Drogba confirmed in Ivory Coast team

June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Didier Drogba returns to the starting lineup for the Ivory Coast against Brazil in their World Cup Group G match Sunday.

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The Ivory Coast captain and leading scorer broke his forearm in a friendly against Japan in Switzerland just over two weeks ago and came on as a substitute in the goalless draw against Portugal wearing a protective plastic cast.

Drogba replaced Gervais Kouassi, the only change in the Elephants’ starting line-up.

Brazil named the same team which struggled to a 2-1 win over in their opening match last Tuesday.

Kaka, who is still not 100 percent fit after an injury-plagued season, was included in the starting line-up although coach Dunga said on the eve of the match that it was not certain whether he would play the whole game.

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Portugal plot three-phased attack on North Korea

June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz plans three-phased assault on what he expects to be a highly defensive North Korea on Monday as he plots a course through Group G into the last 16 of the World Cup.

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After their goalless draw with Ivory Coast and a daunting clash with Brazil still to come, Monday’s clash with the tournament’s rank outsiders will make or break Portugal’s chances of progress.

A win is obviously essential but Queiroz said the need for a boost to their goal difference can only be factored in once the foundations are set.

“It is an extremely important game, decisive for the final placings. It’s all or nothing as far as we are concerned and the players are well aware of that,” Queiroz told reporters after his team trained at Green Point stadium on Sunday.

“We will play tomorrow with three issues, which we can’t confuse.

“First, we have to play entertaining, enthusiastic and rapid football, much faster than against Ivory Coast, to find a way to win.

“Then we have to score goals but we can’t even talk about that until we have scored one. Then, after all that, we can look at the league table.

“It is a phased approach, we cannot start at the end.”

Having seen North Korea defend so diligently against Brazil Queiroz knows his team will have to be creative to find a way through.

“We have to play with our intelligence,” he said. “Sometimes it is said that the most direct route is circular and we certainly can’t spend the game banging our heads against the wall.

“Ivory Coast defended from midfield but from what we saw against Brazil, North Korea will sit much deeper. We have to use our technical prowess, especially in the last third, to force them into errors.”

One of the keys best suited to unlocking such a massed defense is a player with outstanding individual skill and Queiroz is fortunate that in Cristiano Ronaldo he has one of the absolute best in that department.

Though he has not scored an international goal for 16 months Ronaldo remains confident that having got the first game out of the way, the 2006 semi-finalists will find their feet.

“The most difficult phase is over, we were anxious in that first game, many of the players had not been at a World Cup before and we knew it would be complicated,” he said.

“There are fewer pressures now, I think we have overcome the greatest barrier and will win tomorrow.

“As for me, the goals will surface tomorrow or next year, I have faith. If I don’t score that’s not the end of the world, the issue is for us to win.

“If it’s a large margin then all the better but 1-0 will be satisfactory because we don’t fear Brazil. They are a great team, five-time champions, but we are going to face them in the last game with the belief we can win.”

(Editing by Nigel Hunt)

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Dutch on the defensive despite winning start

June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Less than 24 hours after becoming the first side to qualify for the knockout phase of the World Cup, Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk found himself defending his team’s lack of stylish play at the tournament.

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Two wins from two matches have put Netherlands through to the second round but Van Marwijk was on the defensive on Sunday under questioning from Dutch reporters over perceptions their victories had been far from convincing.

“It’s difficult to dominate the matches. Patience is the most important aspect in this tournament, waiting for a chance to take control of the game and then impose yourself,” he said.

“Patience is not about delaying or being nonchalant but very important at this tournament,” he told a news conference the day after they qualified from Group E with a 1-0 win over Japan.

“I thought we played a little too deep in the first game (a 2-0 win against Denmark) and in the second match we didn’t play wide enough.

“But we have also left the impression with rival coaches that they have little chance to score against us. And that is a compliment,” he added.

ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL

“Of course, that is not always attractive football. Everyone looks at the game in his own way and I understand that people want to see attractive football.

“But if you play too expansively, you stand a good chance to lose and then you go home. And that we don’t want to do,” he responded to persistent questioning about the lack of fluidity in the two matches.

Van Marwijk said he had told his players before the start of the tournament it would be better to be winning first, even if they were not playing well.

The Dutch were sublime at times in a qualifying campaign in which they won all eight games, scoring 17 goals and conceding just two, with a distinctive attacking style.

The country has long espoused a coaching philosophy of passing, wing play and encouraging technical skills, regularly producing players with great ability.

But they have only won one major tournament, the 1988 European Championship, despite so often threatening to impose their talent on opponents before imploding.

(Editing by Ken Ferris)

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Serbs rue vuvuzelas, “stupid” penalty and ball

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Serbia players could not hear their fans over the incessant din of vuvuzelas, had trouble controlling the World Cup ball and lost their concentration to give away a ‘stupid’ penalty and lose 1-0 to Ghana.

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That was the verdict of the dejected-looking players as they traipsed past reporters, having to keep answering questions about why Sunday’s Group D opener had gone wrong for them.

Their coach Radomir Antic had a different gripe, saying Aleksandar Lukovic’s dismissal for a second yellow in the 74th minute had been too harsh and had turned the game.

Nine minutes after that setback, substitute Zdravko Kuzmanovic’s raised arm struck a ball hit across the area to give away the penalty that put Ghana ahead and triggered wild celebrations from the already noisy African crowd.

“I think that it is not easy to control the ball in the air,” defender Nemanja Vidic told reporters when asked if the ball had contributed to the penalty because it looked as if Kuzmanovic had thought it would fly over him.

Many players have criticized the ball, branding it a “beachball,” “inadequate” and like one purchased in a supermarket among other complaints.

“It’s very quick, more in the air than at the feet. I think if the ball hits the ground you get good control. But all the teams have problems with the ball so it is not an excuse,” added Vidic.

Apart from the ball, players are also having to get used to the noisy vuvuzelas, which do not stop during a match and create a constant racket unlike anything heard at matches on other continents.

“Because of the vuvzelas we couldn’t hear the Serbian fans,” forward Marko Pantelic told reporters.

“Our fans were cheering but the only noise was the vuvuzelas.”

Defender Bransilav Ivanovic said they had lost concentration to give away the penalty, which Danko Lazovic said was “stupid,” while Serbia were knocked off their stride by Lukovic’s sending off before that.

“The sending off of Lukovic was too harsh and it turned the match their way,” Antic told a news conference.

“In a tight match like this a simple error by Kuzmanovic made the difference but I have no complaints about my team’s effort.”

(Additional reporting by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Nigel Hunt)

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Germany stick with Klose for opener

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Germany coach Joachim Loew stuck with out-of-form striker Miroslav Klose for the team’s opening World Cup Group D game against Australia on Sunday.

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He also went for youth over experience on the right wing, giving 20-year-old Thomas Mueller his third cap ahead of 26-year-old Piotr Trochowski.

Klose, who was top scorer at the 2006 World Cup with five goals having finished second with five at the 2002 tournament, only netted three times for Bayern Munich last season.

Australia coach Pim Verbeek left Harry Kewell on the bench and gave Richard Garcia, who usually plays as an attacking midfielder, his eighth cap as the lone striker ahead of Josh Kennedy. Garcia has never scored for Australia.

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Kadir starts for Algeria with Ghezzal on bench

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Algeria coach Rabah Saadane named midfielder Fouad Kadir in his starting lineup to face Slovenia in their opening World Cup match on Sunday, leaving out the more attack-minded Abdelkader Ghezzal.

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The Algerian side was otherwise as expected, with defender Antar Yahia taking the captain’s armband in place of midfielder Yazid Mansouri, who was dropped on the eve of the Group C clash.

Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek chose Zlatko Dedic up front alongside Milivoje Novakovic. Dedic scored the goal that secured their World Cup berth in a 1-0 win over Russia last year but has faced competition from Zlatan Ljubijankic for a starting place.

(Writing by Gideon Long; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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FIFA tests new pitch in Algeria v Slovenia match

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

South Africa (Reuters) – Sunday’s match between Algeria and Slovenia will be the first at any World Cup to be played on a surface which is not 100 percent grass.

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FIFA decided to test a grass mixed with synthetic turf in the Polokwane and Nelspruit stadiums in South Africa and the teams were relieved to have had the chance to practice on the pitch a day before the match.

“It’s brand new turf for us,” said Algerian defender Majid Bougherra. “It’ll be a pretty fast game,” he said when asked about the surface.

Slovenian defender Bostjan Cesar said the field was very even. “Sometimes it might be a bit unusual for the Slovenians — but the ball runs smoothly,” he told reporters.

Sunday will mark Algeria’s first appearance in the World Cup finals in 24 years. They are the only African team in the competition to have an African coach but have been dogged by injury.

Slovenia hope to clinch their first victory in a major competition after failing to win a match in Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup finals.

(Editing by Jon Bramley)

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Portugal arrive with Nani in doubt for warm-up

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Portugal winger Nani is doubtful for their friendly against Mozambique due to a shoulder injury picked up in training in Lisbon, he said as the squad flew in to South Africa for the World Cup on Sunday.

The winger missed the squad’s final home training session in Portugal on Saturday after falling while attempting an acrobatic shot and causing a traumatism in his shoulder.

He is due to be re-examined before the warm-up match against Mozambique on Tuesday.

“I feel better already,” Nani told reporters during the flight from Lisbon to Johannesburg.

On playing in the friendly, he said: “I really don’t know, now we have to see. When we get there we’ll have to check again.”

The other main injury concern in the Portuguese squad is Pepe, who has been recovering from a knee injury he sustained in December.

He has not played since but was last week cleared by doctors from the national side and his club Real Madrid to travel to the finals.

The Brazil-born defender signalled he could already be an option for coach Carlos Queiroz against Mozambique.

“I’m in the group. I’m here to help and now the matter is in the coach’s hands,” Pepe said as he boarded the plane.

Portugal play their first tournament match on June 15 against the Ivory Coast in Group G, which also includes Brazil and North Korea.

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Relieved Ghana coach reports no further casualties

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A relieved Milovan Rajevac reported a clean bill of health for his Ghana World Cup squad after concluding preparations in Britain at the weekend.

Ghana beat Latvia 1-0 in Milton Keynes on Saturday in the last of their pre-tournament warm-up games.

“For us the most important thing was that no player got injured,” the coach said. “So after (the) match, everything is OK,” he told the Ghana Football Association website.

The Africans suffered a major setback last week with the withdrawal through injury of Michael Essien who had failed to recover from a knee injury.

Another key midfielder, Sulley Muntari missed the match against Latvia because of a thigh strain but is expected to play in the opening Group D match against Serbia next week.

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The ear-shattering secret weapon ‘Vuvuzela’ that can turn WC soccer fans deaf

June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Cape Town, June 4(ANI): Football fans travelling to the World Cup in South Africa are being warned to be prepared for a secret horn called ‘vuvuzela’, which is capable of creating an ear-shattering experience at the stadiums.

South African fans will be using ‘vuvuzela’ to inspire their players.

“The vuvuzela can reach 131 decibels, which is almost as loud as a gunshot,” The Sky News quoted Professor De Wet Swanpol, of Pretoria University, as saying.

“We have found that football fans exposed to the noise during just one game suffer some hearing loss,” he added.

The plastic instrument has made the officials advise visiting fans from all nations to wear earplugs to protect themselves.

According to reports, there were also calls for the vuvuzela to be banned during the World Cup, although FIFA denied receiving any official complaints.

Former England manager and current Thailand coach, Bryan Robson, confirmed that even players had faced problems due to the instrument, and said he was stunned by the noise at a recent friendly in South Africa.

“The atmosphere was fantastic, but it was too loud to communicate with my players,” Robson said. (ANI)

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Paredes heads winner as Chile beat Northern Ireland

May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Chile beat Northern Ireland 1-0 on Sunday in their penultimate warm-up match before they head to the World Cup finals in South Africa.

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Striker Esteban Paredes scored the only goal of the match with a header at the back post from a corner after 30 minutes.

The Chileans, who will play in group H alongside Honduras, Switzerland and Spain, dominated possession but seldom threatened the Northern Irish goal.

Chile are due to play again later on Sunday, against Israel. Coach Marcelo Bielsa is expected to name a completely different starting line-up for that match.

Bielsa has narrowed his squad down to 24 players but needs to drop one more man before Tuesday, the FIFA deadline for naming definitive World Cup squads.

(Editing by Dave Thompson)

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Scolari confirms departure from Uzbek club

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has left Uzbekistan side Bunyodkor to “help his son’s university education”.

Scolari quit the club after a year in charge having failed to achieve success in the Asian Champions League, the Uzbek side losing to Saudi club Al Hilal in the last 16 earlier this month.

“Main reason of leaving Uzbekistan is (I’m) concerned with my son’s studying,” Scolari told the team’s website (www.fcbunyodkor.com) late on Friday.

“He just graduated from Tashkent International School and is about to study in university. I need to support and help him now. My family and children is most important for me.”

The former Brazil, Portugal and Chelsea coach said that he would not decide upon his next job until after his son’s university place was agreed.

“Maybe, my son won’t wish to stay in Portugal, so I can’t say anything about my next work place,” said Scolari, who admitted to having offers from unnamed clubs in Europe, Brazil and Asia.

Scolari, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002 and reached the final of Euro 2004 with Portugal, told Reuters on Monday that the club was trying to reduce costs and had suggested cutting short his contract, which was due to expire in December.

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Frantic search for brother ends in relief

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 29 — “It’s God’s grace,” said Jagdish Ray. Thirty-seven-year-old Ray, a Kolkata-based software engineer who was visiting Mumbai for work, was relieved to know his younger brother, Sandip, had survived the accident involving the Howrah-Mumbai Gyaneshwari Express at West Midnapore on Friday. Sandip (33), a Commerce graduate, was coming to Mumbai for an interview. He was travelling in coach A1. Jagdish had a tough time all morning trying to find out whether his brother was safe. “I have been frantically trying to contact anybody who could help me with updates on my brother,” Jagdish said. Jagdish had boarded the same train on Wednesday and was to reach Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Friday morning. “My train was on the outskirts of Mumbai when I learnt about the derailment from my fellow passengers. I realised that Sandip was on the same train,” Jagdish said. “I was hoping Sandip had missed the train.”

Sandip’s relatives managed to trace him among the injured. “I was relieved when they informed me that Sandip had sustained injuries but was safe. I told my relatives to admit him to a private hospital,” he said, adding he would fly to Kolkata soon.

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‘Next season, we want nothing short of a league victory’

May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Right from its inception in 2007, Pune FC has taken giant steps towards success at the national level. After qualifying for the I-league in its very first attempt, the club is set to finish in the top three in its debut season. Following are excerpts from an interview with coach Derrick Pereira.

How big is the success of Pune FC?* The success is humungous. The reaction of the crowd after the last home match against Churchill Brothers told the whole story. The atmosphere was such that we felt we had won the Champions League final! The atmosphere was lively as the matches were played at night. It was unlike anything I have ever seen around here and will only increase.

What were your expectations before the tournament? Did you exceed them? * My expectations kept on increasing as the tournament progressed. At the start, I would have been happy with a mid-table finish. At the halfway stage, I knew we had it in us to finish in the top-five. If we had pushed a little harder towards the end we could have even fought for the title.

What has been the key to your successful season? * The key to our success has been the fact that we drew more games than we lost. We kept collecting points wherever we went and our first winning streak helped us reach the top. Other than that, the credit must go to the professionalism of the administration.

How did you motivate the team during the frustrating parts of the season, especially at the start where the team drew six of their first eight games and losing the other two? * Even though the results were not going our way, we were putting in good performances. I just kept on telling the team to keep up the good work and the results would follow. The break was very important for us. We analyzed our mistakes, worked on them and came out a better team in the second half. Since we didn’t have Jeje Lalpekhlua for most of the season, we worked on a strategy to make Edmar play up front on his own. It was just a matter of one win to get our confidence back.

What has been your strategy throughout the season? * We first focus on our strengths and play to our strengths. We then analyze the weakness of the opposition and look to exploit it.

What was the turning point of the season? * The turning point of the season was our Federation Cup victory against Dempo. We had started the season poorly and were in a lowly ninth place. But that victory gave us the much needed confidence and self belief to beat any I-league side. We went from strength to strength from that point on.

What are the plans ahead? * We will first be looking to beat Dempo on Thursday to secure the second place. But for the next season we will want nothing short of a league victory.

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NBA – Magic stun Celtics to stay alive in series

May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Orlando Magic again staved off elimination in the Eastern Conference final with a commanding and occasionally physical 113-92 win against the Boston Celtics in Game Five on Wednesday.

Two days after beating the Celtics 96-92 in an overtime thriller in Boston to stay alive, the Magic delivered a confident display on their home court to trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.

Guard Jameer Nelson top scored for Orlando with 24 points while muscular center Dwight Howard weighed in with 21 points, along with 10 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Rasheed Wallace contributed 21 points to lead the way for Boston, who had appeared to have the series firmly in control after winning the first two games in Orlando.

Game Six is in Boston Friday when the Celtics need just one more win to advance to the NBA finals.

“It was our best offensive night of the series,” Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy told reporters after his team had shot slightly better than 52 percent from the floor.

“Obviously in Game Six we will need to be even better at both ends. We have a huge, huge challenge in front of us but it’s a challenge we worked hard to get to.”

No NBA team has ever won a playoff series after losing the first three games but Nelson said the Magic were banking on pulling off a miracle through sheer self-belief.

MAKING HISTORY

“We just all believe,” he added.

“We know we can do it one game at a time. We know we didn’t play our best in the first three games, but that’s behind us. We are trying to make history.”

A difficult night for the Celtics became even worse when they lost starting center Kendrick Perkins shortly before the end of the first half when he was ejected after picking up two technical fouls, his sixth and seventh of the postseason.

Unless the league rescinds one of the technicals, Perkins will face a mandatory one-game suspension.

The Celtics raced 5-0 up early on before the Magic took control with a scintillating three-point display to lead 31-27 after the first quarter.

Guard JJ Redick and Mickael Pietrus each added a pair of three-pointers as Orlando charged 14 ahead midway through the second period before holding a 57-49 advantage by half-time.

The Celtics were also deprived of Perkins’s replacement, Glen Davis, when he suffered concussion after being accidently struck by Howard’s elbow just before the end of the third quarter.

Leading 84-75 going into the final period, the Magic steadily pulled even further away to keep alive their hopes of reaching the NBA finals for a second year in a row.

“They played a great game tonight,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said of the Magic. “They are a great team when they get a lead because then those threes (three-pointers) are easy. I never thought we applied any real pressure.”

(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by John O’Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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Real Madrid sack coach Pellegrini, to appoint Mourinho

May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Real Madrid have sacked coach Manuel Pellegrini and will appoint Jose Mourinho to replace him once they have reached agreement with Inter Milan about ending his contract with the Serie A club.

Real president Florentino Perez made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday following a meeting of the club’s board.

“We are convinced that we need a fresh impulse and we are convinced that Jose Mourinho is the right person to take on the job,” Perez said.

(Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Ed Osmond;

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Semenya’s return delayed as meet is cancelled

May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

South African world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya’s return to competitive athletics has been delayed as her comeback event in Zaragoza has been cancelled, her coach told Reuters on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old underwent gender verification tests after winning gold at the Berlin world championships last August and has not competed since.

Semenya’s coach Michael Seme told Reuters by telephone “the meet (on June 24) is off and we will make an announcement on Tuesday” about her next move.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has made clear Semenya is not banned from competition but said she must wait for the results of her tests from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) which are not expected until June.

Her lawyers said in April that the tests proved she could run as a female.

(Reporting by Ken Borland; editing by Pritha Sarkar;

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Turkish coach crash kills 16 people – reports

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A coach carrying Russian tourists crashed near Turkey’s southern resort of Antalya on Tuesday, killing 16 people and injuring dozens more, broadcasters and a news agency reported.

Television pictures showed the wrecked coach lying on its roof after leaving the road and falling into a ditch in the early hours of Tuesday. The dead included the Turkish driver and tour guide while the reamining fatalities were Russian tourists.

Antalya Deputy Governor Mehmet Seyman told the state-run Anatolian news agency 16 people were killed in the accident, and 25 tourists were injured. Rescue teams were trying to get the injured out of the coach, he added.

Antalya is one of Turkey’s most popular tourist destinations, and visited every year by hundreds of thousands of mainly German, Russian and British tourists.

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Turkish coach crash kills 11 people – reports

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A coach carrying Russian tourists crashed near Turkey’s southern resort of Antalya on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring about 25, broadcasters reported.

Television pictures showed the coach had left the road and fallen into a ditch, where it was lying on its roof. The dead included the Turkish driver and tour guide.

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Butt dismisses allegations of match-fixing, CRI

May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has dismissed allegations of match-fixing against national team players. Butt told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday that if any of his subordinates raises the issue of match-fixing, “he is talking nonsense.

” In a leaked video recording of an inquiry committee hearing, Pakistan team coaches raised suspicions about the performance of wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal during the winless tour of Australia earlier this year. Then-coach Intikhab Alam said that he was flabbergasted after Akmal missed a run out of Shane Watson in the Sydney test and later heard suggestions of match-fixing.

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