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Mitch Docker, who confirmed his credentials as a contender for success in cyclingâ€TMs biggest one-day races with an impressive sixth at this yearâ€TMs Gent-Wevelgem, is the latest addition to join GreenEDGE Cycling.

Rafael Cabrera-Bello was quickest out of the blocks when the morning field got away in Thursday's first round at the Dunhill Links Championship.

Alvaro Quiros wil be looking to secure his second win at the Portugal Masters when the tournament gets underway on October 13.

As from next year the European Tour will start in the same calendar year in which it ends and will include a fifth co-sanctioned Tournament in South Africa, Tour officials disclosed on Monday.

Wallaby number eight Wycliff Palu has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup due to a hamstring strain.

England have been drawn in the same group as India for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, which will take place between September 18 and October 7 at three venues in Sri Lanka.

Captain Michael Clarke is confident Cricket Australia will ask him for an input on the team's next coach.

Tim Nielsen has stepped down as head coach of Australia after confirming that he will not be applying for the new position created by the Argus review.

On Sunday September 18, over 2,500 participants cycled on a fully closed 120km circuit of the Great Ocean Road and Otway Region in the first ever international Gran Fondo in Australia.

Not for the first time, Timo Glock has expressed concerns regarding Virgin's inability to match the pace of others on the grid.

John Senden finished in second place in Sunday's BMW Champion showdown, but it wasn't enough to earn him an automatic ticket into the Presidents Cup.

Despite just making the Presidents Cup team, Jim Furyk has missed out on an opportunity to defend his title at the TOUR Championship next week.

Golden girl Lexi Thompson made LPGA Tour history on Sunday when she became the youngest winner in the 61-year history of the Tour.

Tiger Woods has tumbled to No 49 on the latest World Rankings list but it looks as if he might just squeeze into his own Chevron World Challenge by the skin of his teeth.

Rather than choose between scrum-halves Morgan Parra and Dimitri Yachvili, France coach Marc Lièvremont has done what only he could...he has picked both to face the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.

French-speaking Irishman Alain Rolland will be the man in the middle when New Zealand take on France in Saturday's World Cup Pool A decider.

Following a highly successful inaugural Convention in Punta Del Este, Uruguay in 2010, FINA is pleased to announce the 2nd FINA World Aquatics Convention to be held in Moscow (Russia) on 30th October - 1st November 2012.

Genesys Wealth Advisers cycling team will attempt to defend last year’s win by Ben Grenda and defend their teams classification when the Paradice Investment Management Goulburn to Sydney Cycle Classic is held on the 17th & 18th of September.

The Australian GP will remain at the Albert Park circuit as long as the state of Victoria continues to stage the race, according to state government officials.

The FIA's plan to switch to 1.6 litre engines has been met by opposition from circuit bosses who want to retain the loud noise produced by the current engines.

Scottish amateur James Byrne has disclosed plans to join the money game just days after helping Great Britain and Ireland famously beat the USA in the Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen on Sunday.

The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa at St Andrews has once more been named 'Scotland's Leading Golf Resort' at the World Travel Awards' 2011 Europe Ceremony staged in Turkey earlier this month.

After a week's break, the FedEx Cup playoffs resume on Thursday with the third leg of the four-event, play-off series, the BMW Championship, at the Cog Hill Golf Club's No 4 course, Dubsdread, in Illinois.

England prop Andrew Sheridan has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup by a shoulder injury.

Harlequins' Joe Marler and Gloucester's Will James have both been suspended for striking an opponent.

Athletes who compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London will face tougher anti-doping tests next year. For the first time, a new test to catch blood dopers and users of human growth hormone will be used, the BBC reports.

Brazilian swimmers Luiz Lima and Kirsty Thomson won the open water event "King and Queen of the Sea", disputed in Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday August 28, 2011. The event attracted 2.000 athletes with events up to 3km. Lima won the men's event in a time of 36m11s. Gustavo Heleno finished second with 39m42s and Paralympic swimmer Marcelo Collet took third with 39m46s. Among women, Thomson won the challenge in 48m13s. Susana Schnarndorf, another Paralympic swimmer, finishe...

The start of the KLM Open was delayed due to overnight vandalism on several of the Hilversumsche Golf Club greens.

An in-form Simon Dyson shares the lead at the KLM Open on a day that saw delays due to overnight vandalism and heavy flooding.