Windies likely to tour Australia despite contract row
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A contractual dispute between West Indies players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is unlikely to halt next year&#39;s tour of Australia, a WICB spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Australia has retained its place in the Davis Cup world group after outlasting a dogged Moroccan team in today&#39;s doubles rubber at Perth&#39;s Royal Kings Park.
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West Indies captain Brian Lara and other players could miss the one-day series in Australia in a contracts row. The West Indies Cricket Board said its selectors were meeting again to pick another squad for the January series.
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The federal government&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbours is causing tension ahead of Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s visit to the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit in Laos, a newspaper report says.
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New Zealand is an outside chance to be whistled up as a late replacement for the strife-torn West Indies if it fails to front with a full-strength squad for the tri-series cricket one dayers in Australia early next year.
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West Indies captain Brian Lara acknowledges his side has a major problem to overcome if they are to fulfil their goal of becoming the first host nation to win the World Cup.
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Sport: Cricket: Steve Harmison looked more like a Test bowler at his home ground, but the Windies offered little resistance to England's bowlers.
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LONDON: USA skipper Richard Staple looked ahead to the daunting task of tackling world champions Australia and insisted his team will not go down without a fight in their ICC Champions Trophy clash.
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Sydney - Wallaby skipper George Gregan has signed a new three-year contract with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) which takes in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
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Brian Lara will head a West Indies 14-man squad for a triangular one-day international tournament against hosts Australia and Pakistan starting next month.
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Australia name an unchanged squad to face England in the second Ashes Test.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Reports last week that Australian Bennett King would become the West Indies&#39; first ever foreign coach were confirmed at the weekend when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced new appointments.
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Ricky Ponting has said he would be disappointed if senior West Indies players, including batsman Brian Lara, did not join the team&#39;s one-day series tour
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Australia hope to add friendlies against the United States and Mexico to their busy playing schedule for 2007.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting's participation in the World Twenty20 is in doubt due to a "private family issue".
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The West Indies Players&#39; Association (WIPA) late Wednesday spelled out its objections to the WICB demands in the ongoing contract dispute and said it welcomes the offer by Grenada&#39;s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell to mediate a settlement.
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ST GEORGE&#39;S, Grenada, CMC - Grenada&#39;s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, acting as mediator in the impasse between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), says he is committed to preserving the West Indies tour