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PARIS. — France’s World Cup and Euro-winning soccer captain Didier Deschamps is seen as the favourite to become the fifth national team coach in the past 10 years after Laurent Blanc decided not to accept a new contract.Rain relief for Sri Lanka
COLOMBO. — Azhar Ali smashed 157 and Mohammad Hafeez narrowly missed a double century but wet weather dampened Pakistan’s hopes of forcing a result over hosts Sri Lanka in the second Test cricket yesterday.Leopards in the hunt
JOHANNESBURG. — Caf Confederation Cup giant-killers Black Leopards of South Africa and AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville suffered narrow first-leg away losses this weekend in the play-offs for group stage places.Felix makes statement
EUGENE. — Two-time Olympic runner-up Allyson Felix ran the sixth-fastest women’s 200 metres in history, winning the final at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials in 21.69 seconds on Saturday.Lance defiant
NEW YORK. — Former Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong on Saturday shrugged off the US Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to file formal doping charges against him, saying he wouldn’t let it halt his cancer awareness work.AVB for Spurs
LONDON. — Andre Villas-Boas will be confirmed as Tottenham Hotspur manager this week.Adebayor stalement
LONDON. —Arsenal’s hopes of keeping Robin van Persie could rest with London soccer rivals Tottenham and hated former striker Emmanuel Adebayor.Pools rout Red Devils
Sports ReporterA three-goal salvo in the first half was enough for Epworth Pools to rout Red Devils 3-0 and win the Epworth Red Seal Trophy in a thrilling soccer final recently.
Pools striker Peter Rupiya scored twice while midfield dynamo Zorodzai Jongwe added a third, to send the large crowd that had thronged Epworth Primary School soccer field to witness the match into a delirium.
Kyokushin team disappointed
Ellina MhlangaSports Reporter
IT was a disappointing weekend for the kyokushin team that had gone to Zambia for the Inspector General of Police Karate Cup after they were informed that the event has been postponed when they were already in Lusaka.