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CRICKET: DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA): Swashbuckling South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs (in picture) will co-author a book that will trace his tumultuous life and career. Confirming that he had signed a deal with a local cricket writer Colin Bryden and publishers New Africa Books, Gibbs said the book would be about his life as a ``coloured person'' and his integration into the previously white-dominated cricket world in the country. ``I'm really excited about putting the book together,'' said Gibbs who returned with the South African team from Morocco where it played in a tri-nation tournament with Sri Lanka and Pakistan. ``Each chapter is like a different stage of my life, although mine hasn't been nearly as orderly! People will be able to see how I've got to where I am today, and the hurdles or temptations I've overcome to get here,'' he said. CAPE TOWN: Organisers of next year's cricket World Cup announced plans for a lavish 23 million rand ($2.1 million) opening ceremony involving about 4,000 performers. President Thabo Mbeki had accepted an invitation to officially open the tournament on Feb. 8, 2003, the evening ahead of the opening game between South Africa and the West Indies, said Ali Bacher, the Cricket World Cup's executive director. The two-hour opening ceremony at Cape Town's Newlands stadium is to be televised live to a worldwide audience estimated at 1.25 billion viewers. At least 920,000 spectators are expected to attend the matches over 33 playing days. TENNIS: NEW YORK: The outfit was all black and form fitting, and Serena Williams was asked if it came with flippers, a mask and snorkel. ``Of course not,'' she said. ``This is more of a cat suit; it is not a wet suit.'' Then the No. 1 seeded player explained her first-night wardrobe at the U.S. Open. ``It's supposed to have the illusion of looking a little bit like leather from a distance,'' she said. ``But it's made of Lycra because it kind of sticks to the body. It kind of really sticks to what type of shape you have. If you don't have a decent shape, this isn't the best outfit to have.'' ATHLETICS: SYDNEY: Olympic champion Cathy Freeman said she is back in training, spurred on by her relay success at the Manchester Commonwealth Games and by the improving health of her husband. The Australian only ran the 400 metres relay in Manchester and chose not to compete in the individual event so she could devote more time to helping husband Sandy Bodecker in his battle against throat cancer. But she said the relay gold had renewed her enthusiasm for competing and that she returned to training two weeks ago instead of taking a long rest after Manchester. ``I started training actually two weeks ago because after the gold medal in Manchester I kind of got really hungry,'' Freeman said. LAUSANNE: Pole vault world-record holder Sergei Bubka (in picture) has become the first elected chairman of the IOC Athletes' Commission. The Ukrainian defeated former American volleyball player Robert Ctvrtlik in a secret ballot on Monday. The exact results weren't disclosed, but Bubka said he got ``2-1/2 times'' more votes than Ctvrtlik. Bubka, 39, takes over from Finland's Peter Tallberg, a former Olympic sailor who chaired the commission since its inception in 1981. ``It's a big responsibility and I'm very honoured that my colleagues trust me,'' Bubka said. Commission heads are traditionally appointed by the IOC president. But the athletes, seeking to increase their credibility and influence in the Olympic movement, won the right to elect their own chairman.
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