Tiger Woods still plans extensive travel<\/p>\n
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Woods still plans extensive travel<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP): Despite pulling out of the Lancome
\nTrophy in Paris, Tiger Woods still has plans for an international
\nschedule at the end of the PGA Tour season.<\/p>\n
Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG, said Woods is scheduled to
\nplay a two-day exhibition Nov. 10-11 in Hong Kong before going to
\nthe World Cup in Japan, where he and David Duval are the
\ndefending champions.<\/p>\n
Then, it's off to Hawaii and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf for
\nmajor championship winners, followed by the Skins Game in a field
\nthat now includes Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman and Jesper
\nParnevik. His final event of 2001 will be his Williams World
\nChallenge.<\/p>\n
Steinberg said Woods still plans to play the New Zealand Open
\nin January.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Golf-Estoril Open
\nPromoters call off 2001 Estoril Open<\/p>\n
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Promoters call off 2001 Estoril Open<\/p>\n
LONDON (Reuters): The Estoril Open, scheduled for Oct. 11-14,
\nhas been canceled by the tournament promoters, the European Tour
\nsaid on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
"The people who promote the event, Joao Lagos Sports SA in
\nLisbon, has canceled the Estoril Open, but we are still waiting
\nto hear further details from them as to why," a European Tour
\nofficial told Reuters.<\/p>\n
The event was to have been staged at Quinta da Marinha in
\nCascais the same week that the World Matchplay Championship takes
\nplace at Wentworth.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Tennis-FedCup
\nU.S. and Belgium seeded favourites for Fed Cup finals<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF
\nU.S. and Belgium seeded favorites<\/p>\n
MADRID (Reuters): The United States and Belgium were named
\nfavorites for November's Fed Cup World Finals at Wednesday's draw
\nin Madrid.<\/p>\n
The finals -- from Nov. 7 to 11 -- will be played using a
\nround-robin format with two groups of four teams each.<\/p>\n
Matches will be best-of-three featuring two singles and a
\ndoubles and the winners of each group will play off in a final.<\/p>\n
Defending champions the U.S. swept Spain for a 17th Fed Cup
\ntitle in last year's final with Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay
\nDavenport and Monica Seles in their side.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Baseball-Mets
\nMets would host Phils or Braves in possible playoff<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Mets would be playoff host<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (Reuters): Should the New York Mets carry on their
\nimprobable charge and make up four games over the next two weeks
\nthey will have home-field advantage in a possible playoff with
\nthe Atlanta Braves or Philadelphia Phillies to decide the
\nNational League East title.<\/p>\n
Major League Baseball conducted additional coin tosses on
\nTuesday involving the three teams given New York's spirited
\ncharge that has put them back into the race for the division
\ntitles, and the Mets won both.<\/p>\n
If the defending National League champion Mets finish tied
\nwith either the Braves or Phillies, they will host a playoff game
\nOct. 8, the day after the end of the regular season.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Athletics-suspend
\nSuspended sprinter Jarrett says wrong sample tested<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Wrong sample tested: Jarrett<\/p>\n
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters): Suspended Jamaican sprinter
\nPatrick Jarrett says he has never taken a banned substance and
\nthat a urine sample that produced a positive test for the banned
\ndrug stanozolol was not his.<\/p>\n
"I know that is not my urine sample," the Raleigh-based
\nJarrett said in a telephone call to Reuters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
"Regardless of what the A and B samples say, that is not my
\nurine. I have never taken anything (banned) and I never intend to
\ntake anything."<\/p>\n
The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) announced last
\nweek it had found Jarrett guilty of taking stanozolol at its
\nnational championships in June and had forwarded its findings to
\nthe International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for
\nimposing a suspension of two years.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Hockey-field
\nHolland favorite for re-scheduled Champions Trophy: Australia<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Holland favorite for hockey Trophy<\/p>\n
PERTH, Australia (AFP): Australia conceded Wednesday that
\nwhile it would like to stage the re-scheduled 2001 Champions
\nTrophy hockey tournament, Holland was the front runner to hold
\nthe event after Pakistan relinquished hosting rights 10 days ago.<\/p>\n
Hockey Australia (HA) executive director Linden Adamson said
\nHolland's healthy financial situation and the ease with which it
\ncould prepare a world-class tournament under tight deadlines made
\nit the favorite to be awarded the six-nation November contest.<\/p>\n
The city of Lahore was preparing to stage the competition from
\nNov. 3-11, but Pakistan officials decided on Sept. 16 to call off
\nthe event because of security fears arising out of the terrorist
\nattacks on the United States.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Weightlifting-drug<\/p>\n
Australian Chakhoyan fails drugs test<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Australian Chakhoyan fails drugs test<\/p>\n
SYDNEY (Reuters): Australian weightlifter Sergo Chakhoyan has
\nbeen banned for two years after testing positive for steroids,
\nthe Australian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) announced on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
The AWF said it had been notified by the International
\nWeightlifting Federation (IWF) that Chakhoyan returned a positive
\nurine test for the banned steroid stanozolol after setting a
\nworld record at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane earlier this
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
Under IWF rules, Chakhoyan's results have been nullified and
\nhe has been banned from competing for two years. But he can
\nappeal against the decision or have his 'B' sample tested.<\/p>\n
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\nPutbrief-Golf-Australia<\/p>\n
Australasian PGA Tour boss quits<\/p>\n
JP\/\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Australasian PGA Tour boss quits<\/p>\n
SYDNEY (Reuters): The troubled Australasian PGA Tour suffered
\nanother major blow on Wednesday when chief executive Andy Laidlaw
\nquit.<\/p>\n
Tour chairman Wayne Grady said Laidlaw's resignation would
\nforce yet another delay to the release of the 2001-02 playing
\nschedule.<\/p>\n
The tour dates were supposed to be released last month but
\nwere postponed when the promoters of the Greg Norman
\nInternational, Australia's richest annual event, cancelled their
\ntournament because of a dispute over television rights.<\/p>\n
There had been speculation in the local media that other
\nevents were in danger of folding because of growing uncertainty
\namong sponsors.<\/p>",
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