Shanghai  - Novak Djokovic couldn't be more pleased after reversing his 2007 run of year-end bad luck by qualifying a year later for the semi-finals of the Masters Cup.

The world number three Serb, who cemented his place with a three-set victory Tuesday over Nikolay Davydenko, goes into his last red group match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga relaxed and calm.

London  - Arsenal's youth players produced another sensational performance Tuesday, beating Wigan 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Manager Arsene Wenger again took the opportunity to give the younger players in his squad a chance, his side having an average age of just 19.

Jay Simpson seized on a reverse ball from Jack Wilshere to open the scoring three minutes before half-time. He added a second from Carlos Vela's unselfish square pass midway through the second half, before Vela chipped a sensational third.

Shanghai - Juan Del Potro kept his hopes alive for an extended stay at the M

Milan - It may look like a case of lacking gratitude or just the way things work in football, but a possible transfer of Julio Ricardo Cruz from Inter Milan is something his many fans will have a hard time to digest.

Cruz' 75 goals from 181 games played in five seasons seem to mean nothing to new coach Jose Mourinho, who lately slammed the 34-year-old striker for alleged indiscipline on the pitch and appears set on not renewing the player's contract when it expires next June.

Hamburg - Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title chances are growing in the same way as the uncertainty about the future of captain Mark van Bommel at the club.

The Bild daily reiterated on Tuesday that van Bommel could be leaving when his contract expires after the season.

Talks between the Dutch midfielder and the club are set for December, but Kicker sports magazine also suggested this week that "the tendency at the club is towards departure."

London - The Football Association (FA) is to establish a register of players with previous doping convictions as part of a series of measures aimed at combating the use of drugs in football, it emerged Tuesday.

"The identity of the players on the list will be decided by UK Sport and the FA," Andy Parkinson, the acting director of the anti- doping programme within Britain's national sporting body, told The Sun daily.