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Despite calls from Southern Cal fans to bench starting QB John David Booty, Trojans coach Pete Carroll confirmed that he would not demote the Heisman candidate, despite his four interception performance in the loss to Stanford.

“I’m not doing that,” Carroll said regarding a quarterback change. “That’s not what I would be thinking. It’s not a one-guy deal. It’s real easy to point it all at the quarterback. I’m not going to do that. If it was really a one-guy situation, the decision would be clear.

“It isn’t just because of the thrower. There’s a lot of things we can work on to be more efficient.”

Carroll said he is not sure of Booty’s status due to a broken middle finger on his throwing hand, but he will prepare backup QB Mark Sanchez and see how Booty recovers.

“It’s black and blue and all that kind of stuff,” Carroll said. “Mark has to go with the first group and play like he’s starting until he doesn’t. We’re going to prepare him as the starter.”

Sanchez took all the snaps with the first team during Monday’s practice.

Sanchez, a redshirt sophomore, said he felt for Booty, but was ready to make his first start if called upon.

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel anything different at all,” Sanchez said. “It’s a matter of having a good week of practice, prepare like I always do — be ready to play if they need me. They just said to be ready. I got a lot of reps today.

“This team is looking to bounce back. We’ve got to play like ourselves, play like we’re capable of playing. I’m ready to perform, do whatever they need.”

Booty saw a specialist for his injury on Monday and has been medically cleared to practice with the team.

Afterward, Booty said he hoped the broken bone in the middle finger of his throwing hand wouldn’t keep him from playing Saturday against Arizona.

“That’s my goal, is to go tomorrow, give it a shot,” he said. “I can take the pain, for the most part. If I feel like I can compete, throw the ball accurately with some velocity, then I can play.”

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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns were awaiting MRI results on running back Jamal Lewis’ sprained right foot, an injury that knocked him out after one play in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots.

Browns coach Romeo Crennel said Monday that X-rays on Lewis’ foot were negative.

Lewis broke off an 11-yard run on his only carry in the Browns’ 34-17 loss before leaving the game. He didn’t feel the injury was serious and after having his foot re-taped looked like he was ready to return.

“He wanted to come back in and they tested him on the sidelines and jogged him up and down but the medical people didn’t feel like it was enough so they held him out,” Crennel said.

Lewis signed a one-year free agent contract with the Browns in March after spending the past seven seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He had off-season surgery on his right ankle, but said the foot injury was not related.

Wide receiver Joe Jurevicius sustained a knee injury in the second quarter on Sunday and didn’t return. X-rays were also negative and Jurevicius said Monday that he was feeling better.

Tight end Darnell Dinkins suffered a hand injury and was scheduled to see a specialist, Crennel said.

Also, safety Brodney Pool is not expected to miss any significant time with a thigh injury.

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A new brainwave from Blatter.He is plotting on working out a law which would limit the foreign players allowed in a club’s starting XI to five.Having too many “foreigners” in a team according to him is bad for the identity of the club -whatever that’s supposed to mean.He said..
“This is a matter of principle. We need to protect the national identity of the football clubs. The EU say that this is not possible based on free circulation of workers but in football principles are different – footballers are not workers and you must be 11 players not one.”
Eight reasons here why this latest brainwave is not one of the better ideas he’s had.

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The Keystone Boxing show slated for Friday, October 19 at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, MD has been postponed until Friday, November 9. No word given for the postponment.

This makes November a VERY busy month with five pro cards scheduled for the month. The Jonathan Odgen Foundation benefit card will be on Thursday, November 1. Fight Night at the Washington Hilton and Towers will be on Thursday, November 8. Then the Rosecroft show on November 9 followed by a Left Hook Boxing card on Saturday, November 17 at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, VA. The month ends with a Ballroom Boxing card at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD on Thursday, November 29.

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Bolton have been drawn against European giants Bayern Munich in the Uefa Cup group stage.

Everton, Tottenham and Aberdeen also learnt their fate in Tuesday’s draw at Uefa headquarters in Nyon.

Sammy Lee’s Bolton will take on Bundesliga leaders Bayern in Group F, with the game to be played at The Allianz Arena.

The Trotters also face Braga of Portugal, Crvena Zvezda and Aris Thessaloniki of Greece.

Tottenham will go up against Anderlecht in a rematch of 1984 final, which Spurs won on penalties after two legs.

Spanish outfit Getafe, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Aalborg are Tottenham’s other opponents in Group G.

Blackburn’s conquerors Larissa have been drawn in Group A alongside Everton.

David Moyes’ men will also play Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, Zenit St Petersburg and Nurnberg.

Aberdeen face a tough task to qualify for the last 32 from a difficult Group B.

Atletico Madrid, FC Copenhagen, Panathinaikos and Lokomotiv Moscow make up the SPL side’s group.

Full draw

Group A
AZ Alkmaar
Zenit St Petersburg
Everton
Nurnberg
Larissa

Group B
Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
FC Copenhagen
Aberdeen

Group C
Villarreal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
IF Elfsborg

Group D
Basel
Hamburg
Rennes
Dinamo Zagreb
SK Brann

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
FC Zurich

Group F
Bayern Munich
Bolton Wanderers
Braga
Crvena Zvezda
Aris Thessaloniki

Group G
Anderlecht
Tottenham Hotspur
Getafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H
Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsingborgs

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Benitez: No panic

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has called for calm amid the club’s current run of poor form.

The Reds have won just two of their last seven games, but Benitez does not see the need for panic.

Positive

“This is not a time for being negative, it is a time for being positive,” said Benitez.

“We are still unbeaten in the league, qualification for the Champions League depends on that and we are still also in the Carling Cup.

“We are in a better position than last year. In the Premier League we have five more points than at this stage last season, we are closer to the top of the table and with one game in hand.

“We just have to get our confidence back because we have lost it at the moment.”

“At the start of the season we were playing well, with confidence and scoring goals. Now we just need to keep working hard.

“It is difficult with so many players away on international duty but we have spoken to the ones who are here and tried to analyse what has been going wrong.

“The Tottenham game was a couple of days ago now so I am still extremely disappointed with the result. We know why we did not win and that is because we didn’t take our chances and then conceded two goals.

“It is difficult with the players being away but we just have to manage. We have no control over what they do for the next couple of weeks. I just hope they don’t come back with any injury problems.”

Injuries

Benitez is hopeful that he could soon welcome back Xabi Alonso and Daniel Agger from injury.

“Agger and Alonso are still not ready. We said six weeks for them to be out and it is getting close to that by the time the international break is over,” he said.

“We will now have a two-week break for the internationals and we will see how they are after that.

“But even after that, it may not be quite the time. It could be another week or so before they can be considered after that.

“We’ve got to be careful and we’ll have to wait and see about Xabi.

“I think he has a better chance than Agger of being back next week.

“It is too early to say anything at the moment. They are both progressing well but I’ll need to speak with the physio and the doctors next week before we know what the situation is.”

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MEXICO CITY — After a humiliating defeat in Mexico’s presidential election last year, Roberto Madrazo appeared to be back on top: He’d won the men’s age-55 category in the Sept. 30 Berlin Marathon with a surprising time of 2:41:12.

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Roberto Madrazo didn’t win the Mexican presidential election — and organizers said he didn’t win the 55-and-over category of the Berlin Marathon after they realized he took a short cut.

But Madrazo couldn’t leave his reputation for shady dealings in the dust. Race officials said Monday they disqualified him for apparently taking a short cut — an electronic tracking chip indicates he skipped two checkpoints in the race and would have needed superhuman speed to achieve his win.

According to the chip, Madrazo took only 21 minutes to cover nine miles — faster than any human can run. “Not even the world record holder can go that fast,” race director Mark Milde said.

In a photograph taken as he crossed the finish line, Madrazo wears an ear-to-ear grin and pumps his arms in the air. But he also wore a wind breaker, hat and long, skintight running pants — too much clothing, some said, for a person who had just run 26.2 miles in 60-degree weather.

Madrazo’s outfit caught the attention of the New York-based marathon photographer Victor Sailer, who alerted race organizers that they might have a cheater on their hands.

“It was so obvious to me, if you look at everyone else that’s in the picture, everyone’s wearing T-shirts and shorts, and the guy’s got a jacket on and a hat or whatever,” Sailer said. “I looked at it and was like, wait a second.”

The world record for 15 kilometers — the distance Madrazo covered in 21 minutes — is 41 minutes 29 seconds, by Felix Limo of Kenya.

At a Mexico City taxi stand on Monday, drivers Octavio Elizalde Cerrillo and Roberto Valle Rivera poked fun at Madrazo’s troubles. They, like other Mexicans their age, lived under decades of uninterrupted rule by Madrazo’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, which often resorted to fraud to win elections, leaving many deeply distrustful of politicians.

“If he’s a cheat at one thing, he’ll cheat at anything,” said Valle Rivera, 44.

“If you’re going to steal, you’ll steal here, in the United States, in Europe, everywhere in the world,” Elizalde Cerrillo, 41, added with a smile.

Madrazo’s reputation at home was already tarnished. In 1996, Mexico’s attorney general confirmed reports that he had spent tens of millions of dollars more than the legal campaign spending limit in his winning 1994 bid for the Tabasco state governorship.

While under investigation on those charges, Madrazo told police he was kidnapped for seven hours, beaten and threatened with death by unidentified assailants. Police couldn’t find evidence of any such abduction, and many saw it as a sympathy ploy.

During the 2006 presidential campaign, opponents plastered walls with posters reading, “Do you believe Madrazo? I don’t either!”

In June, Madrazo completed the San Diego marathon with a time of 3:44:06, more than an hour slower than his time in Berlin, Mexican newspaper Reforma reported. Madrazo’s office did not return phone calls from The Associated Press.

Race director Milde noted that Madrazo may have intended to drop out and taken a short cut to reach the start-finish area.

“I don’t know if it was his intention or accidental: I try to believe in the good of people,” Milde said. But the fact that Madrazo appears to be celebrating in the photograph could go against this theory, he added.

Some 32,500 people finished the race and about 40 are disqualified every year, Milde said.

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Japan’s Nanako Kikuchi was the WBC Strawweight Champion from November 7, 2005 to May 17, 2007.
Nanako was born March 25, 1975.
Her pro boxing debut was in Tokyo on September 21, 2003,
She was defeated by the U.S’s Carina Moreno.

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Hartley: Sidelined

Paul Hartley has been forced to pull out of the Scotland squad through injury.

The midfielder picked up a hamstring problem in Celtic’s 2-1 victory over Gretna on Sunday and was rated as very doubtful for Scotland.

It has now been confirmed that he will miss his country’s Euro 2008 qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia.

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan announced on Monday that he expected Hartley to remain sidelined for around three weeks.

Alex McLeish must now reassess his options, with Darren Fletcher also suspended for the game against Ukraine at Hampden Park.

Defender Gary Caldwell is struggling with a knee injury as well, so McLeish may decide to bring in reinforcements.

Scotland are currently top of Group B and can close in on qualification with victory over Ukraine on Saturday and Georgia four days later.

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