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Serena Williams says her sister Venus will be ready for this weekend’s Fed Cup matches against Belarus. Serena says Venus has been training every day, and is “coming along awesome”. …

Lecce coach Serse Cosmi is confident his relegation-threatened side can extend their good run of form in 2012 when they visit Udinese tomorrow. Cosmi’s men endured a dismal start to …

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Mickael Llodra and Julien Benneteau will form the France team to face Canada in the Davis Cup in Vancouver on February 10-12, the French Tennis Federation …

Graham Rowntree has urged what is set to be a raw England side to start putting the “unspeakable past” of the team’s World Cup flop behind them when they face …

Stuttgart’s director of sport Fredi Bobic insists coach Bruno Labbadia is not in any danger of losing his job, despite a run of four straight defeats. Sunday’s 3-0 loss at …

Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of building a new ground near their existing White Hart Lane home have been boosted thanks to a STG27 million ($A40 million) funding agreement with London Mayor …

Mehmet Ali Aydinlar, president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), and his two deputies announced their resignation on Tuesday in light of the match-fixing scandal that has embroiled the sport …

Hoffenheim have signed Srdjan Lakic on loan from Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg – hours after declaring they were no longer interested in the striker. The player became a Hoffenheim target when …

Casey Stoner has been sidelined by a pulled back muscle as MotoGP teams unveiled their new 1000cc bikes on the first day of pre-season test runs. Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo shook …

A two-day high-powered meeting of cricket’s governing body, which began in Dubai on Tuesday, will consider the nomination of their next vice-president who will take over in two years time. …

Tommy Haas is returning to Germany’s Davis Cup team, and he is expected to play against Argentina in the first round. The 33-year-old veteran last played for Germany more than …

Andy Murray will miss Britain’s Davis Cup match against Slovakia next month after sustaining “a few injuries” during his run to the Australian Open semi-finals. The fourth-ranked Murray, who lost …

Breeders head into the first day of the second-tier Select Sale at Karaka on Wednesday hoping the market can continue the momentum from an improved second day of the Premier …

Australian Open quarter-finalist Tomas Berdych and doubles winner Radek Stepanek will lead the Czech Republic against Italy in next week’s first round of the Davis Cup in Ostrava. Berdych lost …

Second-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr of Russia beat wild card Dino Marcan of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday. Bogomolov reached the …

Scotland will field a new halfback partnership and an uncapped winger in a much-changed team for the Six Nations opener against fierce rival England at Murrayfield on Saturday. In a …

Austrian number one Juergen Melzer will lead his country in their Davis Cup World Group 1st round tie against Russia at Wiener Neustadt, near Vienna from February 10-12. Alongside 41st-ranked …

Milos Raonic and veteran Daniel Nestor will lead Canada against France in the Davis Cup next week. Frank Dancevic and Vasek Pospisil were also named on Tuesday for Canada’s first …