14 Thursday 3rd April, 2008 Defiant Mosley vows to fight on ceedings against those who "Not content with publicis- employee of the FIA and had conducted a "covert ing highly personal and pri- whose role is unpaid, has investigation" to discredit vate activities, which are, to been a prominent figure in him. say the least, embarrassing, a European politics, pushing "I will not allow any of this British tabloid newspaper through a series of road-safe- to impede my commitment to published the story with the ty measures. Greame Smith the FIA," he said. claim that there was some A representative of the The News of the World sort of Nazi connotation to road-car manufacturers carried a report on Sunday the matter. This is entirely involved in F1 said they had Smith maintains claiming Mosley had taken false. no comment at this stage. part in a "Nazi-style orgy in a "It is against the law in F1 teams have no direct torture dungeon". most countries to publish influence on Mosley's posi- positive spin The Briton had been details of a person's private tion - he is elected by the FIA South Africa captain Greame Smith advised not to travel to this life without good reason. The membership of national auto- is confident of nullifying India's spin weekend's Bahrain Grand publications by the News of mobile clubs and motorsport threat for the second successive Test Prix, with Formula One boss the World are a wholly bodies and his latest four-year with an equally determined batting Bernie Ecclestone saying the unwarranted invasion of my term does not expire until performance in Ahmedabad. Bahraini royal family "would privacy and I intend to issue October 2009. The visitors masterfully thwarted not like" his attendance in the legal proceedings against the The body that can bring the danger from spin duo Anil Kumble Emirate. newspaper in the UK and direct pressure on to Mosley and Harbhajan Singh in the drawn In response, Mosley sent other jurisdictions. is the FIA senate, which is opening Test in Chennai as they post- the letter to the various presi- "I have received a very made up of senior represen- ed 540 in the first innings and 331-5 in dents of the national FIA large number of messages of tatives of the national auto- the second - gaining a psychological clubs, all members of the FIA sympathy and support from mobile and sporting clubs. advantage in the process. senate, the World Motor Sport those within the FIA and the Below that are two FIA Touring teams often come unstuck Council and the World motor sport and motoring world councils, one repre- against spin on low, slow turning Council for Mobility and the communities generally, sug- senting the automotive indus- tracks in India, but South Africa have Automobile. gesting that my private life is try, and one from the sporting shown they have the batsmen to deliv- He wrote: "From informa- not relevant to my work and side. er in testing conditions. tion provided to me by an that I should continue in my A spokeswoman for the Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and impeccable high-level source role. I am grateful and, with Royal Automobile Club, leg-spinner Kumble have been a formi- close to the UK police and your support, intend to follow Britain's representative on dable pair at home for some time, but security services, I under- this advice. the world council, said the failed to keep pressure on the South stand that over the last two "I shall now devote some organisation had no com- African batsmen in hot and humid weeks or so, a covert investi- time to those responsible for ment. conditions, despite sharing 11 wickets. Max Mosley, President of the FIA, (Federation International of Automobile) gation of my private life and putting this into the public "These are allegations South Africa have performed arrives at the Renault's World Motor Sport Council hearing in Monaco, in this background has been under- domain but, above all, I need only and we wouldn't com- remarkably well in the sub-continent Dec. 6, 2007 file photo. The president of auto racing's governing body might not taken by a group specialising to repair the damage to my ment on rumour and specula- in recent months, and Smith and his attend the Bahrain Grand Prix following a story in a British tabloid that accused in such things, for reasons immediate family who are the tion - and certainly not on men look to seal an Asian treble in him of engaging in sex acts with five prostitutes that involved Nazi role-pplaying. and clients as yet unknown. I innocent and unsuspecting people's private lives," she India having already won Test series' (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file) have had similar but less victims of this deliberate and said. in Pakistan and Bangladesh. well-sourced information calculated personal attack." BBC 5 Live motor racing "I think we have played spin well ax Mosley has In a statement, Mosley from France. Mosley, the son of former commentator David Croft this season in Pakistan, Bangladesh pledged to carry on as apologised for any embarrass- "Regrettably you are now British Union of Fascists said he understood the world and here - we have generally proved Mpresident of the FIA, ment caused to the organisa- familiar with the results of leader Oswald Mosley, has council had given Mosley its we can play it well," said Smith. motorsport's governing body, tion and its members. this covert investigation and I been FIA president since full backing and members "I am very happy with the way the despite allegations about his But the 67-year-old added am very sorry if this has 1993. had offered their personal top six have performed. In terms of private life. that he will open legal pro- embarrassed you or the club. Mosley, who is not an support. our capabilities against spin, our tech- niques and game plans are pretty sound. "We've probably surprised a few of you. We've generally proven we can AHMADABAD, India (AP) - play it (spin) well." India captain Anil Kumble is Neil Mckenzie (94 and 155 not out) Serial offender and in doubt for Thursday's sec- and Hashim Amla (159 and 81) exposed ond test against South Africa India's weak pace attack on a docile track in Chennai, ensuring their side as the hosts struggle with a unfulfilled talent go into the second Test with confi- succession of injuries. dence high. by Richard Already without star bats- While South Africa look set to line- Hobson man Sachin Tendulkar due to up for the Ahmedabad Test in identi- a groin injury, India selectors cal fashion to the first - India face a slight fitness crisis after batting star We have all are having to consider heard this joke Sachin Tendulkar has been declared replacements for Kumble and unfit following a groin injury. at the expense of The 'Little Master' has been somebody or paceman Ishant Sharma, who both face fitness tests to deter- replaced by Mohammed Kaif who is other: set to return to the Test arena for the First man: mine their availability. first time in more than a year. Why did you Kumble emerged from last Kumble was an injury doubt after take an instant week's drawn series opener in the Chennai Test when he left the field dislike to Joe Chennai with a groin strain, on the final day with a groin strain, Bloggs? but the India skipper has since while Sharma had targeted a Second man: Anil Kumble declared himself fit to play. To save time return for this test but is still India (from): Anil Kumble (capt), Laxman would bat higher up the order. later on. grappling with finger and toe injuries that Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul If the five- he suffered last month on the tour of "Laxman will come up the batting or.der Dravid, Mohammad Kaif, Sourav year ban Australia. in Tendulkar's absence," Kumble said. Ganguly, Venkatsai Laxman, imposed by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan "We've got some fitness concerns and will The home team was frustrated by South Pakistan Cricket Africa's robust batting during the first test, Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, wait until Rudra Pratap Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Board (PCB) on and Kumble said Shoaib Akhtar Thursday morn- Piyush Chawla, Irfan Pathan, Ishant the India was on Monday ing to take a final Sharma. South Africa (from): Graeme sounds harsh call on who all "aiming to put India awaits Kumble Smith (capt), Neil McKenzie, Jacques then they, too, Shoaib Akthar pressure on the are fit for the test Kallis, Hashim Amla, A.B. de Villiers, have at least South Africans" ball his record of 178 Test match," Kumble Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Paul saved themselves many wickets at little more than fitness test ahead of in the second test. Harris, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, hours of disciplinary hear- said Thursday 25 apiece places him "Our bowlers Makhaya Ntini, Jean-Paul Duminy, ings in the year ahead. after training among the leading pace second test against SA have the potential Monde Zondeki, Robin Peterson. Shoaib has been such a with the team at (cricket365.com) bowlers in the world. He and quality to do serial offender that few was indulged by captains the Sardar Patel the job on any misdemeanours have gone and coaches because he Gujarat Stadium. uncommitted. was special. Kumble said his groin was improving, surface," said Kumble. Perhaps it tells us some- Yet this is a seriously but would not confirm he would play. The India skipper was unfazed by South Porto accused of thing about administrators unfulfilled talent. In 11 Africa's plans to target opener Virender that the longest sentence of "There's still some time left, so we'll years he made only 46 Test Sehwag, who made a record-breaking 319 in this troubled career should appearances. I watched decide tomorrow," he said. fixing matches the first test, with short-pitched bowling. not follow a failed drugs him for the first time in India's highest wicket-taker with 607 dis- Portuguese champions FC Porto test or a physical assault on 1997, for Pakistan A in a missals in 126 tests, Kumble is a crucial cog South Africa coach Micky Arthur said have been formally accused of fixing a team mate (Shoaib has two domestic fixtures in the 2003-04 friendly against in India's attack on the low-bouncing home Tuesday he had analyzed Sehwag's aggres- ticked off those two) but Gloucestershire at Bristol. sive stroke play in his triple century, and season. pitches, while the absence of young pace- The games in question, against some outspoken comments He glided in from close to was eager to test him with bouncers. directed at the PCB after the sightscreen and deliv- man Sharma weakened India in the opening Estrela da Amadora and Beira Mar, their decision not to offer ered the single most hos- test when its pace bowlers failed to make an "Sehwag's a good enough batsman to han- came in the same year ex-Chelsea boss him a central contract. tile ball I have ever seen. impression on the batsman-friendly wicket. dle that," Kumble said. Jose Mourinho led Porto to Champions League glory. It is not too cynical to Had Mark Alleyne not Sharma had been accompanying the Lineups: believe that if the board fended it off his throat to India (from): Anil Kumble (captain), "We've been notified by the squad and training with physiotherapist Portuguese league (LPFP) of the accu- had thought that Shoaib gully it may have killed Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul still had something to offer him. Paul Close. sations and investigations," said a club Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S. Laxman, then his suspension would Never say never with Left out of the original 14-man squad for statement. The club have been given five days been more lenient. Instead, Pakistan cricket, but this the test, Sharma had been brought in, along Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra he has spent most of the looks like being the end of Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap by the LPFP to submit a written with middle-order batsman Mohammad response to the allegations. past year injured. His com- the road. Do not feel sorry. Singh, Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Irfan mitment in India was Shoaib already has a deal Kaif, who last played a test on the 2006 tour Porto beat Estrela da Amadora 2-0, Pathan, Ishant Sharma and Piyush Chawla. while the match at Beira ended in a questioned recently and he to play in the Indian of the West Indies. goalless draw. was dropped for the forth- Premier League having Kaif's elevation came due to the absence South Africa (from): Graeme Smith Mourinho was not mentioned in the coming one-day series been talked into appearing (captain), Neil McKenzie, A.B. de Villiers, of Tendulkar, who aggravated a groin injury league's report, and Portuguese foot- against Bangladesh. by Shah Rukh Khan, the Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul during the opening test. ball journalist Alberto da Silva said The only surprise in the Bollywood star who owns Duminy, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, the allegations were unlikely to the Calcutta franchise. I'm Kaif may not make the final 11, as it was PCB losing confidence in Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, involve the former Chelsea boss. just waiting for Shoaib the expected that left-handed batsman Yuvraj Shoaib is that it took them "It would not have anything to do so long. Yes, at a time Movie - a sure certificate. Singh would come in to the lineup and V.V.S. Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson and Monde Zondeki. with him," Da Silva told BBC Radio 5 when bat is dominating 18. Times Online Live.