Schumacher wins in BrazilWalsh said the tournament provides the opportunity to try every player and player-combinations against Olympic-standard opposition. Thirteen men will play all seven matches, beginning here on April 6.Sponsorship for Olympics.comSYDNEY: Olympics.com, the official website of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, today signed its first Internet Sponsorship deal, contracting San Francisco-based LookSmart as its search engine and directory provider.Organisers of the Sydney Games said it was the first time such a partnership had been formed for the official website of any Olympic games. LookSmart, which was founded in Australia, will maintain custom-built directory for the official website, incorporating categories such as news and guides and Olympic athletes plus links to related sites.Kapil dev gladSHARJAH: Kapil dev has welcomed the prospect of West Indian paceman Courtney Walsh breaking his world record for the most number of Test wickets, though he felt setting new marks in cricket today is easier than in the past."I want someone to break it. The world should keep moving forward and as long as the world keeps moving ahead, records will be broken," kapil dev, the current Indian coach, said on a philosophical note. "It is nice to know that someone is nearing my record. I am not at all disappointed that it is being broken," he said.Nadkarni criticizesSHARJAH: Former Test all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni has criticized the `jam-packed' schedule on the cricket calender saying `too much of cricket' was reflecting on the performance and affecting health of the players.Nadkarni, one of the CBFS beneficiaries in Sharjah this season, said, "sometimes you feel the players are in mentally fatigued condition..Then it is difficult to give 100 per cent on any kind of field."Britain topsMILTON KEYNES: Great Britain opened up a two-point gap at the top of group B after edging out Japan 2-1, in a Olympic qualifier at Milton Keynes.Both teams had begun their campaigns with big wins with Japan beating New Zealand 4-0, then seeing GB better that by putting five past Russia.PCB chief deniesSHARJAH: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Lt Gen Tauqir Zia has washed his hands off the controversy around Wasim Akram's ouster from captaincy saying he never asked the former captain to step down after the disastrous tour of Australia."I never asked him to step down," said Zia, hinting it was Akram's own decision to leave the top post. Akram had said, he quit captaincy because he no longer enjoyed doing it. "All this talk (of Zia asking Akram to step down) is mere speculation," the PCB chairman said.Zidane outPARIS: Zinedine Zidane is out of France's Euro 2000 warm-up against Scotland in Glasgow on Wednesday after injuring the knee, he had surgery on last year. Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez is also doubtful after a thigh strain during Monaco's 2-0 win over Nantes on Sunday.Zidane suffered a knock to his right knee, operated on last year, playing for Juventus away at AC Milan on friday.
