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Japan's 2004 Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi will run her first marathon in more than four years in Nagoya next month in her bid to race at this year's London Games.

Nico Hulkenberg was back in the VJM05 for the start of Sahara Force India's second winter test here, and the programme included tyre comparison work, aero sweeps and long runs in the afternoon.

As the top seed and defending champion, Britain's Luke Donald never expected to face an experienced opponent such as Ernie Els in Wednesday's opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

For US Open champion Rory McIlroy, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship can offer the players beauty and something of the beast because of the sheer lottery of its format.

India coach Michael Nobbs termed his team`s comprehensive 6-2 win over France as "clinical and almost perfect" and said the hosts will look to play a slightly different hockey against Canada on Tuesday.

Indian eves continued their winning run with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Poland in their third match of the qualifiers for the London Olympics, at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium, here on Tuesday.

Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh continued his goal-scoring spree as he scored a hat-trick to guide favourites India to a convincing 6-2 win over France in an enthralling match of the men's hockey Olympic qualifiers on Tuesday.

Angry Arsenal shareholders have asked the Premier League club whether it has curbed spending to cushion against a possible failure to qualify for the Champions' League after another disappointing season.

Putting intense pressure on the IOA to act against Suresh Kalmadi, the International Olympic Council has shot off another letter to the country's apex sports body to know what action it has taken on the sacked Commonwealth Games OC chairman following the court cases.

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak will spearhead Indian challenge in men's and women's competitions respectively at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, to be held at Macau between February 23 and March 1.