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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.

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.

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.

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.

*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.