LONDON: The world's only officially licensed female football agent has won her sex discrimination case against the English Professional Players' Union after being barred from its men-only annual dinner.

Rachel Anderson, who acts for several leading English players, was awarded damages of £7,500 (about Rs 4.94 lakh) as well as costs of £45,000. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) argued there was not enough room for women to attend the dinner in April 1998 and claimed sex discrimination laws did not apply because the event was private.

Susanthika to be cleared: Report

COLOMBO: The world governing body of athletics is set to clear Sri Lanka's controversial sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe of doping charges, a press report said quoting her manager.

Jayasinghe's manager Tony Campbell was quoted as saying in the English daily The Island that the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was expected to exonerate her within a week.

Worldrecord

BEIJING: Chinese gold medal-winning weightlifter Zhao Xugang set a world record in the clean and jerk successfully lifting 206.0 kg in the 77 kg class at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Championships, state press reported.Zhao's lift in Wuhan City, Central Hubei province, broke the record of 205.5 kg set by Cuba's Aranda Idalberto at the Pan American Games last month, Xinhua news agency said.

-- Agencies