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Sunday, November 08, 2009
Broad to have shoulder scan
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: Stuart Broad has been sent for a precautionary scan after jarring his shoulder in England's 185-run victory against the Eagles here on Friday. Broad left the field during the victory having taken 2 for 28 in four overs and the management have decided on assessing the injury ahead of the second warm-up match, against the Warriors, at Kimberley on Sunday. If Broad needs to be rested, it may leave England slightly thin in the pace-bowling ranks after Graham Onions missed the opening game with a stiff back. Tim Bresnan was not selected against the Eagles so would be the likely replacement for Broad. Following Sunday's game England have one more warm-up fixture, against South Africa A at Bloemfontein, ahead of the first of two Twenty20 internationals next Friday.
England start SA tour with a win
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: England started their tour of South Africa with a crushing 185-run over the Diamond Eagles franchise team in a 50-overs match in Bloemfontein on Friday. Captain Andrew Strauss hit one of three half-centuries as England piled up 294 for seven, taking advantage of good batting conditions after being sent in to bat. Stuart Broad struck with the second ball of the Eagles’ innings and the home team never recovered, crashing to 109 all out in 26.2 overs. Five England bowlers took two wickets each. Strauss hit 72 and shared a second wicket stand of 123 with Jonathan Trott (85) before Eoin Morgan slammed a quick 67 not out off 52 balls as the innings ended with a flurry of scoring. James Anderson, Sajid Mahmood, Swann and Paul Collingwood also took two wickets each as the Eagles collapsed.
Korotyshkin sets 100m record
MOSCOW: Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin set a new world record in the men’s 100-metres butterfly, clocking 48.99sec in the Moscow leg of FINA’s World Cup short course swimming series here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Jessica Hardy of the United States set up a new world record in women’s 50-metres breaststroke, clocking 29.36sec.
Toronto to host Pan-Am Games
GUADALAJARA, Mexico: Toronto was on Friday named as the host city of the 2015 Pan-American Games, seeing off rival bids from Lima and Bogota. “The city that will assume the responsibility for the 2015 Pan-American Games is....Toronto,” announced Mario Vazquez Rana, the president of the Pan-American Sports Organisation (Odepa). Toronto won in the first round of voting with 33 votes. Lima received 11 votes while Bogota had seven. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper described the vote as an important day for the country which will also host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Pan-American Games have taken place in Canada on two previous occasions — in Winnipeg in 1967 and 1999.
Tokyo plans bid for 2020 Olympics
TOKYO: Tokyo intends to bid for 2020 Summer Olympics, despite recently losing out to Rio de Janeiro in the race for the 2016 Games, governor Shintaro Ishihara said in an interview published on Saturday. Ishihara is set to leave office in 2011, a few months before the official bids are submitted, but is still expected to influence the city’s decision. “Tokyo will apply for it once again. We have taken all the trouble to build up the momentum. Tokyo must apply for it,” Ishihara said in an interview with the influential newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The IOC is expected to select the 2020 host city in 2013 based on bids submitted in the middle of 2011.
Queiroz to call up Ronaldo
LISBON, PORTUGAL: Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz plans to call up Cristiano Ronaldo for their World Cup playoff against Bosnia even though Real Madrid have said he needs two more weeks of treatment on his injured ankle. On Thursday, the club said tests conducted by a specialistin the Netherlands revealed he needed another two weeks of treatment. Real Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano and coach Manuel Pellegrini both said on Friday that the player would not be joining the Portugal squad. Queiroz said that the player would be examined by the national team doctors.
Badminton event from Monday
KARACHI: The 5th edition of National Junior Badminton Championships begins November 9, at Faisalabad with more than 150 players participating in the event. Teams from Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, NWFP, FATA, AJK, Islamabad, NBP, WAPDA and Railway will participate in the championship. The events in the tournament includes, boys singles U19, boys singles U16, boys doubles U19, boys doubles U16, girls singles U19, girls singles U16, girls doubles U19 and girls doubles U16.
Mills resigns as Jamaica coach
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Glen Mills has resigned after 22 years as head of the Jamaican national track and field team but he will remain coach of the Usain Bolt’s Racers Track Club. Mills plans to stop working with the national team so he can concentrate more time on coaching the club team which includes Olympic triple gold medallist Usain Bolt, the Jamaica Observer reported on Friday.
Mehtab bowls team to victory
KARACHI: Mehtab Khan displayed deadly bowling show and helped Doab Cricket Club record a formidable seven-wicket win over Larosh Cricket Club in the 4th Zone-II Prof. Ejaz Ahmed Farooqui Invitation Cricket Tournament here on Friday at the TMC ground. Meanwhile, Al-Noor Gymkhana thrashed Qaddafi Gymkhana registering a 58-run win at KCCA Stadium.
Floyd Landis 17th in NZ road race
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: American cyclist Floyd Landis finished 17th overall in the six-day Tour of Southland which ended with two stages opn Saturday on New Zealand’s South Island. Landis was 21st among 95 riders in Saturday’s 79-kilometre eighth stage, 1 minute, 12 seconds behind fellow American Michael Olheiser of Huntsville, Alabama, the stage winner. Landis finished 40th, 2:51 behind Romain Fondard of France, in the tour’s 64-kilometre final stage between Winton and Invercargill. The American finished the nine-stage race 16 minutes behind overall winner Heath Blackgrove of New Zealand. New Zealander Jack Bauer was second on general classification, 1 minute, 3 seconds behind Blackgrove, while compatriot Tom Findlay was third, a further 13 seconds behind.
Clijsters slams ‘harsh’ bans
BRUSSELS: Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters on Saturday slammed the “extremely harsh” sanctions imposed on compatriots Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer for missing drug tests. US Open semifinalist Wickmayer and Malisse were on Thursday handed one-year bans by the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) for falling foul of doping regulations. “To receive a one year ban because of this seems extremely harsh and is potentially career-ending for both of them,” US Open champion Clijsters said on her Twitter message system.
Song takes lead in Mizuno Classic golf
SHIMA, Japan: South Korea’s Song Bo-Bae sank a birdie on the last hole to take a one-stroke lead after the second round at the USLPGA Tour Mizuno Classic golf tournament on Saturday. Starting the day two strokes off American overnight leader Brittany Lang, Song carded eight birdies against one bogey for a two-round total of seven-under-par 133. Japan’s Akane Iijima hit the day’s best 64 to share second place with Kim In-Kyung of South Korea, with another Japanese, Rui Kitada, one stroke further back in fourth place. Defending champion and world number two Shin Ji-Yai of South Korea was tied in fifth place with her rival on the US Tour money list Ai Miyazato, Japan’s 2007 champion Momoko Ueda, Lang and four other golfers. World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico was tied at 29th place on 140 with nine other golfers.
Women’s prize money slashed
SHANGHAI: Global banking giant HSBC said on Saturday it was renewing its sponsorship of the Women’s Champions tournament for the next three years, but prize money would be slashed. The tournament regularly attracts the world’s top 10 players but as the global downturn bites, the prize purse will be reduced in 2010 by 700,000 dollars to 1.3 million dollars. It will remain in Singapore until at least 2012. The USLPGA Tour event has been held twice previously to complement the HSBC Champions, a seven million dollar tournament for men currently under way in Shanghai. The next Women’s Champions will be held from February 25-28.
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