The lively surface at Kensington Oval may lead SA to choose an attack that does not feature Pollock.
Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal pulled out of the season-ending Masters Cup on Monday
Andy Roddick and Nadia Petrova made first round exits at the French Open on Tuesday
Andy Murray overcame an ankle injury and staved off two match points on his way to a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 victory over Haas in the Pacific Life Open.
In the semi-finals, the 13th seeded Murray will meet 12th seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who overpowered 14th seed David Ferrer of Spain 6-3 6-4.
Despite nursing a sore ankle, Tiger Woods maintained his grip at the top of the world rankings.
Despite spraining her left ankle on Friday, the former world No. 1 is hopeful of playing the first round tie against Belgium.
Ronaldo injured his ankle in his side's 3-0 Primera Liga victory over Atletico Madrid at the weekend.
Real Madrid striker Ronaldo injured his ankle in his side's 3-0 Primera Liga victory over Atletico Madrid
The world No. 1 scraped into the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals when Anna-Lena Groenefeld retired with an ankle injury leading the second-round match 6-1, 4-2.
The American was forced to default his semi-final match against Kenneth Carlsen because of an ankle injury
Arsenal coach Arteta has said that Granit Xhaka will stay at the London club while United have new headaches with injuries to Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay.
Fast bowler Steve Harmison has been ruled out of England's one day warm-up match against Hampshire on Saturday due to an ankle injury.
"Even if he can give us 10 of 15 overs a day, that would be good," said South Africa coach Ray Jennings.
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola set a Bundesliga record after needing only 61 matches for his 50th league win when the champions beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 on Saturday to march towards the title.
After winning the Hyderabad Open, Sania Mirza said her immediate job is getting medical attention and a fitness course.
New York Knicks snapped a seven-game losing skid with a 99-96 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Brett Lee has been forced out of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka with an ankle injury.
The Australian fast bowler complained of soreness in his left ankle and is doubtful for the first Test against Sri Lanka.
The paceman has been troubled by the ankle for a while but decided to have an operation after he was forced out of the tour of India.
England fast bowler Steven Finn has replaced injured Liam Plunkett for the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford starting Thursday.
The 49-year-old's Twitter account was hacked on Monday and the hacker had posted derogatory anti-Iran tweets.
The Australia fast bowler will miss the three-match, one-day series against Bangladesh, starting on Saturday.
England faced a double injury blow ahead of the second Test against South Africa as Rory Burns and Jofra Archer were declared doubtful for Friday's start at Newlands. South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has warned his team against complacency as they take a 1-0 series lead into the second Test against England, from whom he expects a backlash at Newlands.
Rasmussen is the second big name missing from the five-day tournament, held a month earlier than usual this year to dovetail with the world championships being staged at the same National Indoor Arena venue in May.
An ankle injury could keep the Aussie paceman out of the Indian series too.
The South Africa allrounder had a plate and several screws inserted to his ankle after he broke his fibula while fielding.
Injured pacer Mohit Sharma is disappointed at missing India's limited-overs tour of Australia ahead of the more significant World T20 and says he will take at least a month to recover from a stress on his left ankle.
The American edged past Australian Patrick Johnson in 10.04 secs Japan Grand Prix.
Sri Lanka have included pace spearhead Lasith Malinga in their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup despite concerns over his fitness after ankle surgery, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.
Serena Williams rallied to avoid a stunning upset and secure a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 semi-final win over Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova at the Rogers Cup on Saturday, setting up a title showdown with local teenager Bianca Andreescu.
England forward Jamie Vardy is "looking doubtful" for the World Cup quarter-final against Sweden on Saturday after suffering a groin strain having come on as a late substitute in the last-16 win over Colombia, manager Gareth Southgate has said.
Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta will be out for the next three months after having a "successful" operation on the left ankle that has kept him sidelined since late November, the club said on Thursday.
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German Nico Rosberg eased to victory in a chaotic Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday.
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