Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis, who is banned from tennis for cocaine abuse, was revealed today as a contestant in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.

Kim Clijsters will make her grand slam comeback at the US Open this summer after cutting short her retirement.

ROGER FEDERER will begin his campaign for a record sixth straight Wimbledon title on the back of his 59th consecutive win on grass.

Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis has backed top seed Ana Ivanovic to triumph at the All England Club this year but says the retirement of Justine Henin has left a void at the top of the women’s game.

Martina Hingis has been handed a two-year ban after being found guilty of a doping offence, the International Tennis Federation announced today.

SO ALL the Hollywood scriptwriters are on strike, eh?

Martina Hingis is expected to challenge her positive drug test – despite admitting she does not want to spend years “fighting against doping officials”.

Tennis ace Martina Hingis is under investigation after testing positive for cocaine.

Maria Sharapova, yet to drop a game so far this Championship, is bracing herself for a tough third-round clash with veteran Ai Sugiyama on Saturday.

WORLD number three Jelena Jankovic was delighted to reach the last 16 after surviving a major fright from a limping opponent.

TOP SEED Justine Henin coasted into the Wimbledon third round yesterday insisting her bid for a first All England Club crown would remain unaffected by a recent injury scare.

SERENA WILLIAMS signalled her intent to regain the Wimbledon crown as the number seven seed brushed past Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain in straight sets on Court Two yesterday.

Martina Hingis has pulled out of the French Open with a hip injury.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins on yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Top seed Maria Sharapova has battled through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open and a match-up with Kim Clijsters after overcoming Russian Anna Chakvetadze at Melbourne Park.

Top seed Maria Sharapova completed the quarter-final line-up at the Australian Open on Monday by seeing off fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva in straight sets.

Top seed Maria Sharapova cruised into the third round of the Australian Open today with a straightforward victory over Anastassia Rodionova.

Number one seed Maria Sharapova reached the second round of the Australian Open after battling through “one of the toughest matches I’ve played here”.

Andy Murray has been handed his highest seeding for a grand slam event after being installed at 15 for next week’s Australian Open.

Serena Williams and “mean old lady” Lindsay Davenport made their presence felt as they both impressed to go through to the third round of the US Open.

Martina Hingis insists her third-round defeat at Wimbledon is only a temporary setback in her comeback to competitive tennis.

Martina Hingis bowed out of Wimbledon with a 7-5 3-6 6-4 defeat by Ai Sugiyama admitting she needs to rediscover her clinical touch if her comeback is to progress.

Former champion Martina Hingis will make what is sure to be an emotional return to Centre Court later today.

Venus Williams will begin the defence of her Wimbledon crown on Centre Court later today – while world number one Amelie Mauresmo is also in action for the first time as she prepares for an opening match on the “graveyard of champions”.

ROGER FEDERER penned another elegant page in the tennis record books while Andre Agassi overcame a bout of nerves to prolong his own Wimbledon story yesterday.

Roger Federer could face a tough battle on two fronts when he begins the defence of his Wimbledon title today.

Martina Hingis rates herself as a “good outsider” to win Wimbledon as she continues her comeback.

DEFENDING champion Rafael Nadal admits he is feeling the strain of playing too much tennis in recent days after advancing to the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Martina Hingis took another step towards completing a glorious comeback to the WTA Tour by advancing to the last eight of the French Open on Monday.

Martina Hingis swept past American Lisa Raymond in straight sets to progress to the French Open second round, five years after her last appearance in Paris.

Martina Hingis looked in vintage form Monday at the Internazionali d’Italia.

Martina Hingis has pulled off a shock victory against Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi won the mixed doubles crown at the Australian Open with an emphatic 6-3 6-3 victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva.

Martina Hingis is closing in on her 15th career grand slam title after she and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final.

MARTINA HINGIS found out yesterday that she can still slug it out with the best. She also knows she still has a way to go to get back to the top.

Kim Clijsters ended the comeback of Martina Hingis with a three-set triumph over the former world number one at the Australian Open.

Martina Hingis beat home favourite Sam Stosur in straight sets to create a glitzy quarter-final clash with Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open.

The big guns in the women’s singles did not wilt in the heat on day six of the Australian Open.

As Kim Clijsters battled a back injury and Mary Pierce strutted out, so the bottom half of the women’s singles opened up for Martina Hingis at the Australian Open.

MARTINA HINGIS looked as if she’d never been away.

Martina Hingis’ latest comeback event saw her crash out in the first round, although she was up against former world number one Justine Henin-Hardenne at the Medibank International in Sydney.

MARTINA HINGIS admitted her semi-final clash with Flavia Pennetta had been one match too many after she tumbled out of the Mondial Women’s Hardcourts tournament.