Melbourne, Australia  - Serena Williams will bid for her tenth Grand Slam title to mark a decade of play at the Australian Open when she faces Dinara Safina in the Saturday final.

Second seed Williams, who has lifted Melbourne trophys during odd-numbered years dating to 2003, is going after her fourth at the venue.

The American snapped a three-match loss streak to Elena Dementieva as she knocked the Russian out 6-3, 6-4 in the Thursday semi-finals.

Melbourne, Jan. 29 : Two cricketers from Australia have signed up to play a gruelling charity cricket match with a team of "Barmy Brits" on Mount Everest.

The two teams have been named Team Hillary and Team Tenzing will take on each other under the captainship of England captain Andrew Strauss and England vice-captain Alastair Cook in a bid to set a world record for playing the highest ever official sports match and raise 550,000 dollars for the Himalayan Trust and British children''s charity Lord''s Taverners.

Karachi, Jan. 29 : It seems that the Pakistan's senate committee on sports is not satisfied by the sacking of the captain of the national cricket team, Shoaib Malik, as it has now asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to submit copies of the reports filed by national coach Intikhab Alam and manager Yawar Saeed on Pakistan's debacle against Sri Lanka in the last one day international last week.

According to The News, in a letter signed by committee chairman Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry and five other Senators, it has demanded that the PCB submit the reports as soon as possible.

Melbourne, Jan. 29 : Australian all rounder and cricket''s original Twenty20 millionaire, Andrew Symonds, has been fined for abusing Kiwi wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, and while his long-term future will be decided next week by Cricket Australia, he is contemplating another IPL stint with the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers.

According to Fox Sports, there is every chance that Symonds will be left at home from the South African tour and he may even have his contract torn up.

Sydney, Jan. 29 : Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark has been ruled out of next month''s cricket tour of South Africa following a setback with his troublesome elbow.

National selectors'' chairman Andrew Hilditch said his panel wasn''t prepared to risk Clark''s fitness following recent surgery with such a heavy playing schedule for the national team over the coming 12 months.

Dubai, Jan. 29 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the ongoing trial of the umpire decision review system will afford each side two unsuccessful reviews per innings rather than the three that have been available up to now.

An ICC media release said that the change to the playing conditions of the trial has been made after receiving initial feedback from players and match officials and will apply to the upcoming Test series between the West Indies and England.