Two cricket fans killed in air crash

KINGSTOWN: A private airplane carrying six Trinidad cricket fans crashed into the Caribbean minutes after taking off from Kingstown, killing at least two people.

Three St Vincent Coast Guard vessels and some fishing boats continued searching late yesterday for the downed aircraft, its pilot and the remaining passengers.

West Indian star batsman Brian Lara identified the two victims as friends who had come to St Vincent to watch a one-day match against the touring Indian team.

Bowe retires

NEW YORK: Riddick Bowe retired from boxing yesterday ending the career of a two-time heavyweight champion who was battered in his last two fights. Bowe took beatings in his last two fights by Andrew Golota but won both on disqualifications, with the first bout ending in a chair-swinging riot at New York City's Madison Square Garden. He finished with a record of 40-1, with 32 knockouts.

Fifa sanctions

ZURICH: Paraguayan 'keeper Jose Chilavert drew a four-match suspension and Colombian forward Victor Aristizabal received a three-match ban, the heaviest sanctions meted out by Fifa yesterday response to violence that erupted at World Cup qualifying matches earlier this month.

Argentine 'keeper Ignacio Gonzalez and teammate Gustavo Zapata also drew three-match bans while Fifa issued a total of $ 123,750 in fines for violence in matches between Paraguay and Colombia

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