By Mike Rowbottom at Grosvenor House Mansions in LondonApril 24 - Dinara Safina, Russia's former world number one tennis player and silver medallist from Beijing 2008, has tipped her compatriot Maria Sharapova to maintain the country's domination of the event at London 2012, where the tennis will be played on the grass courts of Wimbledon.

He seems to get a hard time; I mean, he lost last year's Australian Open to Novak Djokovic, the world's

By David GoldApril 12 - The world's top two tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, are to resume

-times Grand Slam champion, 25, attends as many matches as he can at the Bernabéu while 24-year-old Djokovic

head to head matches on the ATP Tour.They also faced each other in the first Grand Slam of 2012, with Djokovic

final set of that epic encounter established a record for the longest Grand Slam final in history, with Djokovic

almost six exhausting hours.The charity meeting will also come just a fortnight after Wimbledon, where Djokovic

By Andrew WarshawApril 11 - Andy Murray, the world's fourth-ranked tennis player, has said that winning the Olympic gold medal at London 2012 will be just as great an achievement as clinching Britain's first men's Grand Slam title for 76 years.

[Novak] Djokovic (pictured above) won the bronze medal last time and it was a huge deal to him."

By Mike RowbottomFebruary 19 - British diver Tom Daley (pictured) has defended himself over a warning from British Diving's performance director Alexei Evangulov that he is harming his chances of winning a medal at London 2012 by spending too much time on media appearances.

In tennis terms, he is Novak Djokovic, the man to beat following an unbeaten 2011."

By Tom Degun at Westminster in LondonFebruary 6 - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic capped an astonishing

including British Hollywood actor Clive Owen who hosted the event - but the night undoubtedly belonged to Djokovic

2011 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year last year in Abu Dhabi, came after an incredible year for Djokovic

AwardsDecember 2011: All Blacks favourites for 2012 Laureus World Team of the YearDecember 2011: Djokovic

By Tom Degun at Westminster in LondonFebruary 5 - Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winning actor Clive Owen (pictured) is to host the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, the international sporting calendar's most premier honours event, in Central Hall, here tomorrow evening, it has been announced.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, fresh from his astonishing Australian Open against Rafael Nadal last

Laureus AwardsDecember 2011: All Blacks favourites for 2012 Laureus World Team of the YearDecember 2011: Djokovic

By David GoldJanuary 23 - Jordanne Whiley (pictured), Britain's youngest ever wheelchair tennis champion, is hoping to make it a summer to remember this year as she bids for glory at Wimbledon in July and then at the London 2012 Paralympic Games a few weeks later.

Whiley though, admits that she hugely admires world number one Novak Djokovic (pictured), but says that

I am quite a big Djokovic fan – I always watch him when I can and I was with him at the Australian Open

Secretly I was rooting for Djokovic because I am such a massive fan."

I watched [Djokovic] at Wimbledon and was so happy he won."

Yeah I definitely would be [rooting for Djokovic]," admits Whiley.And even if that's cost her one fan

By Tom DegunDecember 22 - An emotional Mark Cavendish capped an astonishing 12 months by picking up the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award at a live televised ceremony in Manchester tonight.

British Open Amateur Championship when she took the title in June aged only 16.Serbian tennis star Novak

Djokovic, who won three of the sport's four Grand Slams in 2011, was named as Overseas Sports Personality

By David GoldDecember 21 - Novak Djokovic and Yani Tseng have been named male and female Athlete of the

By Tom DegunDecember 4 - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic (pictured) and Argentinian football phenomenon

Brownlee and track star Mo Farah are Britain's strongest contenders.They are, though, unlikely to trouble Djokovic

By David GoldDecember 1 - The United States Sports Academy (USSA) has announced its men's and women's shortlists for the Athlete of the Year Award, with LA Galaxy's David Beckham (pictured) among those in line to win the prize.

likely to leave the league in the coming months.Also figuring prominently is tennis world number one Novak

Djokovic, who enjoyed a superb 2011 claiming the Australian Open, the US Open and Wimbledon, as well

By Tom DegunNovember 20 - Rio de Janeiro have signed a two-year agreement to become the official tourism destination of the ATP World Tour in a deal which sees the Brazilian city made a platinum level sponsor of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which take place at the O2 Arena in London this week.

players in the world including reigning Olympic champion Rafael Nadal of Spain, Serbia's world number one Novak

Djokovic, 16-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer of Switzerland and British star Andy Murray.All four

confidence building victory in London ahead of the Olympic tennis competition at Wimbledon next year where Djokovic

By David GoldOctober 4 - The winner of the men's and women's singles competitions at the 2012 Australian Open will each pocket $2.3 million (£1.5 million/€1.7 million), meaning that the tournament is set to be the most lucrative in the history of Grand Slam tennis.

By comparison, Novak Djokovic claimed $1.8 million (£1.2 million/€1.4 million) and $1.7 million (£1.1

Nadal took home $1.6 million (£1 million/€1.2 million) for claiming the French Open.World number one Djokovic

the world engaged in an intriguing power struggle", in reference to the three way tug of war between Djokovic

prizes.Nadal and Federer are considered two of the greatest players of all time, but last year saw the Serbian Djokovic

Djokovic has had one of the most successful years ever seen in the sport and Nadal is snapping at his

Watching Andy Murray go down in straight sets to his friend Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, it was impossible

improbable triumph as a wild card entrant.And so Murray's internal monologue will rage on, with thoughts of Djokovic

By Tom DegunJanuary 17 - Mark Stockwell, the chairman of the Gold Coast bid team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, has been caught up in the terrible Queensland floods that have devastated the North East of Australia, being forced out of his home.

included some of the biggest names in tennis such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, Novak

Djokovic and Andy Roddick.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]