Renault's acting team chief Bob Bell has admitted everyone at the team was relieved not to lose their jobs in the wake of the race-fixing scandal. The team escaped with a suspended ban as bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds were given lengthy bans for their roles in the controversy...

Switzerland's world number one Roger Federer has pulled out of next month's Japan Open and Shanghai Masters 1000. The 28-year-old told organisers he was withdrawing to rest his body "after a physically challenging year"...

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will keep faith with keeper Ben Foster despite his errors in Sunday's defeat of Manchester City. Foster, who Ferguson has previously tipped to be England's number one at the 2010 World Cup...