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CRICKET: CHRISTCHURCH: Chris Cairns is bidding to become the second New Zealand all-rounder along with Sir Richard Hadlee to reach 3000 runs and 200 wickets in the opening cricket Test against England starting here on Wednesday (March 13). Only six players in world cricket have achieved the feat - Sir Garfield Sobers, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Hadlee, current New Zealand Chairman of Selectors. The 31-year-old strike bowler has scored 2830 runs from 54 Tests at an average of 32.9 and has bagged 194 wickets at 28.91, leaving him 170 runs and six wickets to do the double. ``There are only a few who have done it so it would be nice to put my name alongside them, in this game,'' Cairns said. ``They're my heroes and to see the name Cairns in that company would be something special.'' FOOTBALL: RIO DE JANEIRO: Luizao at last has found a new club - and maybe a ticket to the World Cup. The striker, who was in Europe for talks with German and Italian clubs, will join two-time Brazilian champion Gremio this week, his agent told Brazilian media. ``Everything is set with Gremio. There are no problems,'' Francisco Monteiro said in an interview with Pele's web site, www.pele.net. Luizao was a starter on the Brazilian national team and seemed assured of a spot on the World Cup team after his play in the final qualifier last November. The striker scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Venezuela that qualified Brazil for the tournament. But that changed after his stormy departure from Corinthians last month in a salary dispute and his failure to latch on to another club. National team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari made it clear that he wouldn't call up Luizao if he weren't trim, fit and active. ``Luizao has to be playing and training regularly on a club,'' Scolari said. GOLF: JACKSONVILLE, USA: Matt Kuchar found another reason on Monday (March 10) to celebrate his first PGA Tour victory: He's going back to the Masters. Kuchar, who was No. 210 in the world ranking at the start of the year and No. 147 just two weeks ago, shot up to No. 50 by winning the Honda Classic, just enough to earn another trip to Augusta National. The Masters extended invitations on Monday to players in the top 50 who were not already eligible. Others who qualified were John Daly and Rory Sabbatini. That gives the Masters an expected field of 89 players. * Top 10 in world rankings, week beginning March 11: 1. Tiger Woods, USA, 13.58; 2. Phil Mickelson, USA, 8.76; 3. Ernie Els, SA, 8.35; 4. David Duval, USA, 6.93; 5. Sergio Garcia, ESP, 6.61; 6. Retief Goosen, SA, 6.03; 7. David Toms, USA, 5.90; 8. Vijay Singh, Fiji, 5.35; 9. Davis Love III, USA, 4.98; 10. Chris DiMarco USA, 4.89. MOTOR RACING: KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty seconds is the most all drivers in any accident at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix will wait before medical aid arrives. ``Any injured drivers or track marshals will be attended to in less than 20 seconds at any area around the 5.543-km circuit,'' said chief medical officer Zin Bidin. ``In the event of an accident, the nearest doctor will access the casualty within 20 seconds. If the injury is serious or the driver is trapped, the fast intervention medical car and the extrication team will be summoned by the chief medical officer from the race control room,'' said Zin. TENNIS: NEW YORK: Billie Jean King, captain of the United States Fed Cup team, is recruiting players for next month's first-round match against Austria in Charlotte, North Carolina. ``I'm talking to players, agents, parents, whatever it takes,'' King said on Monday during a conference call. ``Whatever it takes. I've asked them to tell me in the next couple of weeks. Nobody's said `No,' yet. That's good news. This is a good time of the year. The players are still fresh.'' One player King knows she won't have is Lindsay Davenport, still recovering from knee surgery. ``She's still on crutches,'' King said. ``She would have been there.'' King, who has led the United States to three Fed Cup titles, said she and Patrick McEnroe, captain of the Davis Cup team, have little to do with whether players join their teams. ``It has nothing to do with us,'' King said. ``It comes down to whether a player wants to play or not. If you don't want to play, that's fine. Just tell me, yes or no, and we'll live with it.''
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