a British man arrived at Wimbledon as the defending champion.

So Andy Murray took a moment to take in the sights and sounds at Centre Court as nearly 15,000 spectators, including Shaquille O'Neal up in the Royal Box, rose to greet him with a raucous standing ovation.

Murray then went out and beat 105th-ranked David Goffin of Belgium, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory for Murray. No. 1-seeded Novak Djokovic won in similarly easy fashion, beating Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-0, 6-1, 6-4. However, three lower-seeded men lost: No. 18 Fernando Verdasco, No. 25 Andrea Seppi and No. 31 Vasek Pospisil.

Venus Williams got her first victory at Wimbledon since 2011. But there were losses for 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur, 18th-seeded Sloane Stephens and 27th-seeded Garbine Muguruza, the 20-year-old Spaniard who surprisingly beat Serena Williams in the second round of the French Open last month.

LOS ANGELES — With a $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a judge suggested the terms of a family trust are clear enough to remove Donald Sterling as a trustee and allow his estranged wife to sell the team without his consent.At one point, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas said the Sterlings' trust agreement is so unambiguous that “I could decide this case in five minutes.”At the center of the volatile court battle are reports from three doctors who examined the 80-year-old Sterling and found he shows symptoms of early Alzheimer's disease and dementia. His lawyers argued he should be able to call his own experts at a trial set for July 7.

OMAHA, Neb. — Vanderbilt capitalized on Virginia starter Nathan Kirby's sudden loss of control to score nine runs in the third inning, then held off the Cavaliers to win 9-8 in the opener of the best-of-three College World Series finals.Tyler Campbell continued his improbable breakout for the Commodores (50-20), doubling twice in the third inning.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Willie Desjardins was hired as coach of the Canucks, succeeding the fired John Tortorella after a season in which Vancouver missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008.This is Desjardins' first NHL head coaching job. He was an assistant with the Dallas Stars from 2010 to 2012 and most recently led the AHL's Texas Stars to a Calder Cup title.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Gerard Gallant has been introduced as the new coach of the Florida Panthers.Gallant spent the last two seasons as an assistant with the Montreal Canadiens and saw there how quickly a team’s fortunes can turn around. When he joined Montreal, the Canadiens were coming off a season where they finished last in the Eastern Conference.They won a division title the next season.