SPORTS DIGEST: Indian opener Virender Sehwag, who was 247 not out against Pakistan after day four in the first Test yesterday, lashed out at the docile state of the Lahore pitch.
"It is the prerogative of the home side to prepare the pitch. We are ready to play on any wicket but such wickets are not good for cricket," Sehwag said.
Sehwag and captain Rahul Dravid (128) are 10 runs short of the world record opening stand of 413 runs set 49 years ago by Indians Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy after a frustrating day for the bowlers.
India were 403 without loss with one day left, 276 behind Pakistan's imposing first innings of 679 for seven declared, and the match almost certain to end in a draw.
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An assistant referee was sent off from a Swedish third division ice hockey game over the weekend for being drunk.
During the contest between Sveg IK and Halsingegardens AIK one of the two assistant referees started behaving increasingly erratically and, smelling alcohol on his breath, the players became suspicious.
"The longer the match went on, the more he started to fall over and hold on to the boards, dropping his whistle and making contradictory signals," Sveg trainer Hakan Nilsson said.
"Some of the signs don't even exist in hockey. They looked more like he was doing the doggy paddle."
The third period of the game, which Sveg won 6-3, was played with the remaining two referees.
Ronnie O'Sullivan began the defence of his Snooker Masters title in fine fashion with a 6-0 whitewash of Ian McCulloch.
The Rocket was not at his vintage best at the Wembley Conference Centre, but was always in control against the Lancastrian left-hander in their second round clash.
"I really enjoyed it out there," said O'Sullivan, who recently made a U-turn on his announcement that he had fallen out of love with snooker. O'Sullivan sported a T-Shirt which said "I love snooker" at a press conference last Friday.
O'Sullivan knocked in breaks of 69, 50, 87 and 54 on the way to earning a quarter-final meeting with either former world champion Peter Ebdon or wildcard Stuart Bingham.
German investigators have filed charges against three former Toyota Motorsport officials suspected of using technology stolen from Ferrari to test racing car aerodynamics, Cologne prosecutors said yesterday.
The unidentified officials are accused of violating German competition law by using a data analysis programme brought over by a technician who joined the Toyota Formula One team from Ferrari in early 2002.
The Toyota officials used the programme in 2002 and 2003 to develop race cars even though they knew the software had been obtained illegally, the statement said.
Toyota Motorsport had no immediate comment on the charges.
Two more crews in the Atlantic Rowing Race have had to be rescued after their boats capsized, writes Liam Gorman.
As Irishmen Gearoid Towey and Ciaran Lewis revelled in their first full day back on home ground, news came through that the crews of American Fire Atlantic Challenge and Team Sun Latte had also been forced to abandon after their boats turned over.
The United States Coast guard again picked up a signal from an Epirb (Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon) on Sunday evening. They diverted a US Sail Training Ship, Stavros S Niarchos, to the location of the incident and it rescued the American crew of Sarah Kessans and Emily Kohl yesterday morning.
