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Cricket - New Zealand name squad for first test against England

New Zealand named the following squad on Sunday for the first Cricket test against England at the University Oval in Dunedin starting on March 6.
Brendon McCullum (captain), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Peter Fulton, Tom Latham, Bruce Martin, Hamish Rutherford, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

Premier League - Holt the hero as Norwich snatch win amid late drama

Premier League, Carrow Road - Norwich 2 (Kamara 84, Holt 90+4) Everton 1 (Osman 39)

Norwich captain Grant Holt stabbed home a 94th-minute winner to end a run of 10 Premier League games without a win, 2-1 at home to Everton.
The Canaries only drew level in the 84th minute through substitute Kei Kamara, who had a huge impact after his introduction for Luciano Becchio in the second half and scored his first goal in English football.
Leon Osman had given Everton - the better side for most of the match - the lead late in the first half.
Norwich move up to 12th in the Premier League table while Everton, who are now three games without a win, drop five points behind fifth-placed Arsenal.
Holt returned to the side after missing the Canaries' last match with a back problem - they had endured two goalless draws in their previous two games, away at QPR and home to Fulham - while Kamara, yet to start a match, was again on the bench.
The first half was an entertaining affair, with both sides enjoying space on the flanks but unable to pick out team-mates with their crosses. Right-back Seamus Coleman, playing for Everton for the first time since becoming injured in January, was their best player as he attacked from deep.
Norwich almost opened the scoring on five minutes when a Robert Snodgrass run was not picked up by Everton. He took the ball on but Sylvain Distin got enough of a block to divert his shot on to the roof of the net with Tim Howard exposed.
At the other end Distin found Nikica Jelavic with a long ball. The Croatia star, who has now not scored in 11 matches - his worst run for the club since arriving from Rangers in January last year - chested down but his shot lacked power and Mark Bunn made the save.
Obviously lacking confidence in front of goal, it did not transfer to his build-up play. An excellent move down the right saw Steven Naismith find him in the box: he chested out to Marouane Fellaini just outside it, whose first-time strike was superbly blocked by a diving Michael Turner.
Everton took the lead in the 39th minute. Fellaini controlled a ball on his chest and played back to Pienaar on the left, who fed Leighton Baines down the flank - tiny winger Osman timed his arrival perfectly to head his cross into the far corner.
Everton were especially dominant in the second half but did not create enough chances. A confident Jelavic would probably have been on the scoresheet in the 53rd minute, but he came short as Pienaar attacked the left byline and drove a superb low cross between the Norwich keeper and defence.
Kamara, on loan from MLS side Sporting Kansas City, arrived for Becchio before the hour mark and almost had a spectacular impact within two minutes: the Sierra Leone striker headed a high Holt cross up in the air before executing an acrobatic scissor kick which Howard saved low down.
He was certainly livelier than the former Leeds striker, although he should perhaps have done better with a Wes Hoolahan cross eight minutes later, heading just wide of the post from the edge of the six-yard box with Howard in trouble.
With Irish playmaker Hoolahan - who started on the left - coming inside more and having an impact, it seemed strange that Chris Hughton would withdraw him for Anthony Pilkington.
But Pilkington it was who drove in from the left to win the corner which led to the equaliser. Snodgrass sent it invitingly into the heart of the box and Kamara left marker Fellaini behind to rise and crash a downward header inside the near post.
He was not finished there, giving Everton headaches at the back until the very end. Holt seemed certain to score from a couple of yards out two minutes into injury time, but Distin threw himself in the way of the ball to divert it over the bar.
With the three signalled minutes up, and referee Lee Mason about to put his whistle to his lips, Norwich right-back Russell Martin crossed deep and Kamara challenged for the ball; it broke free inside the six-yard box and Holt pounded to poke home and set off on a customary wrist-kissing celebration.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Kei Kamara (Norwich) - Impact sub - changing the team's fortunes, scoring the equaliser and making the winner.

PLAYER RATINGS

Norwich: Bunn 7, R Martin 7, Bassong 7, Turner 7, Garrido 6, Howson 5, Johnson 5, Snodgrass 6, Hoolahan 7, Holt 7, Becchio 5. Subs: Pilkington 7, Kamara 8.

Everton: Howard 7, Coleman 8, Jagielka 6, Distin 7, Baines 6, Pienaar 6, Naismith 6, Gibson 5, Osman 7, Fellaini 6, Jelavic 6. Subs: Oviedo 6, Mirallas 6.

French Ligue 1 - Aubameyang double helps St Etienne to win

In-form striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to help St Etienne beat Ligue 1 bottom club Nancy 3-0 to close the gap on fourth-placed Nice to one point.
Fellow attacker Brandao put the visitors ahead in the 17th minute from a neat Renaud Cohade cross and Aubameyang made it 2-0 with a curling low shot five minutes before the break.
Gabon international Aubameyang's sixth goal in five games - his 14th in the league this season - then sealed victory with two minutes to go.
Nancy had Florent Zitte sent off in the 78th minute while St Etienne's Fabien Lemoine was dismissed 14 minutes earlier.
Fifth-placed St Etienne have 44 points from 26 games, one adrift of Nice who beat lowly Stade de Rimes 2-0 on Friday.
Nice and St Etienne are chasing Champions League qualification behind third from top Olympique Marseille who travel to Paris St Germain on Sunday when the league leaders could give a debut to former England captain David Beckham.
Second-placed Olympique Lyon, three behind PSG on 48 points, also host Lorient on Sunday.
Champions Montpellier are sixth with 41 points after beating third from bottom Evian Thonon Gaillard 1-0 thanks to a late Younes Belhanda goal.
Montpellier, who made a poor start to the season, have won four of their last five games and leapfrogged Stade Rennes on goal difference after the Brittany side needed a last-gasp goal from Jean Makoun to draw 2-2 at home to struggling Sochaux.
Makoun, on loan from English Premier League Aston Villa, scored following an 88th-minute corner as Rennes rescued a point after having twice trailed.
John Boye headed home in the 34th minute to cancel out Giovanni Sio's opener for Sochaux who then regained the lead with a superb Sebastien Corchia strike in the 56th.
Rennes are one point ahead of 10-man Lille who won 3-1 at Ajaccio.
A Yohann Poulard own goal handed the 2011 champions the lead in the 38th minute and Lille cruised home despite having full back Lucas Digne dismissed for a dangerous tackle on Matthieu Chalme in the 61st.
Dimitri Payet grabbed his ninth and 10th league goals of the season as Lille rose to eighth in the table.

Premier League - FA racism campaigner quits over alleged racist slur

The Football Association has accepted the resignation of anti-racism campaigner Paul Elliott from all his positions within the organisation after he made "discriminatory abusive comments".
Elliott, a former Chelsea and Celtic defender, allegedly aimed a racial insult via text at ex-Charlton player Richard Rufus in an argument over a failed business venture. Both men are black.
The Sun reported that Elliott, 48, texted Rufus the words: "Ur (sic) a stupid man n*****. You dog. Ur history my friend."
Elliott, who received a CBE for his services to equality and diversity in football earlier this month, also allegedly added: "This will follow you scumbag."
The paper further claimed that Elliott insists the term was not offensive because both men involved are black.
FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement that Elliott's position was "untenable" after the matter was reported by press earlier this week.
Elliott was a leading light and trustee of the Kick It Out campaign, a position from which he has also stepped down, and served on the FA's judicial panel and as a nominated member of UEFA committees.
A statement read: "The FA has today accepted the resignation of Paul Elliott from all roles representing the organisation.
"This follows a conversation in which discriminatory abusive comments were made to Richard Rufus."
Bernstein said: "I wish to thank Paul for his dedicated and unstinting work, particularly in the area of anti-racism.
"I am saddened by this turn of events and it is with regret that we accept Paul's resignation.
"However, the use of discriminatory language is unacceptable regardless of its context and in effect has made Paul's position untenable."

Italian Serie A - Palermo share goalless draw with Genoa

Palermo remain rooted to the bottom of Serie A as they drew 0-0 with Genoa at Stadio Renzo Barbera.
Both sides had plenty of shots on goal but nobody could break the deadlock in a result that did little good for either side's hopes of beating relegation, with Genoa remaining 17th in the table.
Palermo's mediocre night was further hit by a red card for Salvatore Aronica on 76 minutes.

German Bundesliga - Unstoppable Bayern annihilate Bremen

Bayern Munich continued their total dominance of the Bundesliga by sauntering to an embarrassingly easy 6-1 home win against Werder Bremen on Saturday, making it six wins out of six in the league since the mid-season break.
The win, on a day when Jupp Heynckes clocked up the 1,000th Bundesliga appearance of his career as player and coach, took them a 18 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who visit Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.
Bayern, who beat Schalke 04 4-0 in their previous home game, have won 19 of their 23 league games, conceded only eight goals and inadvertently made a mockery of the Bundesliga's claim to be the most open and competitive in Europe.
Werder found themselves two goals behind and reduced to 10 men by halftime and Bayern found almost no resistance as they steamrollered their opponents in the second half.
Mario Gomez scored twice while Arjen Robben, Javi Martinez and Franck Ribery bagged one each with Theodor Gebre Selassie putting through his own net.
Ivorian striker Didier Ya Konan scored twice, including a spectacular volleyed effort, as he helped Hanover 96 beat Hamburg SV 5-1 at home to move up to seventh with 33 points, one behind their opponents.
Ya Konan collected a misplaced pass, flicked the ball up with his right foot and then produced a dipping 25-metre volley with his left.
Augsburg beat Hoffenheim 2-1 to move out of the bottom two, where they were replaced by their own opponents.
Goals from Ji Dong-won and Sascha Moelders left hosts Augsburg in 16th place, the relegation playoff spot.
VfL Wolfsburg managed a 1-1 draw at Mainz 05 despite having Alexander Madlung sent off in the 30th minute for a tackle from behind. Niki Zimling put Mainz ahead in the fifth minute and Naldo levelled 10 minutes later.
Central defender Joel Matip scored twice, including an 81st minute winner, to give Schalke 04 only their second win in six games under new coach Jens Keller as they beat Fortuna Duesseldorf 2-1 in Gelsenkirchen.
The 21-year-old Cameroon international, who opened the scoring just before the half hour, was left unmarked at the far post to turn in a mis-directed Michel Bastos shot to give ninth-placed Schalke a badly-needed win.
Heynckes, who made his Bundesliga debut as a player in August 1965, was still not satisfied with treble-chasing Bayern's efforts after his team conceded a league goal for the first time since the start of the year.
"It's annoying that we didn't keep another clean sheet," he told Sky Sports.
But he added: "My team did very well and scored some good goals. We want to maintain our rhythm, continue on our way, and not be put off by premature congratulations from anywhere. We go out seeking to play even better, more successful football."
Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf was under no illusions.
"We wanted to put up more resistance, but we were in no position to do so. We've been handed a nasty beating here today," he told reporters.
Bayern made six changes from the side which beat Arsenal 3-1 on Tuesday in the Champions League but it barely showed.
Werder held out for 25 minutes before Philipp Lahm crossed from the right and, with Bayern players queuing up in the middle, Robben beat his team mate Ribery to the ball to knock in from close range and claim the goal.
Bayern again had an abundance of players in scoring positions four minutes later when Robben floated in a free kick and Martinez rose to head in with Toni Kroos unmarked behind him just in case he missed.
It got worse for Werder when Sebastian Proedl tripped goal-bound Gomez just outside the area and was sent off for what is known in Germany as an "emergency brake" (Notbremse).
There was no respite after halftime as Gebre Selassie made a complete hash of his attempt to clear away a low Gomez cross. He swung with his right foot, missed and the ball hit his other leg and flew into the goal in the 48th minute.
Gomez tapped in the fifth three minutes later after Ribery lobbed the ball over.
Kevin De Bruyne side-footed one back just before the hour and Bayern briefly eased off before Ribery and Gomez added further goals in the last five minutes.

Rugby - Six Nations - Tuilagi scored despite 'ear half-ripped off head'

Bloodied try-scorer Manu Tuilagi refused to come off after having his left ear partly ripped from the side of his head in the opening minutes of England's brutally physical 23-13 victory over France.
After the match, Tuilagi required 19 stitches, two of which were internal, after he was caught by the elbow of French number eight Louis Picamoles while making his first tackle of the match but Tuilagi ordered the team doctor to just bandage up his head and he played on,
"It was the first collision of the match," Tuilagi said. "I sparked out for a couple of seconds. I'm not sure if I was knocked out but I was definitely dazed. It is one of the biggest collisions I have ever had. I just told the doctor to wrap it up. The doctor was saying I needed stitches but I said, 'No, just tape it up'."
He added: "I wanted to stay out there and help the team and do anything to contribute to the win.
"They couldn't put temporary stitches in it at half-time because there was too much damage. It would take too long to stitch it so I carried on. It took 40 minutes to do the stitches after the game. I have got 17 on the outside of the ear and two internal stitches."
Tuilagi had been recalled to start opposite the French midfield powerhouse Mathieu Bastareaud and it was the England man who won a bruising contest.
With his head swathed in bandages and his shirt bloodied, Tuilagi's try after 54 minutes put England in control of the match.
France had led 10-9 at the interval with an eye-catching try from centre Wesley Fofana but England controlled the final quarter after Tuilagi's 10th Test try.
"That physicality is one part of the game I really enjoy. If it looked physical out there, it felt physical!" Tuilagi said.
"It was an amazing feeling scoring a try out there."

Rugby - RaboDirect Pro12 - Madigan guides Leinster to victory

Ian Madigan pulled the strings for Leinster in the second half as they claimed a bonus-point 32-5 victory against the Scarlets in the RaboDirect Pro12.
Having missed out on a place in the Ireland squad for the RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland, Madigan looked eager to prove a point as a half-time replacement at the RDS.
He was involved in Leinster's most potent attacks as they scored 21 unanswered points after the break, with Madigan converting tries from Aaron Dundon, Jordi Murphy and John Cooney.
Andrew Goodman did all the scoring in the opening 40 minutes for Leinster, his try and two penalties guiding them to a 11-5 lead.
Andy Fenby swooped for a Scarlets try in the 35th minute but they were overrun by the in-form hosts with turnovers proving costly for the Welsh region.
The first quarter was pockmarked by penalties but both sides showed an eagerness to attack from deep and put the ball through hands.
Leinster edged ahead in the third minute with New Zealander Goodman, assuming the kicking duties for the night, planting a penalty through the posts.
The Scarlets' young half-backs Owen Williams and Aled Davies probed for openings off the fringes of rucks, however Leinster were alive to the danger.
The visitors were reduced to 14 men after lock George Earle was carded for dangerous play at a lineout. Goodman though was unable to convert the resulting penalty.
Williams also sent a penalty chance wide just past the midway point of the first half.
Simon Easterby's men boxed clever while Earle was off the pitch, keeping their defensive line intact apart from a Fionn Carr and Dominic Ryan-inspired surge.
Leinster began to build some momentum after a direct run from number eight Murphy. A clever backhanded pass from Isaac Boss released David Kearney and their combined efforts led to Goodman's second three-pointer of the night.
The Kiwi then opened his try account for the province, swatting away Williams' attempted tackle to score in the right corner.
The pace and distribution skills of Carr, Kearney and Andrew Conway were to the fore in the build-up, with Goodman unable to convert from the touchline.
The Scarlets hit back straight from the restart, retrieving possession and hunting out to the left where Aaron Shingler and Aled Thomas combined to send Fenby streaking over in the corner.
Williams' conversion attempt went wide and Leinster also missed a couple of kicks closing in on half-time, Noel Reid hitting the left upright from closer range and Goodman pushing an effort wide.
Leinster used their lineout maul to good effect on the restart. A Shane Jennings drive to the line was ruled inconclusive, however hooker and man-of-the-match Dundon piled over from a similar attack soon after.
Madigan converted to put 11 points between the sides and just as the game seemed to be petering out, the out-half inspired Leinster's late bonus point push.
With 10 minutes left, Murphy took a great line onto a crisp pass from Cooney to score to the left of the posts with Madigan adding the extras.
Right at the death, Leinster turned defence into attack as Madigan and Fergus McFadden drove them on and replacement scrum-half Cooney sniped over from a close-range ruck to confirm the bonus point.

Rugby - Sarries battle back for victory

Saracens produced a stunning second-half fightback to beat great rivals Leicester 32-27 in snowy conditions at Welford Road.
Trailing 17-6 at half time, Saracens scored four tries in a one-sided second-half to stay in second place in the Aviva Premiership.
It was their fourth successive win at Leicester, who have suffered two consecutive defeats having lost at champions Harlequins last week.
Saracens' tries came from wingers David Strettle (two), James Short and full-back Chris Wyles, with fly-half Charlie Hodgson kicking 12 points.
Julian Salvi and Dan Bowden scored for Leicester, who were also awarded a penalty try right on full-time when Strettle deliberately knocked on and was sin-binned.

Top 14 - Clermont win to trim Toulon's lead

Clermont won 17-10 away at Grenoble to cut Toulon's lead in the Top 14 to just three points.
Toulon had slipped to just their fifth defeat of the season on Friday night as they were beaten 25-20 by fourth-placed Castres.
And Clermont took advantage of their chance to close up on the league leaders, taking charge of the match with tries from Napolioni Nalaga and Sivivatu Sitiveni, while Grenoble needed a late try from Jonathan Pelissié to grab a losing bonus point.
Toulouse thumped Bayonne 42-6 to keep their stranglehold on third place, four points behind Clermont.
Fifth-placed Montpellier edged a 15-13 victory over Bordeaux-Belges in a dramatic finish.
Bordeaux had a great chance at an away win as Metuisela Talebulamaijaina's try 11 minutes from full time put them one point ahead, but Benoît Paillaugue's penalty six minutes from time saw Montpellier home.
Racing Metro won their fifth consecutive victory in the Top 14 as they won 23-11 away at Biarritz, a run which has lifted them to sixth place in the table.
Snowy conditions made play difficult, match Manuel Carizza and Sébastien Descons scored tries for Racing Metro.
Jonathan Wisniewski's four successful shots at goal and Fabrice Estebanez's drop goal completed the scores for Racing Metro, while Biarritz's efforts were flatted by a late Dimitri Yachvili penalty and Thibault Dubarry try.
Agen beat Mont-de-Marsan 9-3, while Perpignan beat Stade Francais 32-16 in the late match on Saturday night thanks to two tries from Alisona Taumalolo and one each from Luke Narraway and Armand Battle.

Football - Heerenveen sink Twente, Bony scores hat-trick for Vitesse

Heerenveen's Alfred Finnbogason headed home to seal a 2-1 home victory which extended Twente Enschede's winless streak to six matches on Saturday.
The latest slipup from Steve McClaren's men meant Twente dropped to fifth in the Dutch league on 44 points with Vitesse Arnhem, 5-3 winners at Heracles Almelo thanks to Wilfried Bony's treble, moving into third on 45.
PSV Eindhoven, in action on Sunday at fourth-placed Feyenoord, top the table with 50 points from 23 matches, three ahead of Ajax Amsterdam who host ADO Den Haag also on Sunday.
Rajiv van la Parra opened the scoring for Heerenveen after 15 minutes but nine minutes after the break Dmitry Bulykin brought Twente level with a close-range header.
Finnbogason, however, restored the lead for Marco van Basten's Heerenveen 11 minutes from time before a late second booking for Twente's Edson Braafheid.
"This has nothing to do with our coach and he has all the support of the squad," said Twente midfielder Leroy Fer.
"This is now the same story for six matches already that we fall behind too easily and that has to change."
Bony and Marco van Ginkel handed Vitesse an early 2-0 lead at Almelo, who replied before the break through Lerin Duarte.
Early in the second half, Remco Pasveer saved a penalty from Bony but from the following corner Van Ginkel headed home his second goal.
Ivorian Bony added two more goals to seal his hat-trick and the win for Vitesse while lifting his season's total to 22.
Elsewhere, Michael de Leeuw scored a stoppage-time winner for Groningen to sink PEC Zwolle 1-0 at home, while strugglers VVV Venlo beat RKC Waalwijk 1-0 thanks to Marcel Seip's goal.

Boxing - Price stunned in second-round defeat

British heavyweight star David Price suffered the first defeat of his career in a shock second-round defeat by Tony Thompson in Liverpool.
Price, widely considered Britain's best heavyweight prospect since Lennox Lewis, was caught by a fairly innocuous-looking shot to the temple and went down.
He got to his feet but was clearly still reeling and the referee had no option but to declare Thompson the winner.
Price had got off to a solid start, using his height and reach advantage to control the opening round.
But Thompson went all out from the start of the second round and soon had Price on the ropes before sending him to the canvas.
The result throws Price's future career prospects into disarray after defeat in what he said before the bout would be "a pivotal fight in my career".
In London's Bethnal Green earlier in the day there was another major surprise as former Olympic heavyweight champion Audley Harrison beat Martin Rogan by unaninmous decision on his way to making the Prizefighter final against Derric Rossy.

Spanish Liga - Messi scores again as Barca fight back to beat Sevilla

La Liga, Camp Nou – Barcelona 2 (Villa 52, Messi 60) Sevilla 1 (Botia).

Lionel Messi continued his goal-scoring exploits as Barcelona came from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 at the Camp Nou, going 15 points clear in La Liga.
A sluggish first-half performance saw the runaway Liga leaders trail to Alberto Botia’s header, but Los Cules came out fighting in the second period as goals from Villa and Messi brought them victory.
The result sees Barca extend their lead over Atletico Madrid, who play Espanyol on Sunday, and crucially it is a confidence booster following the Champions League last 16 first leg loss to AC Milan, with a double Clasico in Copa and Liga coming up next week.
As usual Barcelona passed rings around Sevilla in the first half, but they failed to carve out too many opportunities as the visitors defended deep and gave the likes of Messi and Villa very little space.
Indeed the closest the hosts came in the first half was right at the start, when Andres Iniesta had an effort blocked after a mazy run from Messi.
Otherwise Messi was very quiet, barely able to get any time on the ball and weak with three free-kicks he put well off target.
Barca were almost predictable, content to pass it about with little probing attack play, so – while Sevilla were hardly an attacking force – it was not altogether surprising that they would take the lead.
The manner of their goal was equally unpredictable – a set piece that Barca, without Carlos Puyol at the back, look increasingly vulnerable to.
Ivan Rakitic’s delivery had been mis-hit, but it landed for Jesus Navas on the right, whose hanging cross was powered in by the towering leap of Botia.
Barcelona rightly changed things in the second half. The ineffectual Alexis Sanchez was replaced by the more direct Cristian Tello, and they mixed up their passing, with some quicker balls tossed into the mix.
One such ball – a fantastic right-wing cross from Daniel Alves – drew the hosts level, with Villa’s diagonal run giving him the freedom of the penalty area to pick his spot.
And Tello was the creator soon afterwards when Messi put Barca ahead with a cool finish from 12 yards, the Argentine’s 15th goal in 15 Liga matches.
Messi had suddenly clicked into gear, sending a couple of rasping efforts just off target and denied a tap-in by a fantastic intervention from Federico Fazio.
Sevilla tried to respond, bringing on Alvaro Negredo and taking the game to Barca, with Rakitic putting wide when he should have at least worked Victor Valdes.
Manu del Moral forced a smart stop from Valdes with a long range effort, while Negredo somehow lifted the ball over the bar after an excellent pass from the increasingly influential Rakitic sent him scuttling through.
Barca were still the more dangerous as a pair of Tello shots were deflected wide, while Messi put another long-range drive past the post.
They were back into their tiki taka groove too, using their ability to hold the ball at will to close out the latter stages, almost getting a third when Messi and Tello again put efforts just off target.
Barcelona now turn their attention to Tuesday’s Clasico Copa clash with Real Madrid, and the Liga repeat with their historic foes next Saturday. Sevilla, meanwhile, sit in the bottom half of the table and could slide as low as 13th dependent on results on Sunday.

Motorsports - Daytona rocked by horror smash

At least 10 cars were involved in a wreck at the Daytona Speedway moments before the end of the "Nationwide" race.
The crash sent driver Kyle Larson's car airborne, although he climbed out of the wreckage afterward, ESPN reported.
There was no official word on whether any spectators were injured in the accident. But images of the crash showed debris flying over a catch fence and into the spectator stands, and CNN said some witnesses reported injuries among spectators.
NASCAR President Mike Helton told ESPN, "Our prayers and thoughts are with everybody they (the emergency responders) are working on."
The Florida crash took place a day before NASCAR's top event, the Daytona 500. CNN reported all of the drivers appeared to be safe after the crash.

Pistorius case - Oscar Pistorius' brother facing trial over woman's death

Oscar Pistorius' brother Carl is facing his own trial over the death of a woman, the family lawyer has confirmed.
Carl Pistorius stands accused of culpable homicide - similar in gravity to the charge of manslaughter in the UK - over the death of a female motorcyclist in a traffic accident. The charges date back to an incident in 2010, but have only just emerged.
He is due to face trial in March, three months before his younger brother Oscar goes to court over the alleged murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Carl was ever-present at his brother's bail hearing last week, with magistrate Desmond Nair ultimately choosing to award the Paralympic and Olympic athlete bail for £74,000.
Lawyer Kenny Oldwage said in a statement from the family: "There is no doubt that Carl is innocent and the charge will be challenged in court.
"Blood tests conducted by the police at the time proved that he had not been under the influence of alcohol, confirming that it was a tragic road accident after the deceased collided with Carl's car,"
Meanwhile Oscar Pistorius spent his first night under bail conditions at his uncle's home on Saturday.
The Sunday Independent newspaper in South Africa tried to speak to the 26-year-old at his new address with uncle Arnold Pistorius, where Pistorius will remain as part of the terms of his bail.
"Hello, this is Oscar speaking," Pistorius began, before refusing to take any questions and handing the phone across to his uncle.
The paper reported that he sounded 'dejected'.
A spokeswoman for the sprinter, Lunice Johnston, said that Pistorius was in mourning over the death of Steenkamp and had sent her family a bouquet with a hand-written note.
"Oscar and his family are relieved bail has been granted," Johnston said, "but they are still grieving the loss of Reeva. Oscar spent time with his family last night at his uncle’s house in Pretoria.
"He respects their [the Steenkamp family's] time to mourn. Oscar and the Pistorius family feel it’s a private and personal matter between the two families.
"On Monday, two bouquets of flowers were delivered by a relative to Reeva's family, one from Oscar and one from the Pistorius family with hand-written notes. His management team also sent a bouquet."

Athletics - Farah wins New Orleans half marathon in record time

Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah won the New Orleans half marathon in a course record of one hour 59 seconds after holding off Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam in a sprint finish on Sunday.
Ethiopia's 5,000 metres Olympic gold medallist Meseret Defar had an easier time in the women's race finishing in 1:07.25 in a course record and more than a minute ahead of American Shalane Flanagan.
Farah, winner of the 5,000 and 10,000 at the London Games, ran with Gebremariam for the final few kilometres before turning on the speed over the last 200 metres to beat the 2010 New York marathon champion by a second.
"I was working pretty hard. It was an effort. I was really pushing it," Farah told reporters.
"It was definitely a fast course and with good guys pushing the pace."
The previous men's course record was 1:01.07, set by Kenya's Martin Lel in 2010, and the women's was 1:07.36 run in 2011 by New Zealand's Kim Smith.
Lel, a three-times London marathon winner, was fourth on Sunday some three minutes behind the leading pair.
Farah will run half the London marathon in April prior to making his debut over the full distance in 2014.
Looking ahead to the longer race the 29-year-old said: "It is going to be a completely different ball game. It does not necessarily mean that I am going to be amazing at it, I've got to go out there and do it. I am quite excited."

Rugby - Six Nations - Gutsy Scotland beat wasteful Ireland

Scotland somehow powered their way to a 12-8 Six Nations win over Ireland at Murrayfield despite being dominated for long periods.
The Scots were 8-0 down in the 53rd minute and the margin should have been much greater, but after weathering the storm, four penalties from Greig Laidlaw saw them pick up an unlikely victory.
Ireland were missing key players through injury, most notably fly-half Jonathan Sexton, but questions over the future of coach Declan Kidney are sure to intensify as they somehow conspired to lose a match where they enjoyed 74 per cent of the possession.
Injury problems forced Ireland into five changes from the side that lost to England with the most noteworthy new inclusions being Ulster debutants Paddy Jackson and Luke Marshall in the Irish backline.
Jackson – chosen at fly-half ahead of Ronan O'Gara – got off to nervy start as he knocked on after just over a minute and also missed his first penalty, but the opposite was true of Marshall who burst forward twice with attacks in the opening 40 minutes.
Those runs helped Ireland dominate the first half in terms of both possession (78 per cent) and territory (80 per cent) yet somehow they only went in at the break leading 3-0.
Twice they kicked for the corner off penalties deep inside the Scottish 22 but their line-out was sloppy throughout while Keith Earls couldn't quite find Brian O'Driscoll with another attack despite a run from inside his own-half to just five meters out.
Jackson finally kicked over three points with a regulation penalty in the 36th minute but Scotland will have been mightily relieved to go in at the break trailing by only three points especially as they had to survive 10 minutes without Ryan Grant who was sin-binned for a little tug on Conor Murray after the Irish scrum-half tapped a quick penalty.
That yellow might have been a little harsh but there were a couple of incidents when Scotland could have had other players binned – most notably when Robert Harley crashed into an airborne Peter O'Mahony while the Irishman was gathering a high ball.
After spending forty minutes trying, and failing, to get over the try line in the first half, it took Ireland just four minutes to score a five-pointer in the second.
Craig Gilroy spun well and churned the legs over from close range after powerful runs from Sean O'Brien and Rob Kearney got them to within five metres.
Jackson missed the conversion though and Scotland were back to within a score in the 53rd minute when they won a penalty after a rare attack in the Irish half.
Jackson had another chance with a penalty soon after but again screwed his attempt wide as his nervy debut saw him finish with just one for four kicking stats.
Scotland then closed the gap further in the 60th minute when they forced an Irish scrum to collapse – allowing Laidlaw another penalty in front of the posts.
A driving maul off a line-out set up another Scottish penalty just four minutes later. Knowing the penalty was awarded, Laidlaw tried a looped kick over the Irish try line but while that didn't quite work out, he cut the penalty in perfectly from a tough angle.
Now behind, Ireland brought on O'Gara thinking a kick might be the difference, but the Munster veteran's most meaningful contribution was a horribly misjudged one as he inexplicably kicked cross-field just outside his own 22 six minutes from time. The ensuing madness eventually led to another penalty that Laidlaw converted to make it 12-8.
Ireland were awarded a penalty at the other end with three minutes to go and by that stage they felt they had to go for broke. They camped in the Scottish 22' for the final few minutes but some great Scottish defence held them up.
The Irish had one last chance after the 80 minute mark when they were awarded a penalty as Scotland failed to build one last scrum but a knock-on from Marshall ensured a second successive win for them and a second successive defeat for the struggling Irish.

Spanish Liga - Manucho wins it for Valladolid at Rayo

Manucho helped Real Valladolid secure a win over Rayo Vallecano with a critical late strike in Real Valladolid's 2-1 victory at Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas.
Other goals in the match came on a header by Henrique Sereno in the 71st minute and a right-footed shot by Jordi Amat in the 72nd minute.
With 37 points Los Franjirojos trail Real Sociedad by three for the final Europa League spot, and have compiled a record of 12 wins, 12 losses and one draws on the season. Real Valladolid now sit in 11th in the table with a record of nine wins, 10 losses and six draws.

Match stats

Real Valladolid had 32.3% of possession. Real Valladolid had 13 shots, including three on goal.

Dani Hernández stopped seven shots.

Manucho had three shots for Real Valladolid, more than any of his team-mates

Dani Hernández's 16 passes to Manucho were the most between any Real Valladolid team-mates during the match.

Rayo Vallecano actually came out on top in terms of ball possession, posting a 67.7% possession rate during the contest.

The Rayistas managed 18 shots, but it was not enough. They also completed 444 passes and had 31 crosses in the match.

The four attempts by Roberto Trashorras were the most of any Rayo Vallecano player.

The combination of Alejandro Gálvez to Amat was the most common during the match, as the two players connected 19 times.

Modern Pentathlon - Fell shows great fight to end ninth at opening World Cup

Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell claimed Britain's sole top-10 finish at the opening modern pentathlon World Cup of the season.
The 29-year-old battled her way to ninth in California a day after Joe Evans had set the bar high for the British women's quartet by claiming bronze. Fell climbed from 27th after the fencing phase to break into the top ten while Kate French was the best of the other British women after finishing 19th. Katy Burke was just two places behind in 21st while Jo Muir, making her World Cup debut in Palm Springs, came home in 30th place in the final. Burke was joint tenth after the fencing phase with 19 wins from 35 contests with French 16th, Fell down in 27th and Muir nine places back in 36th. Fell, who won Olympic silver at Beijing 2008, moved up to 23rd after the 200m freestyle swim however Burke was still the best as she moved up to seventh. Muir progressed to 33rd while French dropped to 23rd before Fell's surge up the overall standings gathered further pace in the riding arena. Dropping only 40 points from the maximum 1200, she was up to 18th and then climbed another nine places after recording the sixth quickest run/shoot time. Fell clocked 12:31.17 minutes to end ninth while Burke was ninth after the riding only to fall to 21st following a run/shoot time of 13:33.73. French maintained a position of 19th in the last two events while Muir climbed to 31st and then 30th on her World Cup debut.

Cricket - Abbott steals show on debut as South Africa sweep Pakistan

Debutant Kyle Abbott took nine wickets as South Africa completed a 3-0 series sweep over Pakistan with a crushing innings-and-18-run victory in the third and final Test at Centurion.
Abbott was the pick of the South African seamers on a helpful wicket, recording match figures of nine for 68.
Pakistan were bowled out for 235 in their second innings, having managed 156 in their first in reply to South Africa's 409.
The result cements South Africa's position as the number one Test team in the world.