Sports Calendar

Sport in brief: Murray sits out Davis Cup

World No 4 confirms he will not be part of John Lloyd’s team to face Lithuania following disappointment against Poland

Sport in brief: Söderling finds way to beat Federer

Martin Adams back for more | Jerome Taylor in trouble | Rough for Tiger Woods | Ben Gordon’s struggles | Elite flock to Norfolk

Visa dispute leaves LTA with another post to fill

Ann Quinn has departed at the end of a year in which she spent four months locked out of the country by a visa dispute

They said what? The quotes of the year

From waitress Jamiee Grubb's cheeky plea for forgiveness to sex in the middle of a football pitch: the best sayings of 2009

Goodall left feeling the chill over funding

Britain’s leading young doubles prospect faces difficult time as one of several former Davis Cup players who have had backing cut

Henin to take up Sydney wildcard

Former world No 1 has been granted a wild-card for the Sydney International as she steps up her comeback from retirement

The decade’s top five sporting moments

It was the decade of Zidane's head-butt, Jonny’s dropped goal and that Beckham free kick – but it was Usain Bolt who sprinted clear

Sports Watch: Mark Hughes has turned into a whinger

Rick Broadbent delivers the lowdown on this week's heroes and villains of the sporting world

Decade’s top 100 sporting moments: Nos 20-6

Part five features a head-butt from Zinédine Zidane, Arsenal’s "Invincibles" and Gary Pratt running out Ricky Ponting

Gasquet able to put failed test behind him

Court upholds decision to exonerate Frenchman after he said positive cocaine test was a result of innocent kissing

Gasquet cleared of doping after innocent kiss

Court of Arbitration for Sport sides with French tennis player, who claims cocaine passed into his system during a series of kisses

LTA lose patience with Bogdanovic

British No 2 has been dropped from the elite squad of LTA players who will receive the governing body’s highest level of support in 2010

Decade’s top 100 sporting moments: Nos 40-21

Part four of The Times’s countdown includes tears, blood and other bodily fluids among the triumphs and disasters

The decade’s top 100 sporting moments: Nos 60-41

Part three of our countdown, including the final act of an Ashes folk hero and humiliating exits for two England football managers

The decade’s top 100 sporting moments: Nos 100-81

So how was the sporting decade for you? The staff of Times Sport have assembled their favourite memories of the past ten years

Broady passes Keothavong with another win

The 19-year-old from Heaton Mersey has triumphed in 15 consecutive matches and has won 18 of 19 since the summer

Ward of courts facing Nadal masterclass

For next fortnight the British No 4 will be Spaniard’s practice partner, and that means three hours a day of attritional endeavour

Five thrown out of tournament after punch-up

Two Americans, two Russians and a player from the Bahamas ejected from Orange Bowl under-18 championships after altercation

Agassi swaps private torment for public acceptance

Neil Harman joins an audience stunned by the startling confessions in the former Wimbledon champion's autobiography