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Skip David Murdoch has kept Scotland's chances of qualifying for the European Curling Championship play-offs alive going into the final group game. Scotland beat Latvia 8-2 to bounce back from a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Denmark, the joint leaders of the group with Sweden with just one loss from seven games.

*Speedo’s new swimwear technology has been unveiled, with promises of record breaking results at London 2012. *   The swimwear manufacturer claims their radical approach to swimwear means performances will be faster than those offered by previous high tech suits which were outlawed under technological doping rules in 2009.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has admitted the club's chances of signing former England captain David Beckham in January are slim. Spurs, along with QPR[http://www. sportsvibe. co. uk/news/football/qpr-vice-chairman-feels-beckham-will-move-to-premier-league-rivals-spurs-11199/] and French giants Paris St Germain[http://www. sportsvibe. co. uk/news/football/tottenham-face-competition-to-land-former-england-captain-12329/], have been linked with moves for Beckham, whose contract at LA Galaxy is set to expire next month.

*Unbeaten Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr hung onto his World Boxing Council middleweight crown on Saturday by stopping US challenger Peter Manfredo in the fifth round. * * * The American tried in vain to evade the champion's blows before referee Laurence Cole halted the bout one minute and fifty-two seconds into the fifth round.

*Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas will launch a £20million January bid to land Newcastle midfield enforcer Cheick Tiote, despite tough competition from Manchester United, and a warning from Newcastle manager Alan Pardew that the player will require a top dollar offer. * * * Tiote cost just £3.

Adam Johnson has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester City, putting an end to Kenny Dalglish’s alleged interest in capturing the England winger for Liverpool.   After arriving at Eastlands from Middlesborough in January 2010, Johnson has impressed with some very creative, sparky performances.

As McLaren team boss Malcolm Whitmarsh set up a theoretical battle between his two drivers going into the final Grand Prix in Brazil, Lewis Hamilton, whose win in Abu Dhabi last Sunday put him level on three wins with team mate Jensen Button, denied there was any significant rivalry between the two for the defining...