World number four Roger Federer began the season-ending ATP Tour Finals in London's O2 Arena with victory over French powerhouse Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The match wasn’t without drama, as Federer, having won the first set in just 21 minutes, lost the second, before destroying Tsonga’s fight in the 10th game of the decider.
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*The British Olympic Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency are currently embroiled in a very public spat over whose rules over doping bans are correct. * The BOA ban any hopeful Olympian for life if they have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. WADA mete out two-year bans.
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By Ian Stafford

Arsene Wenger has outlined to desire to tie up the services of Robin van Persie with a new contract after the Dutch striker continued his immense form against Norwich at the weekend.
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*The US have won the President’s Cup for the fourth successive time, in a somewhat unbalanced competition against an International team.
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After the second day of play in the Presidents Cup, former world number one Tiger Woods is the only American yet to make a contribution towards his team's bid for a fourth successive win.
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Newly promoted Premier League side QPR are ready to raid fellow London club West Ham for talented young defender James Tomkins and are ready to make an offer of £3million for the centre-back.
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McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says his team’s second place in the 2011 constructors’ championship behind Red Bull wasn't good enough, and warned Red Bull that the tables will be turned in 2012.
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Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has confirmed he is willing to leave the Emirates in search of regular first-team football ahead of Euro 2012. Fabianski is currently playing second fiddle to Wojciech Szczesny both at Arsenal and in the Polish national side.
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Manchester City have allegedly earmarked Borussia Monchengladbach star Marco Reus as a potential summer addition ot their glittering squad and will rival Arsenal in the race to sign the precocious frontman.   Reus, who is just 22, already has 2 caps for Germany and has a very bright future ahead of him.
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A report on the Mirror Football website this morning has suggested that Arsene Wenger could swoop for Manchester United starlet Paul Pogba as soon as January.
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Australia were bowled out for 47 by South Africa as 23 wickets fell on the second day, and finally lost the first Test well within the scheduled five days.
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Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke has revealed that he is aware of intensifying interest from Arsenal in stars Mario Gotze and Kevin Großkreutz, though he insists he is relaxed over the proposed offers.
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Arsenal are reportedly set to increase their interest in Manchester United's highly-rated teenager Paul Pogba.   Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wanted to sign the 18-year-old midfielder before he chose to move to United in 2009 and, according to the Daily Star, is hopeful of sealing the deal at the second attempt.
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*World number three Andy Murray has powered into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters with a decisive 6-2 6-2 win over Andy Roddick. *   The 24-year-old Scot claimed the first set in 31 minutes breaking Roddick’s serve in the first game.
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We’ve managed to come through the first low pressure system with relatively little damage; only a broken baton and few small things that take just a couple of hours to repair. Consequently we’ve lost a couple of miles on the leader.
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*I'm pretty happy being born when I was and covering just about every sporting event of any significance for the past 20 years, but if there's one small era of sport I missed by a decade or so then it was the golden era of heavyweight boxing during the 1970's.
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Swede Fredrik Jacobson currently leads the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, after a second-round 66 today took him to 11 under par, one ahead of Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen.   The 37 year-old achieved his first PGA Tour victory in June, and is now set for a return to the world's top 50.
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Ian Thorpe’s return to the pool after five years away from international competition was, as he himself had predicted, less of a bang than a whisper.
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Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has hailed strike pair Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll following their performances in their 2-0 win over West Brom on Saturday evening. Suarez created both goals, the first a converted Charlie Adam penalty after he was tripped in the box and the second coming after he played through Carroll.
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Saracens boss Mark McCall was far from happy with his side's performance at Kingsholm on Saturday, despite their 19-17 victory over Gloucester.
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