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With a day left before the crucial ICC Executive Committee meeting starts in Dubai tomorrow, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah all but admitted that the game was up for the Indian board as far as buying time to accommodate the players was concerned.

Dismissing recent reports that have been coming out of the media, on his appointment as the UAE national soccer coach, celebrated English coach Roy Hodgson set the record straight by telling Gulf News that, "At the moment there is no contract signed.

With the serious business of Anna Kournikova now over, there is now the business of watching some serious tennis.

Dennis Shaw died last month. The news of his death literally clogged up my Hotmail inbox. Friends, classmates and seniors I still keep in touch with took the time to write in with the news of his death.

They said that there is a World Cup being held in Asia. Co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, they also say. I'm pretty sure about South Korea, but Japan had a tough time trying to prove to me that soccer's biggest event was in town.

The absence of Tiger Woods notwithstanding, Dubai Desert Classic defending champion Thomas Bjorn expressed cautious optimism on the eve of the event's 13th edition.

The latest venue in the European Senior Tour provided one of the closest finishes in both the $300,000 Abu Dhabi event as well as for the John Jacobs Trophy."There has been a misunderstanding between me and Juan Pablo Montoya," expressed Formula One racing car driver Ralf Schumacher at a press conference organised by Compaq at the Gitex yesterday.

"We're building up our squad for the World Cup in January 2001," said Fiji coach Rupeni Ravoni speaking at the Dubai Rugby Sevens competition yesterday.

Dubai Duty Free, owners of the Dubai Tennis Open, have switched venues for the ATP London tournament in 2001.

Following the refusal of the 12 Premiership rugby clubs in England to release a player each, as had been previously agreed, England's campaign in the Rugby Sevens circuit has come under a cloud.

Knowing that he is up against the odds as the England rugby squad set off for the opening tournament of the sevens rugby circuit in Durban, South Africa, England manager Adrian Thompson managed to exude cautious optimism about his team's chances.

The clock is ticking. And somewhere up there the chair umpire is ready to make that all important announcement of the 2000 sporting year: "Gentleman, Time."