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Auxerre 0 Marseille 0 | [
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ATHLETICS - CHRISTIE AND JOHNSON ASKED TO JOIN OWENS' TRIBUTE. | [
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Organisers hope to persuade Britain's former Olympic 100 metres champion Linford Christie to join a " Dream Team " sprint relay in a special tribute to Jesse Owens at Friday's Berlin grand prix. | [
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Christie, who is retiring from international competition at the end of the season, was not due to compete in the German capital but Berlin promoter Rudi Thiel said: " We are still hopeful of getting him to come . " | [
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Thiel has managed to get most of the Olympic 100 metres champions since 1948 to attend the meeting, which is being held in the stadium where Owens won four gold medals 60 years ago at the Berlin Olympics. | [
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Canada's Donovan Bailey, the Olympic 100 metres champion and world record holder, and Namibian Frankie Fredericks, the silver medallist at the recent Atlanta Games, have already agreed to run in the 4X100 metres team. | [
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Thiel said on Wednesday that he had also asked Olympic 200 and 400 champion Michael Johnson to run as well as Christie. | [
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" Most of the Olympic champions of the past are coming including Britain's (1980 champion) Allan Wells. | [
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Christie belongs to them. | [
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" There is a good offer .... | [] |
My minimum would be that he just ran the relay, " he said. | [] |
The 36-year-old Briton is still considering the offer and is expected to announce his decision later on Wednesday. | [
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Owens's widow Ruth is not well enough to attend but a message from her will be read out during the meeting and one of the sprinter's relatives is expected to attend. | [
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The relay race, which will include squads from Africa, the United States and Europe as well as the Owens' quartet, will be held at the end of the meeting. | [
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Organisers had hoped to include 1984 and 1988 champion Carl Lewis in the squad but he injured himself in Brussels last Friday. | [
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CRICKET - NEW CAPTAIN TENDULKAR UPSTAGED BY 120 FROM JAYASURIYA. | [
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Sachin Tendulkar marked his debut as Indian captain with a patient 110 on Wednesday, but was upstaged by dashing Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya whose 120 steered the world champions to a nine-wicket Singer Cup win. | [
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Sri Lanka, playing in front of their home crowd for the first time since winning the World Cup last March, comfortably passed India's modest 226-5 from 50 overs in 44.2 overs. | [
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The devastating opening pair of Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana shared a fine first wicket stand of 129 to the delight of the 25,000 fans. | [
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Jayasuriya, whose first 50 included three sixes and three fours, went on to an unbeaten 120 and the man-of-the-match award. | [
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Kaluwitharana, slow in comparison, was bowled by Tendulkar for 53, but Aravinda de Silva with 49 not out helped see Sri Lanka home. | [
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Earlier, Tendulkar completed his ninth century in one-day cricket, taking 138 balls to do it before being run out. | [
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The rest of the Indian batting was generally tied down by brilliant fielding and some fairly tight bowling, although ex-captain Mohamed Azharuddin chipped in with 58, adding 129 with Tendulkar off 28 overs, before being stumped. | [
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The next match in the four-nation tournament is on Friday when Sri Lanka play Australia in a repeat of the World Cup final in Lahore where Sri Lanka won by seven wickets. | [
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CRICKET - SRI LANKA BEAT INDIA BY 9 WICKETS IN ONE-DAY MATCH. | [
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Sri Lanka beat India by nine wickets in the second match of the Singer World Series one-day (50 overs) cricket tournament on Monday. | [
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Scores: India 226-5 in 50 overs, Sri Lanka 230-1 in 44.2 overs. | [
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CRICKET - INDIA V SRI LANKA SCOREBOARD. | [
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World Series cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on | [
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A. Jadeja run out 0 | [
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S. Tendulkar run out 110 | [
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S. Ganguly c de Silva b Dharmasena 16 | [
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M. Azharuddin st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 58 | [
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V. Kambli run out 18 | [
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R. Dravid not out 7 | [
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J. Srinath not out 1 | [
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Extras (b-1 lb-3 w-9 nb-3) 16 | [] |
Total (5 wickets, 50 overs) 226 | [] |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-57 3-186 4-217 5-217. | [] |
Did not bat: A. Kumble, N. Mongia, V. Prasad, A. Kapoor. | [
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Bowling: Vass 9-2-35-0, Pushpakumara 6-0-23-0, Dharmasena | [
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10-0-59-1 Muralitharan 10-0-42-0, Jayasuriya 10-1-39-1, de Silva | [
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5-0-24-0. | [] |
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S. Jayasuriya not out 120 | [
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R. Kaluwitharana b Tendulkar 53 | [
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A.de Silva not out 49 | [
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Extras (lb-3 nb-3 w-2) 8 | [] |
Total (for one wicket - 44.2 overs) 230 | [] |
Fall of wicket: 1-129 | [] |
Did not bat: Arjuna Ranatunga, Asanka Gurusinha, Hashan | [
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Tillekeratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumara Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, | [
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Muthiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara | [
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Bowling: Kumble 10-1-40-0, Prasad 6-0-47-0, Srinath | [
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8-0-33-0, Tendulkar 6-0-29-1, Kapoor 10-2-51-0, Jadeja | [
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2.2-0-13-0, Ganguly 2-0-14-0 | [
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Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets | [
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Man-of-the-Match: Sanath Jayasuriya | [
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CRICKET - INDIA WIN TOSS AND BAT AGAINST SRI LANKA. | [
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India won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second day-night limited overs cricket match of the Singer World Series tournament on Wednesday. | [
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Teams: | [] |
India - Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Anil Kumble, Ajay Jadeja, Sourav Ganguly, Mohamed Azharuddin, Vinod Kambli, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Ashish Kapoor. | [
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Sri Lanka - Arjuna Ranatunga (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillekeratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumara Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara. | [
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PRESS DIGEST - ANGOLA - AUG 28. | [
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These are the leading stories in the Angolan press on Wednesday. | [
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Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. | [
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JORNAL DE ANGOLA | [
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- Princeton Lyman, the U.S. Under-Secretary of State for International Organisations, will on Wednesday continue his work in Angola visiting Bailundo, where he should be received by Jonas Savimbi, leader of Unita. | [
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On Tuesday Lyman participated in a meeting of a joint-commission where he considered that the Angolan politicians should advance faster and find a way to cooperate. | [
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In his opinion the quartering of Unita forces must be concluded in all the Angolan territory and the troops must be selected and integrated in the armed forces, the government forces must be concentrated in the principal units and the free circulation of people and goods must be reality in all the country. | [
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S.AFRICAN TRUTH BODY TO SUMMON APARTHEID POLICE. | [
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CAPE TOWN 1996-08-28 | [
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South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission said on Wednesday it would subpoena persons accused of human rights violations to appear before it. | [
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" We can subpoena anyone we want to, even the president of the country, " spokesman John Allen told Reuters . " | [
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Subpoenas are due to be served on a number of people this week . " | [] |
Media reports have speculated that the commission, which is trying to heal the wounds of apartheid by confronting the past, could subpoena apartheid-era President P.W. Botha and former police generals Basie Smit and Johan Van Der Merwe. | [
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In submissions last week to the commission National Party leader and former president F.W. De Klerk said he had received no co-operation from Botha in compiling his party's report. | [
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Since it began work in April the commission has been hearing harrowing tales from the victims of apartheid-era abuses, by both the white minority regime and its opponents. | [] |
It also wants to hear from those who committed the abuses, to whom it can offer amnesty in return for frankness. | [] |
Hopes that reformed perpetrators would come forward voluntarily have faded but the commission has the legal power to force them to appear. | [] |
Allen declined to give say who would be subpoenaed. | [
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" At the moment we have a preliminary list of less than 10 people, but this is just the beginning, " he said. | [] |
The commission was set up last year to probe 30 years of human-rights violations during the apartheid era. | [] |
It is chaired by Nobel Peace winner, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu. | [
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Allen said the commission could announce the names of subpoenaed persons on Monday next week. | [
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TURKISH AIRPLANE LANDS IN SOFIA ON BOMB THREAT. | [
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SOFIA 1996-08-28 | [
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A Turkish airliner on flight from Istanbul to Vienna on Wednesday landed in emergency at Sofia airport after receiving a bomb threat, said an airport official. | [
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