Murray hopes for home Fed Cup tie
Captain Judy Murray hopes to capitalise on Britain's successful Fed Cup week by bringing the side back for a home tie for the first time in 19 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/16896453
USA into Fed Cup World play-offs
USA beat Belarus in Massachusetts to reach the play-offs for the Fed Cup World Group.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/16898542
GB into Fed Cup World II play-off
Great Britain qualify for the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs by beating Austria after two victories.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/16889156
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Article 57. For The Serious Student, by B. Bell
With computer databases and the amount of information available to students these days you would think that people who study chess to improve would be improving in leaps and bounds. Sadly this is not the case, but I hope to provide some information that may help...
http://www.correspondencechess.com/syndication/articles/0057.htm
Article 56. Chess pedagogical training and further education at the FIDE Trainer Course in Berlin, by IM Jovan Petronic
Offered by Headmaster of the FIDE Trainer Academy - GM Uwe Boensch. From 4 until 10 November 2005, at the international training course, chess pedagogues from various countries got together for the third time to refresh their knowledge and to get new insights in the sport of chess. 13 chess trainers from three continents and ten countries met to listen to lectures and receive practical training on the big historical grounds close to the modern Olympic Stadium of Berlin for six days...
http://www.correspondencechess.com/syndication/articles/0056.htm
Article 55. Exclusive Interview: Bessel Kok, by Goran Urosevic
In the middle of November, Mr. Bessel Kok and Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici announced their candidacy for the posts of President and Deputy President of FIDE (The World Chess Federation) at the forthcoming elections in Turin in May 2006...
http://www.correspondencechess.com/syndication/articles/0055.htm
British athletes sample Kenya's success
BBC Radio 5 live's Mike Costello spends time with top GB distance runners in their 'monastic' Kenyan training camp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/athletics/16850262.stm
Farah is GB's No 1 - Van Commenee
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee believes that 5,000m world champion Mo Farah is "a complete athlete".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/athletics/16783631.stm
Steele targets London 2012 medal
Great Britain 400m runner Andrew Steele, from Didsbury, says he is targeting a medal at London 2012 after recovering from illness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/athletics/16851329.stm
Sizing Europe beats rival Big Zeb
Champion Chaser Sizing Europe beats old rival Big Zeb by 15 lengths at Punchestown to win the Tied Cottage Chase.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/horse_racing/16897859.stm
Ruby Walsh loses appeal over ban
Ruby Walsh loses his appeal against a three-day ban incurred for careless riding at Cheltenham.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/horse_racing/16846860.stm
Dwyer's passage to India
British jockey Martin Dwyer shuns 'brass-monkey Fridays' for richer pickings in sunny India.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/horse_racing/16830907.stm