*The appointment of Ivan Lendl as Andy Murray’s full-time coach has led to the inevitable discussion as to whether he could be the man to turn Murray the contender into Murray the Grand Slam champion.
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Lindsey Vonn has finally won on home soil following 46 World Cup victories and she couldn't have imagined a better place to do it than at Beaver Creek, the resort at which she grew up.
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Mark Cavendish continued his inexorable journey towards winning the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award after yesterday swooping up the Sports Journalist’s Association’s Sportsman of the Year award, to add to his award received last week at the Jaguar Academy Awards.
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By Ian Stafford

Scotland will have to win two tie-breakers to reach the medal play-offs at the European Curling Championship after they were locked in a deadlock. David Murdoch's rink won their final round-robin match against Sweden 9-3 meaning they finished joint fourth with Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland.
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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.
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Ted Ligety has beaten Marcel Hirscher in a World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek, two days after his defeat to the Austrian. The American trumped his rival to win his second race from three events this season with a combined time of two minutes 40. 01 seconds over the two runs.
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German biathlon star Magdalena Neuner has announced she will retire from the sport at the end of the season. The 24-year-old, who has won 10 World Championship gold medals and 25 World Cup races to cement her place as the most successful Biathlete of all time, announced the decision on her website.
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Scotland's men have lost 5-2 to Denmark at the European Curling Championship in Moscow. Following Tuesday morning's defeat captain David Murdoch's team have now won three and lost three of their round-robin matches.
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Scotland have hit back at the European Curling Championship in Moscow after claiming an 8-7 win over Norway. David Murdoch's continued good form was the key despite the Scotland captain handing their opponents a four in the fourth end.
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The pressure is piling on Felipe Massa who has been warned by the team that he will need to work hard to justify his place if he wants to remain a Formula 1 Ferrari driver.
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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

According to a report on the Daily Mail website this morning, Rio Ferdinand will put his contract negotiations to one side as he looks to secure his place in Sir Alex Ferguson’s first-choice side.
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Albert Riera could complete a move to Sunderland in January, according to a report this morning on the Daily Mail website.   Currently plying his trade for Galatasaray, Riera is allegedly earning £115,000 a week, so would certainly have to take a pay cut in order to complete a Premiership return.
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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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This weekend sees the return of Barry Hearns brainchild to reinvent the game of snooker. Power Snooker was first introduced last year with Ronnie O'Sullivan winning the inaugural event at the O2 in London.
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*Roberto Martinez is considered one of the most talented young managers in football, having guided Swansea to the 2007/08 League 1 title in his first job in charge.
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Liverpool have completed the signing of highly-rated midfielder Seyi Ojo from League One side MK Dons after beating a host of other Premier League clubs to the players signature.
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  It seems that Arsenal fans can forget about signing Marouane Fellaini this January, as the Belgian international has signed a deal to keep him with current employers Everton for five years.
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He’s back!  Stand-up comedian, best-selling author and chat show supremo, the lovable Chatty Man and Tooth Fairy himself….
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Manchester United have poached wonderkid Charlie Jackson from bitter rivals Manchester City, convincing the player to switch allegiances despite the City fan being just five years old. Bizzarely, Jackson had been spotted almost two years earlier by Manchester City scouts, playing a local football scheme at the tender age of three.
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