Withe to coach Thailand for another year<\/p>\n
BANGKOK: Former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe
\nhas agreed a new one-year deal to coach Thailand's national team.<\/p>\n
Following months of salary negotiations with the Football
\nAssociation of Thailand, Withe told Reuters on Friday he was
\nready to put pen to paper to extend his three-year tenure.<\/p>\n
Withe's salary was previously paid by the English Football
\nAssociation. When his contract ran out in October, Withe rejected
\na new offer from the cash-strapped Thai soccer authorities,
\nbelieved to be half his previous wages.<\/p>\n
But Withe said he was happy with an improved offer after
\nInternational Management Group (IMG) and Thailand's Channel 7
\nstepped in as sponsors for the national team. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nDavenport withdraws from Sydney international
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Davenport withdraws from Sydney international<\/p>\n
SYDNEY, Australia: World number one Lindsay Davenport has
\nwithdrawn from the Sydney international tennis tournament, the
\nmain warm-up event for the Australian Open, because of a knee
\ninjury, organizers said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Sydney international tournament director Craig Watson said
\nDavenport's knee injury, suffered three months ago, had not fully
\nhealed.<\/p>\n
Watson said although Davenport would miss the Jan. 6-12 Sydney
\nevent, the American was confident of being fit for the Australian
\nOpen -- the first Grand Slam of the year -- starting in Melbourne
\non Jan. 14.<\/p>\n
Davenport, 25, was a semifinalist at last year's Open and is a
\nformer Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion. --
\nReuters<\/p>\n
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\nKirch sells World Cup U.S. TV rights to Anschutz
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Kirch sells World Cup U.S. TV rights to Anschutz<\/p>\n
FRANKFURT, Germany: The World Cup U.S. English-language
\ntelevision rights have been sold to Anschutz Soccer Inc, German
\nmedia group KirchMedia said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Anschutz Soccer is part of Denver billionaire soccer fan
\nPhilip Anschutz's privately held Anschutz Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n
The package also includes the rights to the 2006 tournament in
\nGermany and the women's soccer World Cup in 2003. Anschutz, which
\nis to license the rights to TV networks ABC and ESPN, is paying
\nUS$40 million, according to industry sources.<\/p>\n
Kirch bought the worldwide rights for the next two World Cups
\nfor a total of SFr2.8 billion ($1.70 billion) from FIFA. --
\nReuters
\n
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\nSenegal tries to head off players' strike
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Senegal tries to head off players' strike<\/p>\n
DAKAR: Senegal's soccer chief is heading to France to try to
\nconvince the country's internationals to drop a strike over
\nbonuses for their first ever World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n
Players have threatened to boycott the African Nations Cup
\nlater this month in neighboring Mali if their bonuses for
\nqualifying for the World Cup are not raised from 10 million CFA
\nfrancs (US$13,730) to 40 million CFA francs each.<\/p>\n
\"I will be going to France with other officials of the
\nfederation to meet the players there and have a serious
\ndiscussions with them,\" El hadj Malick Sy, president of Senegal's
\nFootball Federation, told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Sy said he was surprised by the strike call from Senegalese
\ninternationals, most of whom are based in France, the West
\nAfrican country's former colonial ruler. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nParalyzed Beltrametti fighting on
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Paralyzed Beltrametti fighting on<\/p>\n
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters): Swiss skier Silvano
\nBeltrametti, paralyzed after an horrific fall in a World Cup
\ndownhill race last month, is fighting on as he comes to terms
\nwith the accident which has left him in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
\"I was a fighter on skis and I will remain so. I am the same,\"
\nthe 22-year-old said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\"I accepted my destiny very soon. It could have been worse. I
\nthank God I'm still here, that I'm still able to talk and think,\"
\nhe told a news conference hosted by the Swiss Center for
\nParaplegics (CSP) in the central town of Nottwil.<\/p>\n
Beltrametti, who broke his back and lost the use of his legs
\nafter slashing through safety netting and landing on a rock in
\nthe race at Val d'Isere in France, said he could not yet face
\nwatching skiing on television. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nTeen to open season in Phoenix Open
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Teen to open season in Phoenix Open<\/p>\n
KAPALUA, Hawaii: Seventeen-year-old Ty Tryon, the high school
\nstudent who became the youngest player to earn his PGA Tour card,
\nwill open the season in the Phoenix Open, his agent said
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
The Phoenix Open is Jan. 24-27 on the TPC at Scottsdale, and
\ntraditionally has one of the strongest fields during the West
\nCoast Swing.<\/p>\n
Tryon played three times on the PGA Tour last year, two as an
\namateur and once as a pro.<\/p>\n
As a 16-year-old at the Honda Classic, he became the youngest
\nplayer in 44 years to make the cut at a PGA Tour event,
\neventually tying for 39th. He was tied for the lead after one
\nround of the B.C. Open, and wound up tied for 37th. He missed the
\ncut in the Michelob Championship in early October as a pro. -- AP<\/p>\n
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\nCopa Mercosur final second-leg to be held Jan. 24
\nJP\/18\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
Copa Mercosur final second-leg to be held Jan. 24<\/p>\n
ASUNCION, Paraguay: The second leg of the Mercosur Cup final
\nbetween Argentina's San Lorenzo and Brazil's Flamengo will take
\nplace on Jan. 24, South America's soccer association CONMEBOL
\nannounced.<\/p>\n
The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 19 at San Lorenzo's
\nstadium but was suspended because of anti-government rioting that
\nleft 28 dead. A statement on the CONMEBOL website announced the
\ndate of the new game, but said the start time had not been
\ndecided.<\/p>\n
Flamengo and San Lorenzo tied 0-0 in the first-leg on Dec. 12
\nin the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
San Lorenzo, which won last season's Clausura Argentine league
\ntitle, is chasing its first ever international club trophy.
\nFlamengo is seeking to win the Copa Mercosur for the second time.
\n-- AP<\/p>",
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