No corruption in Oval match The ICC has not found any "compelling evidence" of corruption against any player or support staff in the September 17 ODI match between England and Pakistan at The Oval. The ICC said if new and corroborating evidence came to light,its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) would re-open the case. "the ACSU has verified all the available information and concluded that there was no compelling evidence to suspect individual players or support staff," the governing body said. Liverpool closer to being sold Liverpool inched closer to a sale on Wednesday when a High Court judge ruled against their American owners and backed the club's board and its right to negotiate a deal. The ownership battle ended up in court after the owners tried to sack members of the board last week. A second,higher bid emerged on Tuesday when Singapore billionaire Peter Lim said he was ready to make an increased cash bid for the club of 320 million pounds. Bopanna-Qureshi win Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi beat Mark Knowles and Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 6-2 in the 1st round of Shanghai Masters. Novak Djokovic,Andy Murray,Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal also moved into the third round with easy wins,but Andy Roddick was forced to pull out after suffering a thigh injury while leading 6-3,2-3. Robin Soderling also advanced but 14th seeded Marin Cilic was upset by Andreas Seppi 6-2 6-2. Anand in the running for title Viswanathan Anand will meet Alexei Shirov of Spain in the fourth round of the Bilbao Final Masters Chess. Placed 2nd with 5 points from three games,Anand will be hoping for an improved finish in the second half of the double round robin tournament. Anand has two draws and a sole win against Magnus Carlsen of Norway and with the advantage of having two white games,he will be gunning for the title. Russian Vladimir Kramnik leads with 7 points from 2 wins and a draw. Stuttgart fire coach Gross Stuttgart fired coach Christian Gross on Wednesday after it ended last in Bundesliga. With Gross,Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League,only to plummet again this season. Stuttgart said Gross' assistant Jens Keller will coach the team when it travels to second-to-last Schalke this weekend. Stuttgart has lost six of its first seven Bundesliga matches and has only three points.
