MIKE DICKSON IN ANTWERP: Forty miles and nearly four years from a great win, Andy Murray was on Tuesday night back on court in Belgium, seeking to complete his four-week comeback tour.

Andy Murray, who was on court for just shy of three hours, looked physically spent at the end of the 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 and admitted after that he is not in the best shape and so it was logical to rest him on Thursday.

Andy Murray said he can finally play without worrying about his hip following career-saving surgery in January, but says next year's Australian Open is a big test of his progress.

Tennis Australia issued a statement on Monday saying Japan's Kei Nishikori had withdrawn from the Australian Open next month as well as next week's new ATP Cup.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: Tim Henman got an abrupt introduction to the joys of team management and coaching immediately after touching down in Sydney.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: Tim Henman has admitted he always feared he would be unable to call upon Andy Murray for the ATP Cup after he learned of his bruised pelvic injury.

MIKE DICKSON IN BRATISLAVA: Defeated Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong had an air of resignation as she considered the chances of persuading Jo Konta to rejoin the team.

There is no mention of Murray in the publicity for next month's Miami Open and sources have told Sportsmail that getting himself right for the grass courts in June is now a more realistic target.

Eugenie Bouchard challenged her followers to a game of Tennis World Tour. The Canadian is preparing for an online tournament featuring the likes of Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal.

Coleen Rooney looked worse-for-wear as she left footballer Wes Brown's 40th birthday bash in Manchester on Friday at 4am.

The WAG was seen talking on the phone as she strolled in her workout gear, after telling fans she has been forced to skip the family holiday after falling ill.

Wayne Rooney cut a solo figure as he stepped out in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Thursday, more than three months after his last sighting with wife Coleen.

EXCLUSIVE: The plan is for the former England captain to start training full-time with his new team-mates on Monday, after making his first match-day appearance at Pride Park.

STEVE STAMMERS AT PRIDE PARK: For Phillip Cocu, January 2 cannot come soon enough. This was Wayne Rooney day at Pride Park as he took up his role as player-coach.

Wayne Rooney 's wife flashed a wide smile as she laughed with friends at the luxury jewellery brand's football themed bash, in association with Hublot, on Thursday night

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT PRIDE PARK: Wayne Rooney is still breaking new ground even after 500 games in English league football with the first 'Panenka' penalty of his career.

Here, Sportsmail runs you through the 10 things to keep a close eye on in this historic fifth round of the FA Cup. The action, all in midweek, gets underway on Monday night as Portsmouth host Arsenal.

Robin Van Persie was reluctant to choose the 'best' player from such a talented group and instead selected a core of regular starters who, when paired together, became a title-winning side.

Chelsea will have to pay £5million if they want to sign 19-year-old Derby midfielder Max Bird, who impressed Blues boss Frank Lampard when he was manager of the Championship club.

Gary Neville has revealed that Wayne Rooney ended up having a fight during a Manchester United team night out despite being 'man marked' by a security guard.

The budding photographer, 20, appeared carefree as he posed for the now-deleted shots of himself, which he had captioned with two simple love hearts

Aaron Ramsdale has been rewarded for establishing himself as Bournemouth's first-choice goalkeeper this season with a new long-term contract.

INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: According to the player who knows him best, very few professional sportspeople could have emerged from what Andy went through over the last two years.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club had claimed 'on good evidence' that Luke McKay, 51, of Beckenham, Kent, was touting Wimbledon tickets on behalf of Greg Shepherd, a court heard.

Rev Jonathan Fletcher, 77, (pictured) was already banned from preaching at his church in Wimbledon, south west London, following a string of allegations he 'spiritually abused' vulnerable adults.

Even before he suffered what he termed a 'setback' to keep him out of next month's Australian Open, the 32-year-old Scot had hinted his participation on clay this year might be strictly limited.

The 23-year-old, who was on the bench for Saturday's FA Cup win over Barnsley, has recovered after surgery on his right knee and has been back in the first team frame in recent weeks.

Dash cam footage from the innocent driver's BMW shows him driving down peaceful streets in Wimbledon at about 20mph before a black Volkswagen smashes into him.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The fate of Wimbledon will be decided by the Government but it is understood that there is extreme reluctance in SW19 to hold their iconic event without spectators.

The world of sport is a quiet place right now, as competitions spanning all disciplines across the globe have slammed shut their doors amid the growing pandemic. It is, however, not the first time.

A glittering summer of sport is set to be wiped out by the impact of coronavirus - with social restrictions imposed earlier this week set to be in place for the next six months.

Holding a proper Wimbledon behind closed doors would still have involved having at least 5,000 people at the All England Club. That is said to be the startling internal estimate circulated.

The All England Club's insurance policy, in the region of £1.5m-a-year, was updated in 2003 after organisers asked for a virus-related clause inserted following concerns over the SARS outbreak.

British tennis pulled together a £20million bailout package on Friday night, as the governing body put its considerable financial muscle behind the sport's survival efforts.

Andy Murray's enforced confinement at home through injury and the lockdown has taken away any fear he had about the future after tennis. Murray chatted with Novak Djokovic via Instagram.

Lilly Becker headed out for a bike ride in Wimbledon as she made the most of her daily exercise outing. 

The controversial concoction - produced by Pickering's Gin, based in Edinburgh, Scotland - is bound to divide opinion among gin lovers.

Budget supermarket Lidl took home ten of the 17 prizes for festive food at the Quality Food and Drink Awards, while Aldi picked up two, Asda was awarded one and M&S took home four.

Stuart Hood (pictured), 11, had last been seen outside Asda in Redcar at around 8.45pm on Saturday. Cleveland Police issued an urgent appeal but today confirmed he has been found safe and well.

Michelle Doyle said teachers at Merrill Academy, in Alvaston, Derbyshire, sent her daughter Libbi home because her £6 trousers from Asda looked like 'leggings'.

Here FEMAIL  writers share their verdict on 26 of the hot cross buns being sold at Britain's leading supermarkets in a completely blind taste test, including savoury and gluten-free varieties.

The commotion kicked off at around 2pm in an Asda store in Dudley, near Birmingham, on Thursday. The footage shows two women tangled in a brawl as another woman tries to separate them.

The filmer, 31, who wished to remain anonymous, witnessed the bust-up at her local Asda supermarket in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at around 2pm yesterday.

Two boys are seen intimidating employees outside of the Asda store in Gosport, Hampshire, as staff attempt to guard the entrance to the supermarket on Bank Holiday Monday.

Jordan Archer (pictured), 18, Blyth, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, having no insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.

Chief exec Alan Jope said he expects the pandemic to prompt lasting changes in behaviour, with strong demand for cleaning products set to continue while the dining industry could face a slow recovery.

Standard Life Aberdeen Chief exec Keith Skeoch has come to the view that attending next January would be insensitive to the grim realities of life in the pandemic for millions of ordinary people.

The closely-watched Markit/CIPS Flash UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a new record low of 12.9 - down precipitously from an already low reading 36 in March.

Steve Eisman told investors last week that the Neuberger Berman Absolute Alpha Fund had dropped nearly 5 per cent in March as the Covid-19 crisis took hold.

Experts at Barclays have speculated that the supermarket chain could be forced to 'inject capital' into Sainsbury's Bank.