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Kluivert's goal helps Milan enter Italian Cup finalPARMA: Dutchman Patrick Kluivert scored a priceless equaliser in the fourth minute of inj...

Kluivert’s goal helps Milan enter Italian Cup final

PARMA: Dutchman Patrick Kluivert scored a priceless equaliser in the fourth minute of injury-time last night, earning AC Milan a 2-2 draw at Parma and a place in the Italian Cup final. Kluivert, who had also scored in first-half injury time, drove home the decider just when all looked lost for Fabio Capello’s team.

AC Milan now meet Lazio in next month’s final over two legs and their last move before the whistle provided a stunning finale to a match which had first swung Milan’s way and then Parma’s, before finally being decided on the away goals rule. The first leg had finished goalless.

Kiwis’ behaviour comes under fire

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WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s cricket team has been attacked for “childish” and aggressive on-field behaviour by a leading coaching official. Coaching New Zealand president Nicki Turner, a former women’s international cricketer, said players in most sports had markedly improved their conduct in recentyears.

However, Turner criticised the men’s cricket team for their “childish and inappropriate” language and derision of opponents this season. “The (CNZ) executive are very concerned with what’s happening with the top men’s side at the moment,” Turner said.

Aussie swimmer tests positive

SYDNEY: Australian swimmer and world championship silver medalist Richard Upton said he had tested positive for a banned drug administered by his doctor as treatment for a throat infection. Upton said he had tested positive for probenecid in an out-of-competition test last month. He faces a two-year ban but vowed to clear his name. Upton said he was innocent because the substance was part of an antibiotic treatment for tonsillitis.