French IOC member Guy Drut has informed that the Annecy 2018 Winter Olympics bid is now far-off from its completion.

There are rumours that at next year's World Cup Jonny Wilkinson hazard finale his England profession.

The match was quite interesting as Qantas Wallabies fought their way to dreamland with an amazing 59-16. They got one out of the seven tries and massacre of Six Nations' champion France in Paris.

This was the largest win of the Wallabies over France easily beating 40 out of 10 win in Brisbane in 2008.

French veteran Robert Pires officially joined Aston Villa on Thursday, and the contract will expire at the end of the current season.

Pires is 37 years old, and he became a free agent after the Spanish club Villarreal released him this summer. He has been training under his former club Arsenal of late.

It is expected that Rafael Nadal will get fit for appearing in the finals of the ATP World Tour which will take place in London during this month.

The news comes after and despite the fact that he was forced to withdraw from the Paris Masters that are going to take place this week.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is in New Delhi and will be presenting her bid Saturday to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Leading a team of four, Bligh will make its first presentation to delegates of all 71 participating countries and territories of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

The Paris Saint Germain registered their first victory away since the month of December of 2009 on Sunday as they defeated Lens by 2-0. This victory took them into the fifth place in the French first division.

A goal by Yohan Demont in the 50th minute of the match and a stoppage time strike led the team to victory.

He had thought that the a win during the Champions League will help Marseille start the French champion's season with a win, but a defeat during the first match itself put an end to it.

Didier Deschamps, coach of Marseille is now aware the kind of trouble his team is in after they lost the match to Spartak Moscow. They lost the match 1-0.