MOTOR SPORT: Former world champion Carlos Sainz will come out of retirement to compete for Citroen in next month's Rally of Turkey.
The Spaniard retired at the end of last season, but Citroen have asked him to make a one-off return to stand in for the under-performing Francois Duval.
"It's been seven months since I last drove a Xsara, but considering the current situation, I want to help Citroen if they judge it's necessary," said Sainz. "It's clear that my participation is depending on extraordinary circumstances and doesn't mean I will come back to world rallying.
"With this temporary measure I hope to contribute to the team's success. It was also normal to give a favour back to Citroen who helped me a lot in 2003."
World champions Citroen have Sebastien Loeb leading the drivers' standings, but Duval's recent poor form, which culminated in an accident which saw his car engulfed in flames in Cyprus at the weekend has caused concern.
"The results of Citroen in the manufacturers' championship aren't matching our goals," boss Guy Frequelin said yesterday.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia rivals Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni put on boxing gloves and squared up for photographers at a rest-day news conference yesterday, however, they promised the real fighting will begin in the Dolomite mountains tomorrow.
The two Italians fell out last year after Cunego ousted Simoni as team leader by winning the Giro, but showed a united front after months of tension within their Lampre team and widespread speculation about them racing each other this year.
"Everybody thinks the big fight of the Giro is between me and Damiano Cunego inside the Lampre team, but the real fight is us against the rest of the overall Giro contenders," twice Giro winner Simoni said.
"We've got to beat Ivan Basso, Paolo Savoldelli, Michele Scarponi and Stefano Garzelli if we're going to win the Giro."
Cunego agreed and revealed how he plans to beat main rival Ivan Basso. "The fact that Basso gained time on both of us in Sunday's time-trial means we have to be united and take advantage of our strong team."
The Giro recommences today with a flat 212-km stage from Ravenna to Rossano Veneto. The mountain stages begin tomorrow with the 150-km 11th stage from Marostica to Zoldo Alto.
TENNIS: Russia's Anastasia Myskina will attempt to defend her French Open title despite a nagging shoulder injury, her coach said yesterday.
"We are practising again and we are planning on playing Paris. We will arrive on Thursday," said Jens Gerlach.
After being stunned by German wild card Julia Schruff in Berlin, Myskina pulled out of last week's Italian Open and flew home to Moscow to receive treatment.
"I'm not going to find any excuses for why I'm losing right now," Myskina said in Berlin. "I'm not losing because of my serve I'm losing because I'm not showing my best tennis from the baseline."
FORMULA ONE: Toyota will not be punished for an administrative error that led to the team competing without all the correct paperwork.
"There won't be any penalties for Toyota, even though until the Spanish Grand Prix they raced without the licences required," said International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley.
The FIA had said last week that they were investigating Toyota after it emerged that they had failed to renew their national competition licence until after last month's San Marino Grand Prix. The Germany-based team did, however, have a valid superlicence, issued by the FIA.
The error came to light when the team sought to appeal against a 25 second penalty imposed on Germany's Ralf Schumacher at Imola and discovered that they could not do so because they lacked a national licence.
