Serena Williams will play big sister Venus in the final of the Sony Ericsson Championships. Serena advanced to Sunday's title match when Caroline Wozniacki retired with an apparent abdominal injury while trailing 6-4, 0-1. Wozniacki received medical treatment in the first set and quit after breaking Williams to start the second.

David Beckham will definitely return to AC Milan on loan in January, according to Rossoneri managing director Adriano Galliani. The LA Galaxy midfielder, who wants to play in Europe to try to secure his place in England's World Cup squad, had previously said the deal was 95 percent done.

Rafa Benitez has, unconvincingly, tried to colour this weekend's fixture with Manchester United as the perfect opportunity to draw a line under recent failings, take points off a major rival and inject some good will in to an Anfield that for the first time on Tuesday night showed signs of turning on the previously untouchable manager.