Jamie Murray prepared to take centre stage for his ATP World Tour men’s doubles opener on Sunday, while Geraint Thomas backs Lizzie Armitstead to star at Rio 2016. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours.
The 29-year-old has had a strong year with Australian doubles partner John Peerreaching both the Wimbledon and US Open finals.
That saw the duo move to fourth in the world and they will take to the O2 Arena on Sunday in front of 17,000 spectators – something the Scot is relishing.
He said: “We're excited to play, we deserve our place here, we've had a great year and we're really looking forward to getting out on the court and trying to show everyone why we are here."
Lizzie Armitstead is on course to upgrade her silver from London 2012 to gold next year in Rio, according to double Olympic cycling champion Geraint Thomas.
Armitstead, 26, is one of Britain's premiere cyclists having rode to Road World Championship gold earlier this year in Richmond, USA, as well as claiming the Commonwealth Games crown in 2014.
She will be looking to go one better in Rio next summer after finishing behind threetime world champion Marianne Vos on the streets of London at the 2012 Games.
And Thomas thinks, of all Britain's riders, it is Armitstead who is in pole position to take her spot atop the podium in Brazil.
"Lizzie had a great year and to see her win the worlds was amazing," said Thomas, who won the men's road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and will be competing in this month's Revolution Series events in London and Glasgow.
"I don't usually get to watch the bike races either but it was nice to see her do that. Obviously for her, Rio is the big one and the one she wants.
"It would be great to see her do that. I think she's got a great chance in Rio, she's determined.
"She's just a classy bike rider, she knows how to race. She can climb, she can sprint. So she has the best chance to get something out of Rio." Cavendish upping the training levels
Mark Cavendish's efforts to compete on the track for Great Britain at Rio 2016 will be ramped up in January after it was confirmed he would race at the UCI World Cup in Hong Kong.
British Cycling chief Shane Sutton confirmed Cavendish's participation to Cyclingnewwith the 30-year-old currently in Tenerife for altitude training with the team.
Nothing is certain for Cavendish with commitments set to be split across the road and track during next year's campaign – not least of all his efforts in next year's Tour de France.
But British Cycling coach Brian Stephens believes Cavendish is making all the right moves to be selected and has made his intentions clear with some solid work.
"Mark has trained at Manchester but this is his first camp away with us. He's doing well and he's just started training for the season," Stephens told Cyclingnews.
"He's coming off a break but he's putting all the hard yards in. He's enthusiastic and working hard. "He's getting the basic kilometres back into his legs and he's getting the rides done and doing them with a smile on his face. It's a really hard camp here but he's stepped up the mark here."
Elena Allen is determined to do it her way in the build-up to next year's Rio Olympics.
Allen, 42, was confirmed on the six-strong Team GB Olympic shooting squad this week and will take part in the women's skeet alongside 18-year old Amber Hill, the European Games gold medallist.
She competed at the London Olympics, finishing 12th, and insists she's ready to put those lessons into practice, inspired by her silver medal at last year's World Championships, where she also took team gold alongside Hill and Sarah Gray.
"I didn't perform quite as I would have liked in London," said Allen.
"This time around I need to structure my training in the way that I know works best for me.” Read more here.
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