South African umpire queriesMELBOURNE: Questions over the bowling action of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan have resurfaced after a leading South African umpire joined in the chorus of doubters.South African official Peter Van Der Merwe, now in Australia as a match referee for the tri-series limited-overs tournament between Australia, England and Sri Lanka, said he would be submitting a report to the International Cricket Council (ICC) asking them to review his suspicious action.``It is certainly not the standard action,'' the Herald-Sun newspaper quoted him as saying. ``Part of my job is to look out for bowlers with doubtful actions. I will be sending a report to the ICC and they can handle it how they see fit.''Sentiment shadows ahead of meetingMELBOURNE: The cream of men's tennis will meet on Saturday to discuss Petr Korda's positive steroid test, with sentiment apparently split over whether their Czech colleague should be expelled from their ranks.Most of thegame's leading players will put aside their Australian Open preparations to attend the mandatory meeting of the ATP Tour players' council and discuss the Korda issue.What would have been a mundane meeting gained urgency when the International Tennis Federation (ITF) released in December sketchy details of Korda's positive drugs test at Wimbledon.Australian Open champion Korda has vowed to attend the meeting, saying he had nothing to hide and was not afraid to stand in front of his peers.Foreman-Holmes fight postponed to March HOUSTON: First it's on. Then it's off. Now it's delayed, or maybe it's off again. Who knows?The only thing certain about the - ``battle of the aged'' between former heavyweight champions George Foreman and Larry Holmes is that none of the principals seem sure of when - or if - the fight will ever come off.Astrodome USA president Mike Puryear said the on-again, off-again event has been postponed from January 23 to March 27.Samaranch will stay till theendLAUSANNE: Juan Antonio Samaranch says he will not resign over the Salt Lake City bribery scandal, declaring he will remain as IOC president until the last minute'' of his term.In an interview with Associated Press, Samaranch dismissed calls by several Olympic-related officials that he should step down to accept responsibility for misconduct committed by IOC members during his leadership.``Some people are saying this, but I have been elected by the IOC members, and if I have the confidence of the members of the IOC, I will remain as president of the IOC until the last minute of my mandate,'' he said.
