■ Cricket
Ashes glory beats sex
Australian men would go without sex to see their national team beat England in the current Ashes cricket series, a survey has found. The survey by men's magazine Zoo Weekly found 41 percent of its 20,000 respondents would forego sex for a month if it meant Australia regained the Ashes. Four percent were willing to go without sex for a year if it ensured an Australian win. Captain Andrew Flintoff was rated England's most overrated player by 42 percent of survey respondents. Kevin Pietersen was named the player Australians most love to hate, gaining 42 percent of the vote ahead of Flintoff with 23 percent. Sixty two percent of respondents said Shane Warne, the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket with 694 victims, should be knighted.
■ Soccer
Military man re-elected
Cambodia's soccer federation re-elected a military man as its new president and asked soccer's world governing body to accept the candidate this time. Sao Sokha, a lieutenant general and commander of the military police force, was elected on Saturday as head of the Cambodian soccer federation -- the second election in eight months. Sao Sokha was first elected in April, but FIFA refused to recognize the vote, citing political interference from the government. At the time, FIFA threatened to suspend Cambodia's membership.
■ Soccer
Zidane returns to roots
Zinedine Zidane will visit the birthplace of his parents for the first time in 20 years for charity work. The three-time FIFA World Player of the Year will stay four days in Algeria, government minister Djamal Ould Abbas said on Saturday. Zidane will visit the Mustapha Bacha hospital for children with cancer and another hospital for disabled children. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is also scheduled to meet Zidane. The 34-year-old retired after this year's World Cup and has since worked for charitable organizations. He last visited the country in 1986. His parents were born in a village in the Kabylie region.
■ Cricket
India win warmup match
India defeated the Rest of South Africa by 96 runs on Saturday on the third day of their four-day warmup game played at Sedgars Park. Set 321 for victory, Rest of South Africa was bowled out for 224. Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 36 runs, while Vikram Singh took 2-41 and Harbhajan Singh returned to form with 3-39. Vaughan van Jaarsveld hit 66 and Justin Kemp 53 for the home side. Earlier, India was bowled out for 142 in its second innings. Opening bowler Alfonso Thomas finished with 7-56. Irfan Pathan followed his first innings score of 111 not out with an unbeaten 40. India scored 316-7 declared in its first innings and the home team 138.
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