Sports News for October 11, 2008

Afghanistan and Hong Kong take a step closer to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Afghanistan and Hong Kong sealed promotion from the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 after securing comprehensive victories in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on Friday. ANI

England must drop keeper Prior if it wants to win Stanford Twenty20: Warne
Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has told England to drop wicketkeeper Matt Prior before he compromises the teams chances of winning 10-million pounds in next months Stanford Twenty20 clash. ANI

Golfer Ballesteros reported to be suffering from brain tumour
Fifty-one-year-old Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros is reported to be undergoing several tests at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid after collapsing at Madrids Barajas Airport eight days ago. He is reported to be suffering from a brain tumour. According to The Telegraph, the golfers family have stopped taking phone calls and have asked the hospital not to give out any information beyond a statement.Severiano Ballesteros has left the intensive care unit where he was admitted due to a partial epileptic fit, and is receiving the prescribed treatment. He is in a stable condition, a hospital statement said. ANI

Hamilton labeled a `cocky track bully by Polish racer
A Polish racer has labeled Lewis Hamilton a cocky track bully. ANI

Botham slams Sri Lanka plan to send second stringers to England
Former England fast bowler, Ian Botham has slammed Sri Lanka for planning to send a second string for the Test series in England next summer because 13 seniors will be released to play in the big-money Indian Premier League. ANI

Collingwood likes to keep his megabuck earnings under his bed!
England all-rounder Paul Collingwood is not into a flashy lifestyle, and prefers to keep his earnings from the game under his bed. ANI

Borg, Navratilovas former coach jailed for sexually abusing girls
A tennis coach who helped train Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova was jailed for five-and-a-half years for sexually abusing young hopefuls. Barry Butch Heffernan, 47, originally from Australia, molested the teenage girls week in, week out, using their dreams of stardom as a means of control, a court heard. ANI

Ganguly denies comments appearing in Bengali daily
With India posting a fighting 313 for eight against Australia at the close of the third days play at Bangalores Chinnaswamy Stadium, south paw Sourav Ganguly, who contributed a solid 45 to the cause, said on Saturday that he had never made any of the controversial statements being attributed to him by the Bengali daily Aajkal with regard to his omission from the Indian team in 2005-06 and the negative statements against several team mates. ANI

Hamilton labeled a `cocky track bully by Polish racer
A Polish racer has labeled Lewis Hamilton a cocky track bully. ANI

England must drop keeper Prior if it wants to win Stanford Twenty20: Warne
Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has told England to drop wicketkeeper Matt Prior before he compromises the team’s chances of winning 10-million pounds in next month’s Stanford Twenty20 clash. ANI

Borg, Navratilova’s former coach jailed for sexually abusing girls
A tennis coach who helped train Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova was jailed for five-and-a-half years for sexually abusing young hopefuls. Barry Butch Heffernan, 47, originally from Australia, molested the teenage girls week in, week out, using their dreams of stardom as a means of control, a court heard. ANI

Hamilton labeled a `cocky track bully’ by Polish racer
A Polish racer has labeled Lewis Hamilton a cocky track bully. ANI

Golfer Ballesteros reported to be suffering from brain tumour
Fifty-one-year-old Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros is reported to be undergoing several tests at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid after collapsing at Madrid’s Barajas Airport eight days ago. He is reported to be suffering from a brain tumour. According to The Telegraph, the golfer’s family have stopped taking phone calls and have asked the hospital not to give out any information beyond a statement.Severiano Ballesteros has left the intensive care unit where he was admitted due to a partial epileptic fit, and is receiving the prescribed treatment. He is in a stable condition, a hospital statement said. ANI