Round-up: Top two seeds Marion Bartoli and Tamira Paszek were bounced out of the opening round in Strasbourg in straight sets.
Cardiff Blues lock Bradley Davies is to captain Wales on their two-Test tour of Japan.
Sir Ian Botham expects James Anderson to go far beyond his England record haul of 383 Test wickets.
Widnes have given goalkicking winger Patrick Ah Van a new two-year contract which will keep him at the Stobart Stadium until the end of the 2015 season.
England have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the second Test against New Zealand which starts on Friday at Headingley.
Question marks remain over the make-up of the England team for the Ashes series against Australia starting in July.
Former Harlequins rugby union chief executive and coach Mark Evans has joined NRL champions Melbourne Storm as part of a new regime.
Paul O'Connell has spoken in glowing terms of his successor as British and Irish Lions captain, Sam Warburton.
Jonny Wilkinson has vowed to do everything he can to be ready to answer an injury SOS from the British and Irish Lions.
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