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Do not expect miracles, says new Lanka captain
COLOMBO: New Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya has warned he will not be able to perform miracles after his country's dismal World Cup performance, but felt Aussie coach Dave Whatmore's return should improve things. Jayasuriya said he was banking on the support of deposed skipper Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva when Sri Lanka play their first tournament under him, a One-Day tri-series tournament in August against India and Australia.
One of Jayasuriya's priorities would be to make changes in the training schedule. Long sessions will be replaced with short but more intense training under Whatmore's guidance, he said.
The 30-year-old Jayasuriya hoped Whatmore's return will mark a turnaround in the team's fortunes as the coach was aware of the individual needs of players.
`Cocaine transported with F-1 cars'
LONDON: Customs officials are looking into allegations of a link between Formula One motor racing and cocaine smuggling amidaccusations that Grand Prix cars may have been used to conceal drugs as they are transported around the world, the Sunday Times reported on the day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone declined to comment, the newspaper said, but an unidentified aid of Ecclestone was quoted as saying: ``He did not have any knowledge or evidence that individuals within F1 were doing anything of the sort. If he had information or evidence he would have taken it to the police.''
The newspaper reported that an earlier investigation by Scotland Yard into whether racing cars and their containers were being used as a cover for cocaine smuggling between South America and Europe was inconclusive. It added that an investigation, which ended in 1997, was looking into allegations that drugs were being stashed in car parts and equipment and loaded into containers before being transported from South America to Europe.
Kiprop falls short of record, wins race
GOLD COAST(AUSTRALIA): Kenyan Fred Kiprop captured his second consecutive Gold Coast Marathon here Sunday but fell short of Australian Robert de Castella's 17-year-old allcomers record. Kiprop said in the race leadup that given favourable conditions de Castella's time of two hours 9 minutes and 18 seconds could be lowered on the fast course, aided by the $ 250,000 (about Rs 70 lakh) bonus prize.
Despite generally good weather the chance of a record time was hampered by a lack of pacemakers and at the 5km mark the lead pack was 10 minutes off de Castella's record. Kiprop, 26, gradually cranked up the pace to break away at the 34km mark and win the marathon with a time of 2:14.02, well off the 2:11 he ran last year.
Hiromi Igarishi of Japan won the women's marathon in 2.35:19 ahead of Russia's Alina Ivanova, who was 41 seconds behind.
2002 World Cup final in Yokohama
TOKYO: Japan's organising committee for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals has chosen the nation's largest stadium in Yokohama, south ofTokyo, for the venue for the final match, reports said on Sunday.
The decision is expected to be formally approved at a July 26 extraordinary executive board meeting.
The 2002 football World Cup, to be co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, will be first finals to be staged in Asia. The 70,336-seat Yokohama International Stadium is about 25 kilometres (15 miles) away from central Tokyo.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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