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BOXING: NEW YORK: Golden Gloves boxer Mitchell Rose has filed a $66 million suit against Mike Tyson, claiming the former heavyweight champion permanently damaged his spine during a fight at a Brooklyn club last year. The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court, alleges Tyson physically hurt Rose during an encounter at the Sugar Hill Club on December 16. Rose also seeks damages for his personal property, including a mink coat that Tyson ``ripped with his bare hands'' and punitive damages of about $50 million, said Sanford Rubenstein, Rose's attorney. Calls to Tyson's manager and spokesman were not immediately returned. Tyson is scheduled to fight Lennox Lewis for the heavyweight championship in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 8. CRICKET: MELBOURNE: Sri Lanka's leading bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has his sights set on claiming 600 Test wickets, but still believes Australian Shane Warne is the world's best spinner. The 30-year-old off-spinner is currently in Melbourne receiving treatment from leading Australian surgeon David Young on a shoulder injury he sustained while fielding in the Sharjah Cup earlier this month. ``I would like 600 wickets, that's about another 180,'' said Muralitharan. ``It's hard to take wickets. It depends on how good you play because sometimes you can drop down, or you can do well. It depends on how you do.'' Muralitharan recently became the youngest player to take 400 Test wickets but said the difficulty associated with bowling leg-spin meant that Warne was still the best. ``I think he is the greatest spinner because wrist spin is very hard to bowl. It's difficult to control the ball,'' he said. Both Muralitharan (412) and Warne (450) are closing in on West Indian Courtney Walsh's record of 519 Test wickets. FOOTBALL: MANCHESTER: A late equaliser from substitute Oliver Neuville gave Bayer Leverkusen a 2-2 draw against Manchester United in the Champions Cup first leg semi-final at Old Trafford on Wednesday. The two away goals put Leverkusen in a strong position for next week's second leg in Germany. The winner will face Real Madrid or Barcelona in the May 15 final in Glasgow, Scotland. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson remained optimistic. ``We're very much still in this cup tie,'' he said. ``There will be goals over there, that's for sure. We've got the spirit here and hopefully that will help us on Tuesday.'' LONDON: For decades Arsenal has been labelled a lucky team and a stroke of good fortune against West Ham might have earned the north London side the Premier League title. Shortly before halftime, with the score at 0-0 and Arsenal playing well below its best West Ham striker Freddie Kanoute broke away from the home defence, dummied England goalkeeper David Seaman and stroked the ball towards the goal on Wednesday. Arsenal left back Ashley Cole, arriving at speed, slid across the goalmouth and kicked the ball out from under the bar in a blur of movement. Kanoute was in no doubt he had scored, running away with a smile on his face, but the other 21 players, referee Steve Dunn and 38,000 fans in Highbury turned as one to look at the linesman. Paul Canadine kept his flag down, but television replays showed the ball had clearly crossed the line. Arsenal heaved a sigh of relief, rolled up its sleeves at halftime and scored two goals in the final 14 minutes to run out 2-0 winner - its 10th successive league victory. It is now four points clear of Liverpool with just three games to go. BARCELONA: Barcelona defender Michael Reiziger is almost certain to miss next week's Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid after suffering a thigh muscle injury. The Dutch fullback was taken off after an hour of Tuesday's 0-2 defeat in the first leg at the Nou Camp and the club said he would need a week to 10 days to regain fitness. Reiziger's likely absence will leave coach Carles Rexach nervously checking on the fitness of regular right-back Carles Puyol, who missed the defeat to Real with a knee injury. The Spanish international was not able to take part in full training on Wednesday but he could be back in time for the club's revenge mission at the Bernabeu in a week's time. TENNIS: STOCKHOLM: A Legends of Tennis tournament featuring former greats Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Yannick Noah and Mats Wilander next month has been rescheduled for December 10-11, organisers said. More than 7,000 tickets had been sold for the May 15-16 tournament in the 14,000-seat Globe Arena in the Swedish capital. The tournament will also be moved to the refurbished Hovet Arena, adjacent to the Globe, tournament official Mikael Linnander told Swedish news agency TT. Borg won 11 Grand Slam tournaments in his career, including an unprecedented five straight at Wimbledon in 1976-80. The '81 final against McEnroe is considered one of the greatest matches in tennis history. Only Pete Sampras has won more majors than Borg. WEIGHTLIFTING: ANTALYA, Turkey: Nataliya Skakun of the Ukraine lifted 135kgs (297 pounds) for a World record in the clean-and-jerk and won two golds on Wednesday at the European weightlifting championships. Skakun won golds for her clean-and-jerk and her combined score of 240.0 kgs (528 pounds) in the women's 63-kg (138.6-pound) weight class at competitions in this Mediterranean resort city. Skakun broke the previous clean-and-jerk record of 133 kilograms (292.6 pounds), which she set last year. Skakun's lift also counted as a European clean-and-jerk record and her combined score broke the 235.0-kilogram (517-pound) European combined record held by Valentina Popova of Russia. The results: Women: 58 kg: 1. Aleksandra Klejnowska, 212.5 kgs (snatch 90.0, clean-and-jerk 122.5); 2. Neli Iankova-Simova, Bulgaria, 205.0 kg (87.5-117.5); 3. Henrietta Raki, Hungary, 205.0 kg (92.5-112.5); 4. Marieta Gotfryd, Poland, 200.0 kg (90.0-110.0); 5. Dondu Ay, Turkey, 195.0 kg (90.0-105.0); 6. Michaela Breeze, United Kingdom, 192.5 kg (85.0-107.5). 63 kg: 1. Nataliya Skakun, Ukraine, 240.0 kgs (snatch 105.0, clean-and-jerk 135.0); 2. Anastasia Tsakiri, Greece, 230.0 kg (105.0-125.0); 3. Gergana Kirilova, Bulgaria, 217.5 kg (97.5-120.0); 4. Olga Obrezkova, Russia, 217.5 kg (102.5-115.0); 5. Dominika Misterska, Poland, 210.0 kg (92.5-117.5); 6. Zlatina Dimitrova, Bulgaria, 205.0 kg (90.0-115.0). Men: 62 kg: 1. Leonidas Sabanis, Greece, 305.0 kg (140.0-165.0); 2. Stefan Georgiev, Bulgaria, 297.5 kg (130.0-167.5); 3. Olexandr Lykhvald, Ukraine, 292.5 kg (132.5-160.0); 4. Vladmir Popov, Moldavia, 292.5 kg (132.5-160.0); 5. Tom Goebebuer, Belgium, 265.0 kg (122.5-142.5); 6. Enori Haxhihyseni, Albania, 235.0 kg (107.5-127.5).
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