 | Cavendish breezes to stage win BRITISH world champion
Mark Cavendish bullishly
surged through a chaotic finish
to take the line honours in the
fifth and penultimate stage of
the Tour of Qatar on
Thursday.
Cavendish, who had won the
third stage two days ago
kicked up a frantic pace in the
final .
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| | Ying, Grzybowska cause big upsets |  GERMAN Han Ying sent top seed Feng
Tianwei of Singapore crashing out of
the Qatar Open, the third round of the
GAC Group ITTF World Tour.
At the Women´s Sports Hall on
Thursday, Ying needed six games to
pull off the major upset at the expense
of the world No 5.
After completing her aggressive 4-11
11-6 10-12 11-5 11-2 11-9, Ying said that
the victory would take long to sink in.
"Feng is No.5 in the world. It was
hard to believe that I defeated someone
who is so high on the rankings," said
Ying. She also admitted that it was not
an easy to pull it off as she was playing
against her for the first time. "It was
mentally tough for me today as I was
playing her for the first ... |
| | Pakistan, Afghanistan set
for historic one-dayer |  PAKISTAN and Afghanistan
play a historic first-ever oneday
international on Friday
with both captains vowing to
make the game a memorable
one.
"It is a very important game
for both countries and we will
try to make the occasion memorable
with some quality cricket,"
Pakistan captain Misbahul
Haq said.
"It is important for countries
like Afghanistan to play a top
team which will help them
improve and we are going to
play with our full strength
team as they have some good
players."
Friday´s match in Sharjah
Stadium — which holds the
world record of staging the
most one-day internationals
with 201 — is fitting because
most of the Afghan ... |
| | Capello quits as manager
of English football team |  FABIO Capello resigned as
manager of England on
Wednesday following the
Football Association´s decision
to strip John Terry of the
captaincy, the FA confirmed.
In a remarkable twist to one
of the most dramatic days in
English football history,
Capello´s resignation was
confirmed just hours after his
likely successor — Tottenham
manager Harry Redknapp —
was cleared of tax evasion
charges.
Capello´s departure from
the post followed talks with
FA officials reported to be
furious at the Italian coach´s
public criticism of last week´s
decision to axe Terry as captain.
Capello´s position had
come under scrutiny after he
told an Italian broadcaster on
Sunday ... |
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