IN Brief — WI ODI side

The team: Courtney Walsh (captain), Brian Lara, Stuart Williams, Junior Murray, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper, Roland Holder, Floyd Reifer, Laurie Williams, Curtly Ambrose, Franklyn Rose, Mervyn Dillon, Dinanath Ramnarine.

Ranatunga sore

BRIDGETOWN: Arjuna Ranatunga, captain of the reigning world one-day cricket champions Sri Lanka, said here yesterday that he was upset that his side did not play enough five-day Test cricket.

He made his complaints to reporters at Barbados’ international airport, where he and his team were awaiting a connecting flight to Port-of-Spain, the site for the solitary limited overs international on Friday.

“Unfortunately, a lot of people do not give us enough Test cricket. This is the first time we have come to the West Indies to play a Test match after 16 years,” Ranatunga said.

FIFA threaten ban

SINGAPORE: Football’s governing body Fifa has threatened to ban Singapore over compensation for two overseas players, a report said today.“If the players aren’t compensated in 30 days, it is our standard procedure to set another deadline and suspend the affiliate in the meantime,” The Evening daily newspaper quoted a Fifa spokesman as saying.

Miller kicked out

SYDNEY: Olympic swim silver medallist Scott Miller has been told to leave the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) because of concerns over his commitment to training, AIS director John Boultbee said today.

Miller was on a temporary residential scholarship, reportedly worth Australian $ 25,000, when told on Sunday by Boultbee that he and Australian head coach Don Talbot had consulted and decided “this isn’t the place for you”.

Helen Jacobs dead

EASTHAMPTON: Helen Jacobs, whose rivalry with Helen Wills Moody spiced the world of tennis in the 1930s, died at age 88. Jacobs died on Monday in Easthampton, where she had lived for four years.

Jacobs won the US National title four straight times from 1932-35, Wimbledon in 1936 and achieved the No 1 world ranking in 1936.

She was a commander in the US Navy intelligence service during World War II, one of only five women to achieve that rank. She retired from tennis in 1947 and was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1962.