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Hughes replaces Clarke London Marathon raises South Africa recall Burger SYDNEY: Top order batsman Phil Hughes has replaced Michael Clarke in the record amounts for charity CAPE TOWN: Former World Rugby Player of the Year Schalk Burger was recalled to Australia squad for next month’s one-day international series against Pakistan South Africa’s squad for the Rugby Championship tests against Australia and New after the Australia captain was ruled out by a hamstring injury. LONDON: Runners at the London Marathon have raised almost half a Zealand in place of injured Francois Louw, the South African Rugby Union said yester- Hughes, who was overlooked for the original squad despite scoring two half billion dollars for charity in the last five years and continue to break day. Burger has been playing in Japan, where he has a club match on Friday after centuries against South Africa in the recent triangular one-day series in fundraising records each year, sponsors Virgin Money announced yes- which he will join up with the Springbok squad in Cape Town, preparing to face Zimbabwe, had been included in the test squad to play Pakistan in the United terday. The total raised for charity since the company took over as title Australia on Sept. 27 and a final game with New Zealand in Johannesburg on Oct. 4. Arab Emirates. The 25-year-old was already scheduled to travel to the UAE earlier sponsors of the annual 26.2 mile race in 2010 stands at 264.1 million Burger returned to the national fold in June after almost two years out with injury and than his test team mates to spend time working on his batting pounds ($430.96 million), exceeding Virgin’s own ambitious target. illness. He came off the bench to face Wales in two tests and started versus Scotland against spin with the team’s coaching consultant, Runners in this year’s race around London’s icon-laden streets raised but missed the first four Rugby Championship tests due to club commitments. “With great Muttiah Muralitharan. In and out of the team with 53.2 million pounds for good causes, meaning the marathon broke Willem Alberts still out injured, Schalk’s versatility helps as he can cover any position depressing regularity in his test career, Hughes only made the Guinness World Record for the largest annual single-day charity in the loose trio,” South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer said in a state- the trip to Zimbabwe for the ODI series after an injury to fundraising event for the eighth consecutive year. ment yesterday. “He is also very experienced, brings leadership Shane Watson. “When Virgin first got involved with the London Marathon we set the qualities and has been with us so he will slot back in easily. The lefthander boasts a batting average of 37.31 in his bar high and challenged runners to not only complete their 26 miles, “Schalk played a superb role in June mentoring the younger 24 one-day internationals and will now have his but within five years also help raise 1/4 billion pounds for good caus- players in the squad, and he’ll be able to carry on with that chance to earn a place in the squad for next year’s es,” Virgin founder Richard Branson said in a statement. especially with players such as Warren Whiteley and World Cup, which Australia are co-hosting with New “Today’s news shows that not only have we all risen to that chal- Oupa Mohoje, who has shown massive improve- Zealand. Clarke, Australia’s leading batsman, flew lenge, but during the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon we ment after only playing in a handful of Super home from Zimbabwe with an injury that “a series smashed right through it.” Rugby matches and making his test debut earlier of investigations” confirmed to be a “significant Since the race began in 1981, over 920,000 runners have completed this season.” The 31-year-old Burger has 71 hamstring injury”, Australia physiotherapist the course, raising more than 716 million pounds for a plethora of caps and was named the best player in Alex Kountouris said on Tuesday. —Reuters charitable causes. —Reuters world rugby 10 years ago. —Reuters Brewers down Cardinals

ST. LOUIS: Hector Gomez pinch ran in the ninth and scored the tying and then blooped a two-out single to right in the top of the 12th to score the go-ahead run as the Milwaukee Brewers’ won 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was the fifth win in six games for the Brewers (79- 72), who pulled within four games of the first- place Cardinals in the National League Central and stayed 1-1/2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second NL wild card spot. St. Louis (83-68) lost for just the sixth time in 26 home games and had their division lead over Pittsburgh dipped to 2-1/2 games.

Nationals 3, Braves 0 Shortstop Ian Desmond hit a long two-run homer and right-hander Tanner Roark pitched sev- SAINT LUCIA: West Indies keeper Danesh Ramdin closes in on the as en scoreless as the Washington Nationals batsman Shaiful Islam connects off a from bowler Jerome Taylor clinched the National League East championship on day four of the second and final Test. — AFP with a 3-0 win over the Atlanta Braves. Desmond ripped his 23rd homer deep in the left-center field Benn spins Windies to victory stands at Turner Field against Atlanta right-hander Aaron Harang in the sixth inning to break up a GROS ISLET: Spinner took However he was bowled for the second scoreless game and give the Nationals the only five wickets and Jerome Taylor reached the time in the match, falling to Taylor who runs they would need. Roark (14-10) allowed five milestone of 100 Test wickets as then promptly trapped leg- hits and struck out four as Washington won its sec- Bangladesh crumbled to a 296-run defeat before to become the 20th West Indian to ond division championship in three years. late on the fourth day of the second and claim 100 wickets in . ST. LOUIS: Peter Bourjos No. 8 of the St. Louis Cardinals is caught trying to run out a double Orioles 8, Blue Jays 2 final Test against the West Indies at the “We showed some resistance for a while against Jean Segura No. 9 of the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning. — AFP Beausejour Stadium on Tuesday. but that’s not good enough,” said a crest- Steve Pearce and Jimmy Paredes both homered Set an improbable target of 489 after fallen Mushfiqur. “We need to play better early while Alejandro De Aza added a three-run the home side declared their second for longer periods if we want to be compet- triple as the Baltimore Orioles wrapped up their MLB results/standings innings at 269 for four, 45 minutes into the itive going forwards.” first American League East division title in 17 years day, the tourists crashed from 158 for two Chanderpaul was named Man of the with an 8-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. to be dismissed for 192 just before a show- Match while his teammate, opening bats- Baltimore 8, Toronto 2; Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0; Washington 3, Atlanta 0; NY Mets 9, Miami 1; er swept across the ground. man Kraigg Brathwaite, took the Man of the Pirates 4, Red Sox 0 Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 1; Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 0; Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 5; Opening batsman (64) and Series honours. Charlie Morton pitched five scoreless innings Minnesota 4, Detroit 3; Cleveland 4, Houston 2; Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 2 (12 innings); Colorado 10, (56) held up the West Following unbeaten innings of 85 and and the surging Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the LA Dodgers 4; San Francisco 2, Arizona 1; Seattle 13, LA Angels 2; Texas 6, Oakland 3; San Diego 5, Indies for over three hours with a second- 84 previously in the series, Chanderpaul’s Boston Red Sox 4-0. Morton (6-12) notched his first Philadelphia 4. win since July 2 and helped the Pirates (80-70) to wicket partnership of 110, but when Tamim unbeaten 101, together with 66 American League National League their ninth victory in 11 games. skied an attempted sweep off Benn to mid- from Jermaine Blackwood, allowed Ramdin Eastern Division Eastern Division The Pirates remain ahead of Milwaukee for the wicket it was the trigger for the collapse. to close his side’s innings inside the first W L PCT GB Washington 87 63 .580 - It was completed when hour. second National League wild card and closed in to 2-1/2 games behind St. Louis for the NL Central. Baltimore 91 60 .603 - Atlanta 75 76 .497 12.5 breached the defence of to Bangladesh got off to a flying start in Toronto 77 73 .513 13.5 Miami 73 77 .487 14 set off the West Indies victory celebrations the 15 overs they faced to the interval, Catcher Russell Martin and left fielder Starling NY Yankees 76 74 .507 14.5 NY Mets 73 79 .480 15 in their 500th Test and a 2-0 sweep of the Shamsur Rahman taking on Taylor and Marte both hit home runs. Tampa Bay 74 78 .487 17.5 Philadelphia 69 82 .457 18.5 series. hooking the fast bowler for successive sixes Boston 66 85 .437 25 “This is unbelievable,” said an overjoyed over square-leg. Twins 4, Tigers 3 Central Division Aaron Hicks’ walk-off RBI infield single lifted the Central Division St. Louis 83 68 .550 - West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin, who Taylor had the last laugh however when, Detroit 84 67 .556 - waited until senior batsman Shivnarine in attempting to repeat the shot, Shamsur Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the first- Pittsburgh 80 70 .533 2.5 place Detroit Tigers. Down one after closer Glen Kansas City 82 68 .547 1.5 Milwaukee 79 72 .523 4 Chanderpaul completed his 30th Test hun- found Kirk Edwards on the square-leg Cleveland 77 73 .513 6.5 Perkins blew a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, Cincinnati 71 81 .467 12.5 dred in the morning before declaring. “It’s a boundary and departed for 39. Chicago White Sox 69 82 .457 15 the Twins rallied to upset the American League Chicago Cubs 67 84 .444 16 wonderful feeling but we know that there Benn, 33, then removed new batsman Minnesota 64 87 .424 20 are greater challenges ahead.” to a catch at the wicket but Central leaders, allowing Kansas City a chance to Western Division reel in their division lead. Western Division Captain was the last Mominul displayed admirable discipline LA Angels 94 57 .623 - LA Dodgers 86 65 .570 - hope for Bangladesh taking the match into and dedication alongside Tamim, only for San Francisco 83 68 .550 3 Rockies 10, Dodgers 4 Oakland 83 67 .553 10.5 the fifth day after Tamim and Mominul all their good work to be in vain when they Seattle 81 69 .540 12.5 San Diego 70 80 .467 15.5 departed. fell to the left-arm spinner. — AFP The Colorado Rockies emphatically ended their Arizona 62 89 .411 24 offensive drought, pounding the Los Angeles Houston 67 84 .444 27 Colorado 60 91 .397 26 Dodgers 10-4. The Rockies had nine hits, seven Texas 58 92 .387 35.5 SCOREBOARD fewer than the Dodgers, but Colorado utilized sev- eral productive outs to score its first three runs, 3-for-4 with three extra-base hits, three runs scored run, powering the Texas Rangers to a 6-3 victory then got a two-run homer from left fielder Corey and six RBIs. over Oakland, delivering a blow to the Athletics’ SAINT LUCIA: Scoreboard after West Indies beat Bangladesh on the fourth day of the Dickerson in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead. wild-card playoff push. second Test at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet on Tuesday: Cubs 7, Reds 0 Smolinski, who was activated from the disabled West Indies 1st Innings - 380 Bangladesh 2nd Innings Giants 2, Diamondbacks 1 Right-hander Jake Arrieta fell short in a no-hit- list before the game, launched a two-run homer off Bangladesh 1st Innings - 161 Tamim Iqbal c Gabriel b Benn 64 San Francisco catcher Buster Posey homered ter bid but still closed with a one-hit shutout as the A’s left-hander Scott Kazmir in the fourth inning, Shamsur Rahman c Edwards b Taylor 39 and shortstop Brandon Crawford hit a tie-breaking Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0. Arrieta giving Texas a 2-0 lead. The A’s (83-67) own the West Indies 2nd Innings Anamul Haque c Ramdin b Benn 0 sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to give the Giants (9-5) tossed 7 1/3 no-hit innings before giving up a American League’s top wild-card spot, but the (overnight 208 for 4) Mominul Haque c Gabriel b Benn 56 a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. double to left-center to Reds second baseman Kansas City Royals are one game back. lbw Gabriel 0 K. Brathwaite c Shamsur Rahman b Right-hander Jake Peavy (6-4) gave up one run Brandon Phillips with one out in the eighth. He Mushfiqur Rahim b Taylor 11 and five hits in 7-2/3 innings as the Giants (83-68) threw 109 pitches, struck out a season-high 13 and Padres 5, Phillies 4 Mahmudullah 45 lbw Benn 2 L. Johnson b 41 broke a three-game losing streak and closed to walked just one. Shortstop Alexi Amarista put the Padres ahead Taijul Islam c and b Benn 4 within three games of the Dodgers in the NL West. K. Edwards c S Rahman b S Islam 2 Shafiul Islam b Roach 14 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning and right- D. Bravo b Mahmudullah 7 Robiul Islam lbw Taylor 0 Indians 4, Astros 2 handed starter Ian Kennedy and three relievers S. Chanderpaul not out 101 Al-Amin Hossain not out 0 Rays 6, Yankees 1 Corey Kluber struck out a career-high 14 batters held Philadelphia to four hits as San Diego beat the J. Blackwood not out 66 Extras (lb-1, w-1) 2 Derek Jeter got hit by a pitch that nearly started as the Cleveland Indians won 4-2 over Houston. Phillies 5-4. Amarista’s two-out, 357-foot drive into Extras (lb-5, w-2) 7 Total (77.4 overs, all out) 192 a brawl and the Tampa Bay Rays ran off to a 6-1 win Kluber (16-9) allowed one run on seven hits and the first row of seats in right erased a 3-2 Phillies Total (77 overs, 4 wickets declared) 269 Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Shamsur Rahman), over the New York Yankees. The Rays blew the two walks over seven innings while recording his lead. Amarista was 3-for-4 and finished a triple shy Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Johnson), 2-81 2-48 (Anamul Haque), 3-158 (Tamim game open with a four-run rally in the seventh ninth double-digit strikeout game this season. of the first cycle in Padres history. (Edwards), 3-97 (Bravo), 4-100 Iqbal), 4-160 (Mahmudullah), 5-160 while Rays reliever Steve Geltz struck shortstop (Mominul Haque), 6-167 (Nasir Hossain), (Brathwaite) Jeter on the forearm with a pitch in the eighth, one White Sox 7, Royals 5 Mariners 13, Angels 2 7-173 (Taijul Islam), 8-188 (Mushfiqur of a handful of spiteful incidents. Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run triple in the sev- The Seattle Mariners built an insurmountable Did not bat: D. Ramdin (captain), K. Rahim), 9-188 (Robiul Islam), 10-192 Roach, J. Taylor, S. Benn, S. Gabriel enth inning, and the Chicago White Sox rallied to lead with two big innings on their way to a 13-2 (Shafiul Islam). Mets 9, Marlins 1 : Taijul Islam 28-5-81-1, Al-Amin Bowling: J. Taylor 13-4-39-3, K. Roach beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5. Chicago trailed 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Hossain 4-0-18-0, Robiul Islam 12-3-42-0 15.4-1-43-1, S. Benn 32-6-72-5 (1w), J. New York Mets rookie second baseman Wilmer before loading the bases in the seventh ahead of With the win, the Mariners moved into a tie with (2w), Shafiul Islam 13-1-42-1, Blackwood 2-0-4-0, S. Gabriel 11-2-24-1, Flores enjoyed the first two-homer game of his Gillaspie’s hit. the Royals for the second wild-card spot. For the Mahmudullah 16-2-64-2, Mominul Haque Johnson 4-0-9-0. career in a 9-1 win over the Miami Marlins. Angels, their magic number to clinch the division 4-0-17-0. Result: West Indies won by 296 runs Flores hit a three-run homer in the fifth and a Rangers 6, A’s 3 was reduced to two thanks to the Rangers’ victory two-run shot in the seventh on his way to finishing Rookie Jake Smolinski hit his first career home over the A’s. — Reuters High stakes at play in 2015 World Cup

LONDON: England fans will have great hopes the most profitable World Cup of all time, top- million tickets across the 48 games of the tour- games in 13 stadiums across 11 cities are set ceed in creating a buoyant tournament quite when the country stages the 2015 World Cup ping the £122.4m surplus from the 2007 event nament as a whole. That explains why one of to be over subscribed and requiring a ballot. like home success. in a year’s time. But they will not be alone, in France. the great traditional club rugby grounds of “The economics will work wherever with rugby officials hoping the fact many of “We are fortunate in having a country that England, Leicester’s Welford Road, has been MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE England get to,” IRB chief executive Brett the key behind-the-scenes staff at the widely- has already staged a Rugby World Cup and overlooked in favour of the larger capacity sta- But of the 18 labelled as unlikely to be bal- Gosper told the Guardian. “But to really get praised London 2012 Olympic Games, includ- recently organised an Olympic Games stage dium of Leicester City football club. It also loted, seven are being staged at the that magical atmosphere and the home popu- ing England Rugby 2015 chief executive the 2015 World Cup,” IRB chairman Bernard underlines why Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Millennium Stadium.Prices for adults range lation behind it, it would be great for the host Debbie Jevans, are now running their show- Lapasset told AFP in an interview. The which can seat more than 75,000 and whose from £15 for low-profile group games up to side to go all the way.” And for Lapasset, seeing piece event will produce a financial as well as Frenchman added: “A British friend of mine retractable roof is a guarantee of play, has £715 for the most expensive seat for the a new country upset the existing elite, as sporting dividend. Already the International joked to me that their model is France 2007 been allocated eight matches, including two October 31 final at Twickenham. Argentina and Fiji have done at previous Rugby Board (IRB) has estimated that the 2015 but with a 10 percent decrease in costs and a quarter-finals, even though it is in Wales. One unofficial site was even offering a tick- World Cups, would also be an important sign World Cup will probably make £150 million 10 percent increase in revenue.” But while Wales are in the same pool as et for the final at £8,870 ($14,428, 11,130 of the growth of the global game. “I would ($239 million), a 60 percent increase from the However, as with many major sporting England and Australia-the so-called ‘group of euros. “I don’t like seeing tickets as commodi- love it if there was a ‘surprise’ team in the quar- 2011 edition in New Zealand, which although events questions remain regarding ticket death’-from which only two can qualify for the ties, I want to see them getting into the hands ter-finals. A team like Georgia, which nearly it is the home of the reigning world champi- availability and price. England 2015 are knockout stages, the key fixtures between the of people who want to watch the event,” said beat Ireland in 2007,” he told AFP. ons and more of a ‘rugby mad’ nation than pledged to deliver at least £80 million in rev- teams will all take place at London’s Jevans. “They have a great rugby history and cul- England, has access to a much less lucrative enue to the IRB, for whom the World Cup pro- Twickenham, rather than in Cardiff. Of course, there are other measures than ture, and they have produced an enormous commercial market. vides some 95 percent of their income. According to figures published Monday on the purely financial by which to judge the number of players for many clubs. They Officials now expect the 2015 edition to be This effectively means they have to sell 2.9 the official ticketing website, 30 of the 48 worth of a sports event and few things suc- deserve to go to the next level.” — AFP