Boxing: Doctors treating injured boxer Paul Ingle said yesterday he had sat up in bed and was making good progress after suffering life-threatening injuries in the ring.
The 28-year-old from Scarborough was hurt during his IBF featherweight title fight with South Africa's Mbulelo Botile at the Sheffield Arena on December 16th.
He has remained in Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital since undergoing an emergency two-and-a-half hour operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. He came out of the sedation he was under last week.
Motor Sport: John Deacon climbed 84 places up the rankings on day five of the Paris-Dakar Rally, but the mechanical problems suffered by his BMW on the second day are still costing him dear.
The Plymouth motorcycle dealer moved up to 39th overall with the 14th-best finish yesterday between El Rachidia and Ouarzazate in Morocco but has picked up a half-hour time penalty to add to the 70 minutes he was already behind race leader Richard Sainct.
Today the rally faces a 400mile journey between Ouarzazate and Goulimine.
Tennis: Tim Henman kept his nerve to beat Thomas Johansson 7-6 (7/2) 6-7 (7/4) 6-3 and book a place in the semi-finals of the AAPT Championship in Adelaide.
World number 10 Henman now faces Chile's Nicholas Massu in the semi-finals today.
Australia's Jason Stoltenberg reached the last four, beating Spain's Alberto Martin 6-3 6-4. He will play Germany's Tommy Haas who beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-4 0-6 6-1.
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