PUB: NT NEWS DATE: 12-JUN-2010 PAGE: 86 COLOR: C M Y K RUGBY UNION played the 40-over format in England, said it was no Wallabies lose FRENCH French rugby chiefs have reached agreement substitute for 50-over matches. with the National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) to POURING rain and three wickets set South Africa back Now it’s reduce Stade Francais prop David Attoub’s 70-week in the opening Test against the West Indies yesterday Giteau for Test ban for eye-gouging in the European Cup to 52 weeks. in Trinidad and Tobago. The South Africans, electing The 28-year-old player was slapped with the ban for to bat, reached 3-70 in their first innings when bad light buggies WALLABIES inside centre Matt Giteau is a late gouging Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris during Stade’s stopped play at Queen’s Park Oval. scratching from Australia’s team for tonight’s Test 23-13 loss to Ulster in Belfast on December 12. against England at Subiaco Oval due to a hip injury. MOTORCYCLING SOCCER for Paul Giteau has been replaced by NSW Waratahs BRESCIA defender Francesco Flachi has been banned NEW Zealand’s Paul Dobbs became the latest From Back Page playmaker Berrick Barnes in a move which sees for 12 years after a second positive test for cocaine, motorcyclist to die while competing at the Isle of Man him re-establish his combination with fly-half effectively ending his career. The 35-year-old player ‘‘It’s the race, it’s the Quade Cooper, which they forged when Barnes was Tourist Trophy (TT) event, losing his life on Thursday tested positive following an Italian Serie B match one everyone wants at the Queensland Reds from 2007-2009. in a Supersport race. The 39-year-old was involved in a to win,’’ he said. between Brescia and Modena last December. Giteau suffered his injury during last weekend’s ‘‘racing incident’’ on the Ballagarey section of the ‘‘(I) just (want) to 49-3 win over Fiji in Canberra. 37.733-mile track and leaves a wife and two children. TENNIS finish really, that’s Queensland flyer Peter Hynes has been added to my main thing. ATHLETICS BILLIE Jean King believes Martina Hingis may return the Wallabies bench after impressing for the ‘‘There INTERNATIONAL sport’s top court has upheld to the WTA Tour to play doubles after the World Team Australian Barbarians during a 32-minute cameo in are a lot appeals by Belarus 2008 Olympic medal-winning the 28-all draw against England at Perth’s Members Tennis season. Hingis, 29, will play a full WTT season of good Equity Stadium on Tuesday. hammer throwers Vadim Deviatovskiy and Ivan this northern summer in the US starting in July, much Tsikhan, overturning doping sanctions imposed on drivers Springbok captain John Smit said world champ- like Kim Clijsters did before she returned to the tour. around, ions South Africa and France, which won the them. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ordered six-nations tournament this year, had named the IOC to restore the silver and bronze medals they SWIMMING David Fel- lows (pictured) is the their strongest teams for today’s one-off Test at won at the Beijing games, due to technical AUSTRALIANS Daniel Arnamnart, Samantha Hamill benchmark, Shannon Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, pitting the irregularities by the laboratory in China. and Blair Evans all won gold medals yesterday on the Rentsch — they have world’s southern and northern hemisphere champ- final day of competition at the Barcelona meet in the been doing it a long ions against each other. CRICKET time and they know In other Test matches scheduled around the MIKE Hussey says he is no fan of 40-over cricket, Mare Nostrum series. Commonwealth Games tyro Arnamnart excelled in the 100m backstroke, while what they’re doing, so world, New Zealand will play host to Ireland in New confirming player concerns about Cricket Australia’s I don’t want to get Plymouth today, with Argentina up against mooted change of the domestic limited overs format for fellow 19-year-olds Hamill and Evans starred in the ahead of myself.’’ Scotland in Buenos Aires tomorrow morning. next summer. Test and ODI batsman Hussey, having 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle, respectively. 86 — Northern Territory News, Saturday, June 12, 2010 www.ntnews.com.au.