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Ivan Ljubicic could be there for the taking. ';It has been a long wait for Japan to get back into the World Group,'; Nishikori, who reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open last month, told a news conference in Kobe.

Fabio Capello has left his post as England manager. We look at the events that led to the Italian's departure.

FINALS a A Three of the Top 4 seeds are in action Thursday as the second round wraps up at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors , an ATP World Tour 250 event held on the indoor hard courts of the Croatian capital.This is the first time in the tournament's history all eight seeds won opening round matches.

ZAGREB: Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Slovakia's Karol Beck 7-6 , 3-6, 6-3 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors tournament.

Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Slovakia's Karol Beck 7-6 , 3-6, 6-3 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors tournament.

So far at the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal has done everything in his power to prove his doubters wrong.

Everyone knows Michal Llodra is different, and not just because the French southpaw is one of the few serve-and-volley players left in the game, certainly at the high end of the game.

The Frenchman, one of the last serve-and-volley specialists and a practical joker, will chance his arm in the third round France's MichaA l Llodra beat Alex Bogomolov of Russia 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4 to book a third-round match against Andy Murray at the Australian Open.

The nearest Andy Murray comes to the kind of trash talking he loves in boxing is when he describes Michael Llodra, his next Australian Open opponent, as 'nuts'. It is not Murray's style to rev up his opponents, and in any case, few within the locker room would dissent from the view that the Frenchman is a somewhat zany character well known for his ... (more)

The first day of a Grand Slam, where it all begins, is always very busy and very bright, with a sense of excitement and anticipation floating in the air.

Alister McRae will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time in almost five years when he tackles Rally Sweden with Proton next month.