Britain’s Jenny Meadows has been promoted to the top tier of the lottery funding programme following her 800m bronze at the World Championships. Heptathlete Jessica Ennis, triple jumper Phillips Idowu and Paralympian David Weir also make the list of 67 on the programme for the 2009/2010 season. Meadows, 28, moves up from Development status with [...]

The figure skating season gets underway in Paris on Thursday at the first of six Grand Prix events. Here are five things to know before event No. 1: Postponed (?) start 2006 Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen was slated to make her return to competition in Paris, but announced her withdrawal last week, citing calf [...]

Former top-ranked player Justine Henin will announce her return to competitive tennis Tuesday, according to two top Belgian newspapers. La Derniere Heure and Le Soir reported the comeback Monday Her spokeswoman did not return phone calls and Henin’s Web site had no comment on the rumors. Last year, Henin shocked the tennis world by announcing [...]