Cheetahs, Prambors

Cheetahs, Prambors
to clash in final

JAKARTA (JP): Top two baseball teams Cheetahs and Prambors are
set for a finals rematch in the 3rd Cheetahs Cup at the Bung
Karno Baseball Stadium here on Saturday.

Both teams will be vying for the championship trophy, a repeat
of last year's final which was won by the Cheetahs after both
teams won their semifinal matches on Friday. Two-time champion
Cheetahs pounded Teladan 25-6 while Prambors needed ten innings
to edge out Pejabat, 5-4.

The tournament also has a women's softball competition, which
saw Gorgeous against Doberman, both from Bandung, qualify for the
final.

Gorgeous outwitted defending champion Prambors 13-1 and
Doberman proved too strong for SMANDA of Lampung, winning the
semifinal tie on 14-4. Saturday's matches will start at 2 p.m.
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Rafter's dad named Australian "Father of the Year"
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Rafter's dad named
'Father of the Year'

SYDNEY (Reuters): The dad of tennis ace Patrick Rafter has
been named as Australian "Father of the Year".

Jim Rafter received the award from the Australian Father's Day
Council on Friday in recognition for raising nine children with
his wife of 40 years, Jocelyn, on their family farm.

"We dedicated our lives to our children and to raise them as
good citizens of the country," Jim Rafter said.

Patrick Rafter, a dual U.S. Open champion and two-time
Wimbledon finalist, is one of Australia's most popular and humble
sportsmen and credits his laid-back approach to his upbringing.

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Makinen out of Rally of Finland
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Makinen out of
Rally of Finland

JYVASKYLA, Finland (AFP): Tommi Makinen was forced to drop out
of the Rally of Finland during the first special stage on Friday,
ruining his hopes of extending his lead in the overall World
Rally Championships standings.

The Finn's Mitsubishi team said Makinen's car had left the
course and driven into a ditch, wrenching off a wheel.

His fellow Finns Marcus Gronholm and Harri Rovanpera, both in
Peugeot 206 WRCs, made a brilliant start to the rally, recording
the fastest times of the first special in this, the ninth round
of the World Rally Championships.

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West Indies to play three Tests, one-day triangular in Sri Lanka
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West Indies to
play three Tests

KANDY, Sri Lanka (AFP): The West Indies will play three Test
matches and a one-day triangular series also featuring Zimbabwe
on its tour of Sri Lanka in November, officials said on Friday.

The seven-week tour will begin with two three-day matches in
Colombo and Matara, followed by the first Test in Galle from Nov.
14 to 18.

The second Test will be played in Kandy from Nov. 23 to 27,
followed by the third in Colombo from Dec. 1 to 5.

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Want to golf with Tiger in China? US$80,000 a hole
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Want to golf with
Tiger in China?

HONG KONG (Reuters): Fancy playing one hole with Tiger Woods
in China? That'll cost US$80,000.

Mission Hills, a golf club in southern China, is offering a
rare chance for duffers and experts alike to pit their skills
against the 25-year-old golfing sensation during his two-day
visit in November, if they have the cash.

The $80,000 price tag includes a membership at the golf club,
Asia's largest, which can be sold within six months without
transfer fees, a spokeswoman for the club said on Friday.

World number one Woods will take on three top Asian golfers on
Nov. 10, and 72 other people at a professional-amateur meet the
following day.

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Biaggi fastest in Czech Grand Prix practice
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Biaggi fastest in
Czech GP practice

BRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters): Italy's Max Biaggi snatched
provisional pole for Sunday's Czech 500cc motorcycling Grand Prix
in the last minutes of the first qualifier on Friday, clocking
two minutes 00.347 seconds.

The Yamaha-riding Italian loves the Brno circuit, and his
performance, a new lap record, shows he has a good chance of
stealing the championship lead from compatriot Valentino Rossi
this weekend.

Biaggi won the 500cc race at Brno's 5.403-kilometer (3.357
mile) circuit last year and in 1998, for a total of six victories
on this track.

Rossi only managed to finish seventh, 1.489 seconds behind
Biaggi. The Honda rider has 170 points in the overall standings
and leads Biaggi by 10 points after nine of the season's 16
races.