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■ Golf
Lewis takes Lumber Classic
J.L. Lewis closed with a career-low and course-record 10-under-par 62 on a marathon on Sunday to capture the PGA Tour's 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania. Lewis' 22-under 266 total established a new tournament record and earned him US$720,000 in prize money. He moved to 17th on the money list -- in position for the Tour Championship -- with 1.91 million dollars. Frank Lickliter, Stuart Appleby of Australia and Tim Petrovic shared second place at 20-under 268, collecting US$298,666 each. Cameron Beckman, Jesper Parnevik of Sweden and Rocco Mediate tied for fifth at 271. Lewis broke the Nemacolin Woodlands Mystic Rock Course record of 64, which was set and matched by several players over the first three rounds. He was 14-under for the day.

■ Cricket
Pakistan gets angry
The Pakistan Cricket Board has threatened it will seek millions of dollars in compensation and push for Asian-bloc boycotts if South Africa's tour of Pakistan doesn't go ahead. South African cricket officials canceled the tour after a small bomb exploded last Friday in the port city of Karachi, where some of the matches had been scheduled for next month. Five people were injured in the blast, which Pakistani police said was motivated by a business dispute and was not an act of terrorism. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Tauqir Zia wrote to International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani, saying that the Pakistani board would lose around US$7 million if the South African tour was scrapped. He said the board would also lose about US$3 million if New Zealand also declined to play five limited-overs internationals in November and a further US$11 million if India refused to send a team to Pakistan in February next year.

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