NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Pelicans starting point guard Jrue Holiday plans to end his leave of absence next week and rejoin the team prepared to play immediately, two people familiar with the situation said Friday.The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there has been no official announcement about Holidays planned return, which was first reported by Yahoo.The Pelicans announced this past summer that Holiday would take indefinite leave because his wife, Lauren, was pregnant and in need of brain surgery on a benign tumor.Lauren Holiday, a retired international soccer star, gave birth in late September and had surgery last month.The Pelicans, who host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night, have lost eight of their first nine regular-season games.Holiday has been staying with his wife and child in the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina, where Lauren Holidays surgery was performed by Duke University medical specialists. The people who spoke to AP said Holiday has been working out there with personal trainers and has been in constant touch with the Pelicans coaching staff, which has been sending him video of every game since the start of preseason to allow him to study the plays the Pelicans are running and help him remain familiar with the individual games of the teammates hell soon rejoin.Holiday is expected to return as healthy as he has been in several seasons.He began last season on minute restrictions following his rehabilitation from a nagging lower leg injury that had sidelined him for much of the 2013-14 and 2014-15 campaigns.A former Eastern Conference All-Star with Philadelphia before his trade to New Orleans in 2013, Holiday wound up playing in 65 games with 23 starts during the 2015-16 season, averaging 16.8 points, 6.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 28.2 minutes per game. He scored 20 or more points 25 times and recorded six double-doubles.Hell soon rejoin a lineup featuring 6-foot-11 forward-center Anthony Davis, who has been averaging 31 points, 11 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game.New Orleans also has been playing without guard Tyreke Evans and small forward Quincy Pondexter, who both are rehabilitating from knee surgeries. Evans has said he hopes to play by December and the club is expecting an update on his readiness to begin basketball activities soon. Team officials have projected a longer rehabilitation for Pondexter. Authentic Nike Jordans Wholesale . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. 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Competing over fences under Rules is the next step for the Olympic cycling champion whose ambition is to ride in the St Jamess Place Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next month.She has already gained experience riding on the Flat and in point-to-points and is now gearing up towards reaching her goal. Pendleton went very close to winning a point-to-point on Pacha Du Polder recently, when the horse was with Chloe Roddick.The nine-year-old, who was runner-up in the Crabbies Fox Hunters Chase over the Grand National course at Aintree last season, is now back with Paul Nicholls, who will give the partnership the chance to shine in the William Bulwer-Long Memorial Grassroots Fox Hunters Chase.He told Betfair: Fakenham is the logical target after their excellent debut together when they failed by inches to land a point-to-point at Milborne St Andrew on January 31.It is important for Victoria to gain experience in a hunter chase before considering a tilt at the ultimate challenge of riding in the St Jamess Place Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham in March.The race over three miles at Fakenham, an easy track, looks ideal and comes at a perfect time before Cheltenham.Pacha Du Polder is a very classy chaser, a brilliant jumper, travels well in his races, has smart form over Aintrees National fences and showed he stayed three miles at Milborne St Andrew.Frankly, the improvement Victoria has made since she began this odyssey is phenomenal and she now looks the part when she comes down to Ditcheat to ride on our gallops.Should Victoria reach Cheltenhamm, her and Pacha Du Polder are more than capable of finishing in the first six.dddddddddddd. Sky Tickets: Racing Fast, secure racing tickets: Exclusive racing offers near you Officials at Fakenham expressed delight at the news Pendleton will be in action at the Norfolk circuit."Its brilliant news. It would be fantastic to help and be part of her incredible journey to getting to Cheltenham," said clerk of the course David Hunter."Were very proud of our link with the hunter chase and point-to-point fraternity."This would be a great occasion for Fakenham and we will make sure we will look after her in true Fakenham traditional and rather eccentric style and in a professional manner."I wish them luck and hope it all comes together. It would be great to see her."The meeting is in half-term. Its always a good day for us and has been very popular for some years. Im sure people will come wishing to support Victoria in her quest."Its not every day that an Olympic gold medallist comes to as racecourse so we are really pleased."Its great that her first ride over fences under Rules will be at Fakenham. It will be jolly nice to see how she gets on."Hopefully it will be a competitive race and that her fellow jockeys will also enjoy the occasion." Also See: Live results service Full racecards Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free Get Sky Sports ' ' '