If public displays of emotion could influence major sporting decisions, Andy Murray’s reaction to the recent GB David Cup win over Luxembourg might be credited with the LTA’s decision to return to the Braehead Arena in Glasgow for September’s Cup Tie against Hungary.
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According to reports in France, Liverpool are considering a shock move for exit-bound Tottenham defender Sebastien Bassong. The Cameroon international, signed from Newcastle in 2009 for £8m, made just seven Premier League starts last season and has grown frustrated at his role within the club.
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Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi has spoken about his aims with Arsenal, claiming that he is just hoping to contribute to the team this season. The 18-year-old midfielder is a very highly-rated prospect within the Gunners camp following an impressive six month loan spell at Dutch club Feyenoord.
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Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming months - and perhaps new Open champion Clarke will be able to convince the 22-year-old that he can win in all weathers.
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  Nemanja Vidic has vehemently insisted that Manchester United will be able to maintain their immense tradition of success even without the services of midfield veteran Paul Scholes, who retired at the end of last season.
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Rangers skipper David Weir has signed a new one-year contract for the Ibrox club. The deal was finally sealed in Belfast on Saturday ahead of the friendly with Linfield in which Weir, 41, captained the side to a 4-1 win.
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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish appears to have nearly finished his summer spending after tieing up a deal for England winger Stewart Downing with a new left-back now the priority for the Scot.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has denied that Manchester United will end their glorious summer of transfer acquisitions by landing Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder.
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* * *Bryan and Bernie Habana:* Bernie Habana stares out across the Ellis Park pitch towards the opposite stands to where he and his famous son are sitting and lets out a blow of air.
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Amid all the furore over the current IPL in South Africa, Fred Flintoff’s injury, the forthcoming World Twenty20 Cup in England and, of course, the countdown to The Ashes this summer, the recently-finished ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying tournament may have gone unnoticed, but for one outstanding story: the emergence of Afghanistan as a cricketing nation...
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It is a much-changed Sergio Garcia this year who has started the new season seemingly at peace with himself for the first time in his professional career. Perhaps it is because he has risen to number two in the world rankings, having begun last year in 12th.
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He arrives on his newly-acquired Vespa Scooter, hair still wet from an afternoon’s spot of surfing. It is 23 degrees Celsius in late autumn and the deep blue Atlantic Ocean is either crashing into the rocks below, or reaching a serene conclusion on the main town beach just around the bay.
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Nick Easter is quite clearly not a man to take no for an answer. Twice he has informed England bosses that their decision to drop him has been wrong, and twice he has proved himself to be correct.
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