that marion ba rtoli announced that she would be returning to the court in 2018 having not competed at wtambledon title, citing persistent injury problems. the frenchwoman won eight wta titles and reached a career—high world ranking of seventh in 2012 but speaking to her a short time ago i think serena williams and the muslims are good examples. venus has been able to play two grand finals this year. i think ithinki i think i am not too old for this. i think 33 is a good age to still perform on the tennis court. i will not pay the same schedule as when i was 18— 20 years old. it will be a lighter schedule. but i still think ican lighter schedule. but i still think i can compete with the best in the world. others have come back from similar situations. have you spoken to them about what it requires?” spoke to kim quitea bit about it. when she came back she was able to win grand slams. she was open about it. i cannot compare myself to her. she is better than myself. she is physically more gifted than myself. but she explained to me the process is important and ifeel that but she explained to

she has announced her intention to return to the wta tour in 2018 and follows a long list of former grandina hingis, justine henin and kim clijsters now to cricket and new zealand are up against west indies in the opening match of their one day international series in whangarei. the hosts won the toss and elected to field and the windies lost key batsman chris gayle for 22 and are currently 249. mitchell starc will travel to melbourne with the australia squad for the fourth ashes test, despite concerns over an injury. a scan in sydney has confirmed the fast bowler has brusing on his heel. he‘ll be reassessed ahead of the test that starts next tuesday. jackson bird is lined up as replacement should starc fail to be fit. hawaiianjothohn florence made it back to back men‘s world surfing championships on monday. the 25—year—old did enough to claim the title, although beaten in the final of the pipeline masters at a break he grew up with and where he claimed his second consecutive world championship. earlier he told me it was a pressurised time leading up to the event. i think anticipation put

[laughter] i do next my boss today -- not feel any pressure at all -- ,he president and ceo of wta , before that weta the chair of the board of the corporation for public broadcasting as well as a member of the weta board. sharon percy rockefeller. [applause] the executive director and of the national latino 1976, hedio network in was the moving force of a group of latino farmworkers, activists, and teachers in california's san joaquin valley. mr. morale is. [applause] someone who has already been applauded here, the longtime host of "the dick cavett careerhis remarkable spanning networks from abc to hbo, has appeared in several broadway shows and musicals. dick cavett. [applause] and finally, the after mentioned living legend, the woman who ,oderated the last panel political commentator for abc news, and of course, for in pr, contributor to the mcneil-lehrer news hour, advisor to the american archives of broadcasting, cokie roberts. [applause] so, what we are charged with doing is looking at how news and public affairs came into being and how it evolved. jim, i will start with you.

former wimbledon champion marion bartoli has come out of retirement and announced she will return to the wtafrench player, who reached a career—high world ranking of seventh, intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. that is a remarkable story. she was so ill for a while as well, she feared for her life, she had a virus, she lost loads of weight, eve ryo ne virus, she lost loads of weight, everyone was asking why she was so skinny and she said she had this terrible illness and now she's going to be back playing. all she needs to do now is win another grand slam and we'll have another amazing story. city with the quadruple and marion bartoli winning grand slams and then we can make the film! scared, traumatised and suicidal, the words used by victims of an acid attack at a nightclub in london. 22 people were injured and many left with permanent scars. yesterday, the man responsible was jailed for 20 years. some of the victims of that nightclub attack share their experience. i think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. the fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. the sm

former wimbledon champion, marion bartoli, has come out of retirement and says she'll return to the wtafered severe ill—health during her retirement but now says she intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. and it seems she's already been doing some training in secret — looking forward to seeing her back on the court victoria. thank you very much. homelessness in england is a "national crisis" and the government's efforts to tackling it are "unacceptably complacent" and an "abject failure" — according to a group of mps. there are more than 9,000 people sleeping rough, while 78,000 families live in temporary accommodation. the government said it was providing more than £1 billion, over the next two years, to reduce homelessness. the definition of homelessness under law includes rough sleepers, single people in hostels and those in temporary accommodation. since 2011, the number of people sleeping on the streets has increased by 13a%, the report says. earlier this year our reporter lesley ashmall spent time on the streets of chatham in kent where the deaths of two homeless