Spearman for Indian tourAUCKLAND: Batsman Craig Spearman and off-spinner Paul Wiseman have been recalled to the New Zealand cricket team for its tour of India starting late in September.Team: Stephen Fleming (captain), Matthew Bell, Matthew Horne, Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Dion Nash, Chris Cairns, Shayne O'Connor, Andrew Penn, Chris Drum, Paul Wiseman, Daniel Vettori.Punter loses out SYDNEY: A punter who gambled a total of $ 38,000 on defending champion Patrick Rafter and world number one Pete Sampras winning their opening rounds in the US Open has lost $ 22,000.Sampras did not even make it onto the court for his first match, withdrawing with an ijured back, while Rafter's shoulder injury forced the Australian to quit his opening match with France's Cedric Pioline.The Indian client placed $ 22,000 on Rafter at 2-7 to beat Pioline and had $ 16,000 on Sampras in the $ 14.5 million tennis tournament, Alice Springsbookmakers Centrebet said.`Health passport'GENEVA: Olympic competitors should be given ``health passports'' with details of their doping control history as part of the fight against banned substances, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) reform panel recommended.The panel also said the IOC itself should be more accountable by simplifying its financial records to make it easier for the public to understand its sources of income and expenditures.It urged the IOC to continue making the Olympics open to all by promoting the use of free television outlets, rather than pay TV channels, and by encouraging affordable seating prices at Olympic venues.
