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FOOTBALL: PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa will have a new soccer coach to replace Jomo Sono before the start of its African Nations Cup qualifying campaign in September, officials said. Sono, who took the team to the World Cup finals in South Korea last month, had already indicated his wish to resign but was persuaded to stay on for the Cosafa Castle Cup competition. The South African Football Association decided to hire a new coach ``within weeks'', according to chief operating officer Albert Mokoena. The new coach would start ahead of the qualifiers for the 2004 Nations Cup finals in Tunisia. South Africa plays its first qualifying game away against the Ivory Coast in Abidjan on September 8. Sono was taking charge of South Africa's match against Madagascar in Port Elizabeth on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Cosafa Castle Cup, the regional southern African championship. He will stay on should South Africa progresses to the semifinals in August but would no longer have anything to do with the running of the country's national teams, Mokoena said. Mokoena said the new coach would be ``one with international exposure'', ruling out the likelihood that Sono would be replaced by another South African coach. MILAN: Italy captain Paolo Maldini (in picture) has confirmed his retirement from the national team despite an appeal by coach Giovanni Trapattoni for him to carry on. Maldini, Italy's most capped player with 126 appearances, had said on several occasions that he intended to quit the `Azzurri' after the World Cup finals which ended on June 30. Italy was knocked out in the second round by South Korea and Trapattoni asked Maldini to stay on for at least part of the European championship qualification campaign. ``I have thought a lot about the national side and my decision has not changed,'' Maldini said in comments reported by Italian media. ``Trapattoni and my team-mates from the World Cup squad have tried to change my mind but the fundamental thing is that someone who is 34 years of age cannot think about playing in the European championship in 2004,'' said Maldini. Lazio defender Alessandro Nesta is likely to be the favourite to take over from Maldini as Italy captain. Trapattoni said if Maldini stayed on for another year it would give him time to try to find a young replacement for the man who has been Italy's left back since the late 1980s. Italy begins its European qualification campaign in Baku against Azerbaijan on September 7 and also faces Yugoslavia, Wales and Finland in Group nine. CRICKET: CHANDIGARH: Dashing batsman Yuveraj Singh, undergoing treatment in Mumbai for an injured finger, is recovering fast, the cricketer's father Yograj Singh said. ``My son is getting treatment by a doctor in Mumbai at a rest house... he is recovering fast.'' He, however, was not aware of Yuveraj's plans once he recovered from the injury on his left little finger suffered during the NatWest Trophy final at Lord's. ``I am not aware of his programme... But at present he will take some time to recover from the injury,'' he said. However, sources said Yuveraj is likely to be back in his hometown early next week. The left-hand batsman, who alongwith Mohammad Kaif was instrumental in India's sensational victory against England at Lord's, returned after the final for treatment. Soon after his arrival in Mumbai on July 17, Yuveraj had told mediapersons that his injury would take two to three weeks to heal completely and that he was likely to be fit for the ICC Champions Trophy in Colombo starting in the second week of September. LAHORE: Disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salim Malik has gone to the Supreme Court to challenge a life ban imposed on him for match-fixing. ``We have filed an appeal through the Lahore bench hoping that the ban will be lifted,'' Malik's lawyer, Raja Jahanzeb Akhtar said. The case may be taken up after August when the court reconvenes after its summer holidays. An earlier appeal against the ban was rejected by Lahore High court in May this year. The 37-year-old Malik was banned following a match-fixing inquiry conducted by Lahore High court judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum between September 1998 and October 1999. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) implemented the recommendations made by Justice Qayyum and banned Malik from all international and domestic cricket in May 2000. ``Malik was disappointed by the ban and the rejection of the appeal, but he would not give up until his name is cleared so that he could start a new life,'' Akhtar said. Australian trio Shane Warne, Tim May and Mark Waugh were the first to blow the whistle on Malik. The trio alleged Malik offered them bribes to under perform during Australia's tour of Pakistan in 1994-95. During the same season, team-mate Rashid Latif and Aamir Sohail also accused Malik of wrong doing when Pakistan toured South Africa and Zimbabwe. TENNIS: MUNICH: Former tennis great Boris Becker (in picture) faces new legal battles, according to reports, this time involving $1.5 million he allegedly owes to an ill-fated Internet company. Becker agreed in writing to invest that amount in his online Sportgate venture which filed for bankruptcy a year ago, said a report in Bild am Sonntag newspaper. But he never came through with the money, the newspaper quoted Sportgate insolvency administrator Hartwig Albers as saying. Albers and one of Becker's partners in the venture, Paulus Neef, reportedly are seeking $1.5 million in damages. Court officials in Munich confirmed that a damages complaint has been filed, but declined to divulge details. The reports come only days after German tax authorities said they were launching an income-tax evasion investigation into Becker's claims that his permanent residence is Monaco. Tax investigators said they have turned up compelling evidence that Becker in fact mostly resides in Germany, and as such should have paid more tax than he had done.
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