Mark Cavendish has become only the third cyclist ever to win the coveted BBC Sports Personality of the year award. He finished ahead of Darren Clarke, and Mo Farah.   Cavendish, winner of the green jersey at this years Tour de France, won almost 50% of the public vote on Thursday night.
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Toro Rosso’s Friday driver Jean-Eric Vergne believes he could be as good as Red Bull’s Mark Webber given the chance.   Vergne tested champion Sebastian Vettel’s RB7 during the young driver test at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit, coming in fastest in all six sessions over the course of three days.
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*Manchester City and Arsenal are both interested in Borussia Moenchengladbach £15m-rated midfielder Marco Reus and are reported to be ready to battle it out for the 22-year old.
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As the Formula One Association confirmed the 20-race calendar for the 2012 season, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that there are still doubts over next year's Bahrain, Korean and United States fixtures.
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Manchester City have loaned young defender Greg Cunningham to Nottingham Forest until the end of December, it was announced earlier today.
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Welshman Nigel Edwards is to be in charge of the Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team for the third time, following last month's unexpected victory over the Americans at Royal Aberdeen.
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Manceshter City striker Mario Balotelli is being lined up by Serie A outfit Napoli involving a possible swap deal with Ezequiel Lavezzi.   Balotelli faces stiff competition to gain a starting place in Roberto Mancini's Manchester City side.
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Andy Murray remains on course for a third successive title after overcoming a difficult second set to beat Stanislas Wawrinka and move into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
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It may be all over but it’s far from over, as 2011 World Drivers’ Champion Sebastian Vettel says he’s starting work right away on using the final four races of the season to do some ‘exploring’ ahead of 2012.
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Despite his disappointment at dropping out of the Berlin marathon this weekend and seeing his twenty-year record shattered by Kenyan Patrick Makau, 38 year-old Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie has insisted he won’t retire and is targeting the 2012 Olympics in London.   "I don't want to miss the Olympics” he said.
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According to Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas, team mate Mark Cavendish’s World Championship win may well have set the seal on his move to Team Sky. On Sunday, Cavendish became the first Briton for almost half a century to wear the coveted rainbow jersey after riding to victory in Copenhagen.
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*Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood, who retired from Test cricket in January this year to concentrate on the shorter forms of the game, has not played since March and now fears his international career may be over.
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Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins has said he will prioritise next year's Tour de France over his chances of winning an Olympic medal in London.
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*In a move to mitigate the loss of Andy Carroll, Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is planning a £5m bid for Southampton striker Rickie Lambert when the transfer window re-opens in the New Year.
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Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt will appear at Friday’s IAAF Diamond League season-ending in Brussels and commentators believe his biggest challenge will be against the clock. The double record holder will be anxious to beat countryman Asafa Powell’s 9. 78secs over 100m and made his goal clear.
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Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal is disappointed at the turn out for this week’s Seve Trophy. Several of Europe's leading golfers, including those key to next year's European team, made themselves unavailable as the two 10-man teams were announced.
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Five-time champion Roger Federer will face Novak Djokovic in what is likely to be one of the most exciting clashes of the US Open.
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After not being able to finalise a permanent deal for Newcastle striker Nile Ranger, Birmingham now hope to resurrect the deal when the loan window opens next week.
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*Juventus defender Zdenek Grygera looks almost certain to move to Fulham in a £3million move.   *   The 31-year old who can play either centre-back or right-back moved from Ajax to Juventus in 2007 and has played 100 Serie A games, before reportedly falling out of favour with Juve boss Antonio Conte.
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As Chelsea’s ‘will-he, won’t he’ rumours continue over Luka Modric, Manager Andre Villas-Boas is concentrating on other things.
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