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The Rest of the World side will be captained by Sachin Tendulkar.

The teams
MCC: Mike Atherton England, Aamer Sohail Pakistan, Mohd Azharuddin India, Sourav Ganguly India, Brian McMillan South Africa, Ian Healy Australia, Shane Warne Australia or Anil Kumble India, Javagal Srinath India, Allan Donald South Africa, Glenn McGrath Australia, Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies.

Rest of the World: Saeed Anwar Pakistan, Sanath Jayasuriya Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar India, Aravinda de Silva Lanka, Graeme Hick England, Tom MoodyAustralia, Andy Flowers Zimbabwe, Chris Cairns New Zealand, Wasim Akram Pak, Mushtaq Ahmed Pak, Ian Bishop West Indies.

Germany, Russia off Fifa executive
DUBLIN: The powerful German and Russian football associations were voted off the Fifa executive committee when delegates at the Uefa congress failed to back their representatives.

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder of Germany and Viacheslav Koloskov of Russia both failed in their bid for re-election yesterday. Uefa, the European governing body, elects three representatives to Fifa8217;s executive and voted for Norwegian Per Ravn8217;Omdal, Spain8217;s Angel Maria Villar Llona and Malta8217;s increasingly influential Joseph Mifsud.

The vote went to a re-count after Omdal and Villar Llona polled 34 votes each on the first vote and Mayer-Vorfelder polled 23 8212; one short of the 24 required. Koloskov polled 19.

Brazil faces flak after defeat
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil woke up to a chorus of criticism after a 1-0 defeat by Argentina cruelly exposed theworld champions8217; lack of cohesion and teamwork. With less than six weeks before his opening World Cup game against Scotland, coach Mario Zagallo is scrambling for his ideal combination in mid-field and, in particular, a playmaker who can feed Ronaldo and Romario up front. After Wednesday8217;s performance in the Maracana, he might have to go back to the drawing board with the defence as well.

Shearer kicks up row, terms it quot;accidentalquot;
LONDON: England captain Alan Shearer, under attack for kicking Leicester8217;s Neil Lennon in the face, was reported as saying he was quot;amazedquot; how bad the incident looked. BBC Radio quoted the kick was accidental and that television footage made it look for worse than it actually was.

IAAF8217;s Olympic request turned down
SYDNEY: International Amateur Athletics Federation IAAF president Primo Nebiolo said he was disappointed over the ticket issue but was confident that a deal could be struck with the International Olympic Committee IOC. This came after theorganisers of the Sydney Olympics turned down a request by Nebiolo for almost 20,000 free tickets and free accommodation for officials.