But for waterski champion Marie Toms it will be a serious business. The 29-year-old from Cubitt Wharf has her first competition on July 11, and has her sights set on retaining her British Senior Championships title in August.

England batsman Alastair Cook is relishing the chance of getting stuck into Australia next month, and he cannot wait for the talking to stop and the Ashes action to begin.

The Japanese bank picked up the sponsorship of the Academy, set up by the former England player two years ago, after the collapse of original sponsors Lehman Brothers last year.

That's the view of Tim Henman ahead of the start of the tournament next Monday. The former Wimbledon semi-finalist thinks five-time champion Federer has the edge on his closest rivals after his recent victory in the French Open.

The Irons travel to Molineux on August 15 in what will be a tough opening fixture against newly promoted Wolves. Three days later the Hammers entertain Aston Villa at Upton Park, followed by Spurs at home on August 22.

Millwall will host Bournemouth and Charlton will travel to Hereford in the first round of next season's Carling Cup.

The League One sides will both face League Two opposition at the first hurdle of the competition, which will be played in the week commencing August 10.

Amir Khan's world title fight at The O2 arena has been called off because his opponent has a tooth infection.

The Bolton-born boxer was due to take on Andreas Kotelnik in Greenwich on June 27. However, the date has now been postponed for three weeks and moved to Manchester's MEN Arena.

Brabants, who won gold in the K1 1,000m in Beijing last year, will be at the London Youth Games regatta in the Royal Docks this Saturday offering advice and encouragement to budding Olympians.

The club changed hands on Monday when chairman Bjorgolfor Gudmundsson relinquished control to CB Holdings, in a deal believed to be worth around £100million.

CB Holdings, majority owned by Iceland's Straumur-Burdaras bank, completed the purchase of the Hammers from former owner Bjorgulfor Gudmunsson for an undisclosed fee.

The Millwall striker was in the Lions side edged out 3-2 by Scunthorpe in last month's Wembley showpiece but he's putting his disappointment behind him by taking part in the Keep Your Eye On The Ball run this Sunday.

Jackett has made a big impression at The Den, steering the Lions to safety in 2007/08 and then to the League One play-off final last month, where they lost 3-2 to Scunthorpe United, and he now plans to build on that.

He said: "I'd love to see darts included in the Olympic Games. It's massively popular now and it would be a huge sport to have in.

It's been a good year for Brian O'Driscoll. Back in March, he captained the Irish rugby team to the Six Nations trophy and their first Grand Slam win in more than 60 years, when he was also named player of the championship.

And last weekend he helped Leinster to European Cup success against Leicester.

Scunthorpe sucker-punched Millwall with a late comeback at Wembley to reach the Championship.

The Iron had staged a come-from-behind victory against Millwall earlier in this season, and repeated the feat thanks to Martyn Woolford's 85th minute winner.