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Shumacher’s exhaustive gesture towards charity
HAMBURG: Some people might say the idea stinks but a tin containing exhaust gases from German Formula One ace Michael Schumacher is to be auctioned off for charity at the weekend, it was announced on Thursday.
One telephone bidder has already offered $ 16,470 for the sealed tin, which will be sold off by television personality Verona Feldbusch and Formula One pilot Alexander Wurz at Zeltweg Racetrack in Austria tomorrow. Auction proceeds will go to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), for whom Schumacher is an ambassador.
Tyson’s fate to be decided today
LAS VEGAS: Mike Tyson’s professional fate is back in the hands of Nevada authorities, who will hear the former World heavyweight champion’s application for a boxing licence on Saturday.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing is the latest instalment of the soap opera that Tyson’s life and career has become.
The NSAC fined Tyson a recordthree million dollars and revoked his licence last year in the wake of the infamous bite of the century, in which Tyson bit both of Evander Holyfield’s ears to get himself disqualified from a world heavyweight title bout.
Next World Cup not just on Pay TV
MONTE CARLO: The consortium that holds exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup soccer tournaments will allow the events to be shown on non-subscription television stations, according to an official of consortium member ISL.
The rights to the next two World Cup tournaments are held by ISL, the marketing arm of football’s ruling body, the International Football Federation (FIFA), and Bavarian media mogul Leo Kirch’s Kirch group. Beauvois said ISL and Kirch were contractually obliged to open World Cup rights to non-subscription television stations.
Paralysed gymnast in good spirits
NEW YORK: Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, paralysed in a practice fall during the Goodwill Games here in July, remains in good spirits even asher chances of walking again diminish with each passing day.
“I feel great,” said Sang, who added that she believed she would one day walk again despite fears by doctors at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Centre that she will remain wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life. The Chinese vaulting champion, Sang, 17, landed on her head and broke her neck on July 21.
