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ATHLETICS: LONDON: Khalid Khannouchi saw off Haile Gebrselassie's challenge to set a new world best time in the London Marathon here on Sunday as British runner Paula Radcliffe (see picture) made a brilliant marathon debut. Khannouchi held off the challenge of Paul Tergat of Kenya and Gebrselassie, to clock 2hr 05min 38sec and beat his own previous world best time of 2hr 05min 42sec set in 1999. Gebrselassie dropped off the pace just before 25 miles and eventually placed third in 2:06:35 while two-time London winner Abdelkader El Mouaziz was fourth. Radcliffe clocked 2hr 18min 56sec, the second fastest women's time in history, as the woman so often edged out of the medals on the track destroyed a world-class field. FOOTBALL: LONDON: David Beckham has thanked his fans for wishing him a speedy recovery from a broken foot. ``The messages of goodwill I have been receiving have been overwhelming — I have always said that Manchester United fans are the best in the world and times like this remind you just how great they are,'' Beckham said on Saturday. Beckham broke his left foot on Wednesday in a Champions Cup match playing for Manchester United, making him touch-and-go for the World Cup. The state of Beckham's foot has preoccupied English newspapers for several days. On Friday, the Tabloid Sun ran a picture of the star's foot on its front page under a headline ``Beck Us Pray.'' It also urged everyone in the country to put a hand on the photo of Beckham's foot at noon on Friday to speed the healing. On Saturday, the paper followed up with a page one photograph of England manager Sven-Goran Ericksson with his hand on the previous day's front page photo. The accompanying headline read: ``Sven lends us a hand.'' F-1 RACING: IMOLA (ITALY): The president of auto racing's governing body Max Mosley on Saturday was critical of Juan Pablo Montoya's outburst against world champion Michael Schumacher, saying aggressive comments can hurt the sport and have consequences outside racing. Addressing a press conference here, FIA President Max Mosley said he thinks, ``It's very foolish if drivers express themselves aggressively. If you have some aggressive comment followed by an accident in the race, you can have consequences outside the sport,'' Mosley said. Montoya and Schumacher were involved in first-lap collisions in this year's championship races in Malaysia and Brazil. In the last collision, Montoya, who was battling with Schumacher for the lead, broke the nose of his Williams BMW and finished fifth in the race, won by the Ferrari world champion. In interviews, Montoya called Schumacher's behaviour unfair and suggested he may do the same in the next races. BOXING: CAMPIONE (ITALY): European champion Michele Piccirillo defeated American champion Cory Spinks on Saturday night on a unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF world welterweight title. The 32-year-old Piccirillo improved to 37-1 (with 23 knockouts) after the 12-round battle.
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