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Bild, in a front-page report, said the tip about the oversized deflectors allegedly came from Adrian Newey, a McLaren engineer, who reportedly studied photographs of the Ferrari deflectors taken at Nuerburgring, the site of the previous GP. McLaren then waited for a good opportunity to alert Fia about the infraction.

Bollegraf retires

THE HAGUE: Manon Bollegraf, who won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in a career spanning 14 years, has retired.

The 35-year-old winner of nearly $ 2 million in prize money, recently had surgery on a knee and had decided against a comeback at the international level, the ANP agency said.

The two-handed backhander won Grand Slams with Tom Leach in the French Open in 1989 and the US Open two years later.

Ntiniappeals

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s first coloured Test cricketer, Makhaya Ntini, appealed his rape conviction, saying the act had taken place by consent and there was no rape. Arguing at a packed Grahams Town high court in the eastern Cape Province, senior counsel for Ntini told the court that the woman had willingly joined Ntini and consented to sex.

Aussies to tour

SYDNEY: A side from the Australian Cricket Academy will tour Bangladesh for three weeks in December 2000, the Australian Cricket Board said.