Formula 1 driver LEWIS HAMILTON "made his pop debut" on CHRISTINA AGUILERA's new song, "Pipe." The 33-year-old can be heard singing a verse in the song, credited as XNDA. Aguilera is "refusing to confirm the identity of her mystery collaborator," but sources said that it is "definitely" Hamilton, who has spent seven years "trying to break into the music industry" (WORLD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NETWORK, 6/27). ... Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour team Movistar provisionally suspended rider JAIME ROSÓN after being notified by the UCI of an adverse analytical finding in his biological passport (CYCLING WEEKLY, 6/28). ... The "much-anticipated return" to int'l cricket of banned Australian players STEVE SMITH and DAVID WARNER will be "staged between the wheat fields and ramshackle farm sheds of a sleepy Canadian town." Smith will "pad up" for the Toronto Nationals against the Vancouver Knights on Friday, and Warner for the Winnipeg Hawks against the Montreal Tigers on Saturday as the first Twenty20 competition held in Canada kicks off at the "tiny" Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, 50km north of Toronto (STUFF, 6/28). ... South Korea's highest-ranked tennis player, CHUNG HYEON, was seeded 26th at Wimbledon. No South Korean player has previously been seeded in a Grand Slam tournament. Chung was "set to be seeded around 20 during Roland Garros" but he opted out of the tournament due to an ankle injury (KOREA HERALD, 6/28). ... Wallabies player ISRAEL FOLAU will miss the NSW Waratahs' Super Rugby clash with the Melbourne Rebels on Friday after he "failed to have his one-match ban overturned on appeal" (AAP, 6/28). ... ANDY MURRAY said that there is "no risk" to his fitness if he decides to play at Wimbledon next week. Murray, 31, has played three matches since making his comeback last week after being out 11 months for injury. The Scot said that he will "probably" make a decision before the draw is made on Friday (BBC, 6/27). ... Former Spanish second division side Elche President JOSÉ SEPULCRE "was detained on Thursday for fraud, misappropriation and money laundering" (AS, 6/28).
