Melbourne - Rafael Nadal Saturday followed the lead of Roger Federer, saying he would prefer if the Australian Open were played in February instead of its traditional January date.

"I would love (to) have the first Grand Slam of the season a little bit later," said the top seed. "You start the season and after one week you are playing one of the most important tournaments of the year."

Auckland - Argentine Juan Del Potro resumed where he left off last season, winning the fifth title of his career in the space of seven months with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Sam Querrey in the Heineken Open final on Saturday.

The success required less than 90 minutes and puts the world number nine into good position with the Australian Open starting on Monday.

Querrey now stands 1-1 in ATP finals after winning Las Vegas last spring.

Sydney - Roads were being closed in Adelaide on Saturday to pen back the legions of Lance Armstrong fans thronging the usually sleepy Australian south-coast city for the return to competition of the seven-time Tour de France victor.

"For him to be here and racing in the Tour Down Under is unbelievable," said breathless admirer Allan Davis.

Melbourne, Jan 17 : Sensational batting star David Warner is all set to make his one-day international debut on Sunday against South Africa in Hobart after being called into the squad to replace the rested Michael Clarke.

Warner now gets another chance to impress after smashing 89 off 43 balls on debut for Australia in the Twenty20 victory over South Africa at the MCG.

Vice-captain Clarke encountered pain in his injured thumb during Friday's loss to South Africa and has been rested for two weeks in an attempt to play in ODIs against New Zealand, FOX Sports reported.

London, Jan 17 : Luiz Felipe Scolari, the manager of the English Premier League side Chelsea, has put his entire squad up for sale and wants to exchange four of them for Manchester City's striker Robinho.

"I can reveal Scolari is trying to get the Brazilian to Chelsea after missing out in August. And the struggling Blues boss even invited clubs to make an offer for any of his players," The Sun quoted sources, as saying.