Cox, a former Great Britain Academy international is relishing the chance of top flight action.

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Even if Henson reaches the BBC show's final on the weekend of 18-19 December, he will not be available to return to top-flight action until Boxing Day when Saracens face Wasps at Wembley Stadium.

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Federer, who said before the start of the tournament that he was "excited" by the return of Nadal to top flight action, was playing Ivan Dodig of Croatia in a later third round match as he defends his title.

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Defending champion Federer, who said before the start of the tournament that he was "excited" by the return of Nadal to top flight action, thrashed Croatia's Ivan Dodig 6-3 6-1 to set up a fourth-round clash with his friend and fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka .

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The website physioroom.com's Premier League injury table on the weekend of 4-5 December recorded there were 108 top-flight players out of action.

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Specialists said it was too early to consider Thursday's flight a failure and corrective action might be possible.

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"There should be some political responsibility for the commitment of our forces to action, " Kellie Merritt, whose husband Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel was one of 10 servicemen to lose their lives in the incident, said.

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One system lets a pilot take evasive action with the click of a mouse, which triggers a new flight plan that also tells him how much fuel is required as well as optimal speeds and altitudes.

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Perhaps the politicians will be shocked into action, by a euro-zone bank run, a chaotic Greek exit, or flight from Italian government debt.

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NATO's planned action, Russia 's prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, cancelled a trip to Washington in mid-flight.

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