LONDON - KEVIN Pietersen has resigned as England captain after his relationship with team coach Peter Moores broke down, Sky News reported on Wednesday.
BEIJING - A CHINESE speed skater has been banned from national competition for a year after he gave a 'one-fingered salute' to spectators who had jeered him, state press reported on Wednesday.
Song Xingyu, 20, stuck his middle finger up at the crowd after crossing the finish line of the 10,000m event at the National Games in northeast China on Sunday.
LONDON - CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich slipped from first to third in British football's rich list, replaced at the top by the man behind Manchester City, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The annual list compiled by the football magazine FourFourTwo puts Sheik Mansour, whose Abu Dhabi United Group bought City from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September, at the top with a personal fortune of 15 billion pounds (S$33 billion).
LONDON - FORMULA One champions Ferrari would be prepared to supply engines to whoever takes over the Honda team but nothing has been agreed so far, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
'They (the team management) have asked us if we are able to provide engines and we said yes,' he said. 'That's it, nothing more.'
