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MIKE DICKSON: Meet some of the competitors who stand in Andy Murray's way on what has becomethe somewhat shambolic lower half of the men's Wimbledon draw - the likes of Lukasz Kubot, DustinBrown and Ernests Gulbis respectively.

WESTERN TIMES AHMEDABADSATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013

Fenerbahce chairman refuses to quit after UEFA banAnkara,

Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim said Thurs-day that he would not resign despite UEFA ban-ning the team from European club competition forthree seasons. After UEFA announced the pen-alty Tuesday, some Fenerbahce fans demandedYildirim quit. The penalty, triggered by the matchfixing charges in domestic games in 2011, meansFenerbahce will be ruled out of the next season’sChampions League. “Fenerbahce are excludedfrom participating in the next three UEFA club com-petitions for which they would qualify, including the2013-14 UEFA Champions League. The ban forthe third season is deferred for a probationaryperiod of five years,” UEFA said on its website.

Running 200-miles ultramarathon couldbe healthier than stopping at 100

Washington,When running an ultramarathon, it may be bet-

ter for an athlete`s body that they run 200-milesinstead of stopping after 100 miles, a new researchhas revealed. They also took samples of blood andmuscles to measure inflammation and muscle fa-tigue. Researchers found that after completion ofrace, the Tor des Geants athletes suffered lessmuscle fatigues and soreness as compared to theircounterparts who ran half the distance. They alsokept track of the vital statistics of 25 Tour des Geantsathletes, representing top 33 percent of the group.

Pistorius to resume trainingJohannesburg,

South Afr ican Paralympic hero OscarPistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, isto resume limited training for his mentalwellbeing, but does not plan a return to compe-tition, his family has announced.

"Oscar has decided to resume a low-key trackroutine. He is not contemplating a formal returnto athletics and this training is not with the aimof preparing for competition," a statement said.

"His family, and those close to him, have en-couraged him to spend a few hours a week onthe track to assist him in finding the necessarymental and emotional equilibrium to process histrauma and prepare for the trial."

The double amputee, known as the "BladeRunner" for his trademark artificial limbs, is ac-cused of murdering model Reeva Steenkamp inthe early hours of Valentine`s Day at his upmar-ket home in the South African capital.

Pistorius claims he mistook his girlfriend foran intruder.

The Johannesburg-born Paralympic cham-pion became an inspirational hero to millions asthe first double amputee to compete againstable-bodied competitors at the London Olympicslast year.

He was born without fibulae and both his legswere amputated when he was 11 months old.His athletic prowess with his trademark bladeswould later earn him nicknames like "the fastestman on no legs". His pre-trial hearing is sched-uled for August 19.

After Champions Trophy triumph, Indiaonly thinking of moving up: Dhoni

McIlroy says `feeling lost`as bad luck continuesinto Irish Open

London,World No. 2 Rory

McIlroy has admitted thathe is `feeling lost` and isstruggling to reproduce theform that had brought himto the top of the golfingranks, dur ing the IrishOpen Challenge.TheNorthern Irishman cardeda 2-over-par 74 on theopening day of the IrishOpen, trailing playing part-ner and leader ShaneLowry by seven shots. Stat-ing that none of the aspectsof his game is strong, theformer World No.1 said thathe is feeling somewhatlost, adding that althoughhe is able to hit all shots onthe range, he fails to regainhis form while on thecourse. According toMcIlroy, his poor perfor-mance gets him confusedevery time he is playing atee shot, adding that eventhough he was also strug-gling last year at a similarpoint, he did not such prob-lems as he is having nowand was able to have agreat end to his season.

Kingston (Jamaica,West Indies),

Indian skipperMahendra Singh Dhonihas said his team will onlybe thinking of moving inone direction, and that is"up", when taking on theWest Indies and Sri Lankain a 13-day tri-series tour-nament that gets under-way in the West Indiesfrom Friday.

Participating in cap-tains interaction with themedia here ahead of thetri-series, Dhoni said: "Theexpectations will prettymuch remain the samewhen it comes to Indiancricket..if things are mov-ing, it will only move in onedirection which is up."

Dhoni, who was speak-ing just days after Indiahad won the ICC Champi-ons Trophy tournament inthe United Kingdom, fur-ther said: "What is veryimportant for us is not tolook too far ahead. We willtake it series by series."

"We have just finisheda world tournament in theUK, and now, we are in theWest Indies. First, we willhave to see the two teamswhich are ahead of us. The

performance was reallygood in the UK, but weneed to continue."

It maybe recalled thatIndia beat England in thefinal of the ICC Champi-ons Trophy by five runs.

Apar t from Dhoni,West Indies captainDwayne Bravo and SriLanka captain AngeloMathews said they wereupbeat about theirchances in the CELKONMobile Cup tournament.

All three promisedsome exciting and enter-taining cricket for Carib-bean fans. Bravo, Dhoniand Mathews pledged tobring their "A" game in theJune 28 to July 11 tourna-ment. "It is going to be afantastic series. We are allexcited to get going. Go-ing head-to-head with In-dia and Sri Lanka, weknow it will be a great se-ries. We know we can ex-pect the carnival atmo-sphere and that is one ofthe things the gets us firedup when we play at homein the Caribbean," Bravosaid. "I am looking forwardto leading my team togreat things and to makethe people of the Carib-

bean proud. Playing athome is always goodwhere we have the sup-port of our hands," Bravoadded.

Mathews, who led SriLanka into the semi-finalsin the ICC Champions Tro-phy, described his side asthe underdogs, but addedthat they would be lookingto play to their strengths.

"We know we are upagainst two huge teams -they are the two currentchampions of the T20 andthe 50-over World Cups.To match them we need toplay some really goodcricket and play to ourstrengths," said theallrounder, who is prepar-ing for his 98th ODI on Fri-day. "We feel like the un-derdogs but I think I havethe team to well in this for-mat and I have confidencein my players and my team- I am getting a lot of sup-port from all the seniorguys and the junior guys,"Mathews said. The tourna-ment - which will featureseven matches in 13 days- bowls off on Friday whenWest Indies clash with SriLanka at Sabina Park at 8p.m. Indian Standard Time.

Confederations Cup: Spain edge Italyin penalty epic to book final berth

Brasilia,Spain booked a date

with Brazil in the Confed-erations Cup final with an7-6 penalty shoot-out vic-tory over Italy at theCastelao. Although theWorld Cup holdersstormed to a 4-0 win overthe Azzurri in the Euro2012 final, this encounterproved far more evenly-contested. Vicente delBosque`s menmonopolised possessionbut lacked a cutting edgein attack, while Italymissed numerouschances throughout as thematch ended goalless.

With nothing to sepa-rate the two nations thegame went to penalties,where Jesus Navasproved to be the hero ashe scored the crucial spotkick as the shoot-out fin-ished 7-6 to Spain.

Cesare Prandelliswitched to a three-mandefence and his side be-gan impressively, despite

letting the Spaniards con-trol possession of the ball.

The Azzurr i, though,with the Fortaleza crowdbacking them, looked su-perb on the counter-attack.After Alberto Gilardino hadfailed to pick out the bot-tom corner from AntonioCandreva`s cross, theybecame increasingly con-fident and forged yet morechances to find the net.Christian Maggio was un-able to guide a headerfrom Andrea Pirlo`s ex-quisite pass past IkerCasillas in the 17th minuteand Daniele De Rossi`sglancing header missedthe target 60 secondslater. In the 19th minuteClaudio Marchisio missedthe best of the bunch,though, as he nodded theball well wide of the targetfrom Candreva`s cushiondespite finding plenty ofspace between the twocentre-backs.

That flurry of activity en-couraged Spain to reduce

the tempo and steady them-selves, but the Azzurri wereagain next to test the oppos-ing goalkeeper. Jordi Albawas being nullified by the ad-venturous combination ofCandreva and Maggio, andthe latter was only denied agoal when a brilliant Casillassave kept his 36th-minuteheader out of the net. Spainalmost immediately pun-ished Prandelli`s side fortheir profligacy in front ofgoal one minute later, butafter turning AndreaBarzagli in wonderful fash-ion Fernando Torres couldnot find a finish to match ashe pulled his shot wide of thetarget. With La Roja failingto show an increased threatimmediately after the restartDel Bosque introducedJesus Navas in the 50thminute. The new Manches-ter City signing had a posi-tive impact, calling GianluigiBuffon into action with adriven shot from 20 yardsshortly before the hour mark.