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Tendulkar crosses 30,000 runs in international cricket

Sachin Tendulkar reached another milestone Friday when he completed 30,000 runs in international cricket en route his century on the last day of the first Test against Sri Lanka here.
Tendulkar, who completed his 20 years in international cricket and 17,000 runs in the One-day international this month, needed 35 runs to reach the latest landmark. He clipped a Chanaka Welegedara delivery to the square-leg region to bring up the record during India's second innings.
The 36-year-old Indian batting maestro is the leading scorer in both versions of the game with 12,877 runs in One-day international and 17,178 runs in Test.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is next to Tendulkar, having recently crossed 24,000 runs.
Tendulkar also struck his 43rd Test century Friday, an unbeaten knock of 100, shortly before the match ended in a draw.
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Iraq banned from international football

Football is highly popular in Iraq and its importance was boosted by the national side’s victory in the 2007 Asian Nations Cup. —AFP/File Photo

PARIS: World football’s governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice ‘because of government interference’.
‘In accordance with FIFA statutes, the clubs and representative teams of Iraq are no longer permitted to take part in international matches, whether friendly or competitive,’ read a statement on the FIFA website.
‘Furthermore, the IFA is deprived of its right to vote at any congresses held by international bodies and is no longer entitled to receive financial assistance.’
Despite FIFA’s decision, Iraq’s women’s under-16 team will be allowed to compete in a youth tournament organised by the Norwegian football federation that is due to take place in Jordan from November 22-29.
On Tuesday, FIFA gave the authorities in Baghdad a 72-hour ultimatum to reinstate the IFA or risk suspension from international football.
Police on Wednesday seized control of the IFA’s offices after its governing board was dissolved on charges of links to executed dictator Saddam Hussein.
FIFA said that the current members of the IFA’s Executive Committee were ‘the sole recognised interlocutors for FIFA’ and called for them to be ‘rapidly reinstated’.
‘The measures taken by the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the security forces are unacceptable to FIFA as they stand in total contradiction of IFA and FIFA statutes,’ the FIFA statement added.
The Iraqi government described the decision as unjust.
‘It’s an unfair decision (that) was taken without hearing the Iraqi Olympic Committee,’ government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
‘We feel that the IFA was behind the decision of FIFA to suspend the Iraqi federation,’ Dabbagh, who is also responsible for organising IFA elections, told AFP.
‘We are going to work with the Iraqi Olympic Committee to apply the national laws in respect of the FIFA regulations.
‘FIFA has to respect the positions of the football clubs of Iraq who don’t want to accept the executive board of IFA, (which) is involved in corruption and violation of Iraqi laws.’
But IFA chief Hussein Saeed said the ‘FIFA decision was expected after the IOC’s decision to dissolve the IFA, which is an illegal approach’.
Football is highly popular in Iraq and its importance was boosted by the national side’s victory in the 2007 Asian Nations Cup.
FIFA has expressed growing concern about possible political interference in the sport in Iraq. In September, it gave the IFA until April 30, 2010 to elect a new board.
Iraq was briefly suspended from international football in May 2008, after the government dissolved the national Olympic Committee. It was reinstated only after the government said the IFA had not been affected.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had also suspended Iraq’s Olympic Committee from international competition, but that row was resolved shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Since the overthrow of Saddam in the 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq’s new mainly Shiite leadership has taken control of the Olympic Committee and all the other sports federations, except the IFA.
Both the IFA and Olympic Committee were headed by Saddam’s elder son, Uday, during the previous regime.

Test cricket nations could shrink to four, says Greg Chappell

All white? Test cricket could be reduced to four nations, says Australian Photo: AP

Greg Chappell fears competition in test cricket could shrink to as few as four countries.

The former Australia captain said that the growth in the Twenty20 game and diminishing public interest in the traditional five-day game could see Test cricket marginalised to the fringe of the sport.
Chappell was a star when Test cricket survived the World Series revolution of the late 1970s. The International Cricket Council recovered from the WSC schism to since expand to include 10 full members and dozens of associated members, but now Tests are under threat again.

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"I have a feeling that Test cricket is going to reduce in size rather than grow in size," he said, days after a Marylebone Cricket Club survey confirmed interest in Test cricket was rapidly diminishing in many countries where it is played. "I can see a time where there will be four or five major countries playing Test match cricket."
Chappell played 87 tests between 1970 and 1984, scoring hundreds in his first and last innings among 24 centuries. He averaged almost 54 in tests and 40 in 74 one-day internationals.
After retiring as a player, he went on to coach in the Australia domestic competition and worked as a consultant coach in Pakistan before a stint as India's head coach from 2005.
His family involvement in the sport goes back to his grandfather, Victor Richardson, who played for Australia from 1924-36, while his brothers, Ian and Trevor Chappell, also played for Australia.
Chappell said the diminishing interest in Test cricket was a good reason for administrators to persevere with the 50-over format amid the growing clamor for Twenty20, the shortest form of the international game.
"It's another reason why 50-over cricket needs to be supported and given a rethink because 50-over cricket could well become the Test cricket of the future for a lot of cricket-playing countries," he said.
He backed the concept of Test cricket under lights and implementing a meaningful Test championship to bring attention back to the longer format, while also ensuring that every limited-overs series has value.
It was WSC which made the 50-over format widely popular and led to renewed interest in cricket, and now Chappell foresees the Indian Premier League taking Twenty20 cricket to new audiences.
"I can see the day when IPL becomes a world format and we'll have New York playing Bombay playing Beijing playing Sydney playing London," he said.
Whichever way the game moves, Chappell said something needed to be done to ensure its survival in the Caribbean.
The West Indies has slipped a long way since it dominated the international game in the 1970s and 80s.
"The region of the West Indies has been one of the great cricket-playing regions and it would be an absolute tragedy in my view if we lost the West Indian region to cricket," Chappell said. "I'm hopeful that some of the work that's being done to help West Indian cricket become strong again is successful, because they're a very important member of the cricket family.
"It's not going to be easy but if the will is there hopefully we can help it."

Kamal Haasan rewind

Seeking to quell the controversy created by the absence of superstar Kamal Haasan's films at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Ambika Soni, the information and broadcasting minister has announced that a retrospective of his works would be held in Delhi next year.
The minister stated that the actor, who completed 50-years in the film industry, deserved more than a package of three films at the IFFI, which is scheduled to begin in Goa this month.
Admitting that fans of the Tamil film icon will be "disappointed" with the absence of his works in the festival, she said, "Can the works of Kamal Haasan be shown just in three films? A national retrospective of the actor will be held in Delhi next year."
The controversy had begun with the emergence of reports which said that the Tamil actor was deliberately left out of the 'Retrospective' section which honours veterans, despite completing a five decade long stint in cinema.
Actors Asha Parekh, Sharmila Tagore were scheduled to be honoured at IFFI along with Haasan for completing 50 years in Indian cinema with screenings of their three selected films each.
Following reports that he had demanded for seven of his films to be shown in the section and was therefore excluded, Haasan clarified that it was his friends in Delhi who had insisted on more films being screened instead of three.

Rochette enhances sultry style

Canada's Joannie Rochette skates her short program at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kitchener November 20, 2009.

KITCHENER, ONT.
There was always a whole lot of woman in the girl Joannie Rochette used to be.
That has been a defining feature of the five-time Canadian figure skating champion: A ripe sensuality that set her apart from the pretty little girls, eternally child-like Petra Pans, who traditionally dominate this sport at the elite level.
It's that mature elegance, with a huge dollop of sultriness, which the 23-year-old is seeking to showcase in the season run-up to the Vancouver Olympics and this weekend at Skate Canada.
"If you knew me five years ago, I'm not the same girl," Rochette said after knocking down a huge career-best 70.00 score in Friday's short program, putting her way out front of all challengers heading into Saturday night's free skate. Then she added, with a laugh: "Probably also because I couldn't speak English and I was intimidated speaking to all of you."
Experience plus success has taken the edge off shyness; a steady climb through the ranks, where many rivals matriculated spectacularly, has plumped the confidence. She is, further, a strong athlete – not just a skater or contortionist – as evident in the lithe, cut-muscle physique.
Rochette, reigning world silver medallist, went tango this year for the always make-or-break short with its demanding technical elements and the drama of "La Cumparsita" suits her intense, smouldering projection.
"I've never done tango before. I thought it would be a good idea for my style of skating because tango can be very strong but also sensual. I didn't want to do all the normal tango poses. I wanted to add some subtleties while using all the nuances and the sensuality a tango can have."
What emerged was a bold statement with Olympic polish, a young woman who performs with inner certitude these days and outer flair, just loving the music, the crowd, the limelight.
Growing self-assurance with gusts, perhaps, to hubris caused a temporary setback three weeks ago at the Cup of China, which was Rochette's other Grand Prix circuit assignment this season. This same short program, badly executed, left Rochette in seventh, though a rallying long program secured her a bronze medal.
In Beijing, Rochette opted to attempt a triple-triple combination in the short because the combo had been going so well in practice. She'd never done it in the short and, in fact, does a slightly less difficult triple-step-triple sequence in the free. But for the past two seasons, as those awesome Japanese girls in particular have uncorked 3-3s, Rochette has been constantly asked about her intentions to follow suit. She gave it a shot in Beijing. "I kind of changed it without my coach's consent." And paid for it in the air – doubling the Lutz, singling a later Axel, the whole rhythm cocked up. "I really wanted to challenge myself and I did not follow the plan. That's when I learned the importance of having a plan and sticking to it."
This week, in practice, Rochette has completely avoided the triple-triples, which may or may not be there come the Olympics.
"The short program is already a big challenge artistically," she said. "It's such a great vehicle that I don't need a triple-triple if I do all the elements perfectly. That's the key in a short program, to get those (grades), to get those spins."
Room for improvement remains because Rochette left some points on the table, levels not quite up to max potential – an edge-change un-clear on a spiral, a final position not held long enough on the combination spin and a bit more speed needed to uplift overall.
But these are bagatelles, the stuff of training and concentration. Figure skating is all about managing the micro and releasing oneself to the macro. Says Rochette: "It's a sport where you need to shut your brain and let your body skate."

Astronauts Inspect Space Shuttle in Case of Damage

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 blasts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Nov. 16, 2009...
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-129 blasts off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Nov. 16, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Shuttle astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of six will hook up with the space station Wednesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Astronauts inspect space shuttle Atlantis for damage as it approaches space station

Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station.

The early word was that the shuttle appeared to be in good shape. "No issues so far," said LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team.
Atlantis and its crew of six will hook up with the space station Wednesday.
The shuttle gradually was gaining on the station, and the two craft were on opposite sides of Earth at midday Tuesday, not quite 24 hours into the chase.
"You've got 8,000 miles of rock between you and it," Mission Control informed shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh.
"I'm seeing somebody out in front, must not be them," Hobaugh joked.
"Can you get the license plate number for us?" Mission Control asked. "Looks like one of those personalized license plates," Hobaugh replied.
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Hobaugh and his crew spent much of their first full day in orbit inspecting the shuttle's thermal shielding. They used a 100-foot, laser-tipped boom to scan the wings and nose cap, routine work that took hours to complete.
The survey did not reveal any obvious problems, at least at a first glance. A quick look at the images from Monday's launch also showed nothing to be worried about.
Even more data will be collected right before Wednesday's docking. The space station residents will take a few hundred close digital photos as Atlantis pulls up and performs a somersault.
Engineers will pore over all the information to ascertain whether Atlantis is intact and able to make a safe descent, when it comes time to return home at the end of next week.
The space agency has been extra cautious since the Columbia disaster nearly seven years ago. The left wing was punctured by a big chunk of foam insulation that came off the fuel tank at liftoff, causing the shuttle to break apart during re-entry. All seven astronauts were killed.

Officials believe three small foam pieces peeled away from Atlantis' tank Monday, but it happened too many minutes after liftoff to pose any danger.
Atlantis is delivering big spare parts to the space station — nearly 15 tons' worth.
It's an 11-day flight, which will keep the crew in orbit over Thanksgiving.