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Tennis: Out of the ordinary Coric has Nadal in sights

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NEW YORK (AFP) - When Borna Coric decided to invest in a tattoo on his right bicep, his mother condemned his teenage impulse as stupid.But should the highly-rated Croatian defeat Rafael Nadal for the second time in under a year at the US Open on Monday, Mrs Coric might just agree with her sons choice of inked words: There is nothing worse in life than being ordinary.Coric, the second youngest player in the top 100, was ranked outside the world 300 at the end of 2014.Now the 18-year-old heads for the seasons concluding Grand Slam event at Flushing Meadows ranked at 35 and poised to hand two-time champion Nadal yet another reason to wish for 2015 to end quickly.Coric has already enjoyed success in New York, winning the junior tournament in 2013.In the senior ranks, he defeated Nadal at Basel in October in what proved to be the Spaniards last match of 2014 before he shut down his season to have his appendix removed.It wasnt a fluke result as Coric then swept past Andy Murray on his way to the Dubai semi-finals in February where it took Roger Federer to stop him.Corics rise up the rankings has also caught the eye of world number one Novak Djokovic who invited him to hit over the winter.John McEnroe predicted Coric will be in the world top 10 within three years.Im happy that I have that kind of pressure and all the people expecting from me, said the Croatian.And obviously it is pressure, you know, but there is going to be for the next 10 or 15 years, so I need to deal with it and just take it as advantage.Earlier this year, Coric hired former Australian Open winner Thomas Johansson as his coach while ex-Wimbledon champion and compatriot Goran Ivanisevic acted as his mentor in his early days.Borna is going to be very, very good, Ivanisevic told atpworldtour.com.He is very strong mentally for his age, he is fast, and probably the player he is most similar to in style is Djokovic. Big occasions do not worry him.Coric made the second round in New York 12 months ago after coming through qualifying.At the French Open this year, he enjoyed his best run so far at a Grand Slam when he reached the third round, seeing off vastly experienced Sam Querrey and Tommy Robredo on the way.He made the second round at Wimbledon, playing two five-setters against Sergi Stakhovsky and Italys Andreas Seppi.Victory over 14-time major winner Nadal on Monday would be comfortably his biggest win and it is not the mission impossible it may have seemed two years ago when the Spaniard captured his second US Open.Nadal is enduring his worst slump in a decade after being dethroned as French Open champion and seeing his ranking slip to 10, his lowest since 2005.But win or lose, Coric knows time is on his side, time to gather even more tattoos.I like the tattoos, so I said, Why not? Im 18 now so I can do whatever I want, he said.So what did his mother say when she saw it?That Im stupid.

Golf: Spieth misses Barclays cut to lose No. 1 ranking

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EDISON (AFP) - Jordan Spieths reign as world number one came to an abrupt end on Friday after a missed cut at the Barclays ensured Rory McIlroy would return to top spot.The Masters and US Open champion had toppled McIlroy from the number one ranking two weeks ago with a runner-up finish to Jason Day at the PGA Championship.But in his first tournament since then, he endured two difficult days at Plainfield Country Club, where he followed up a first-round 74 with a 73 on Friday to miss the cut by five strokes with a seven-over total of 147.Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson was the halfway leader of the $8.25 million tournament, the first leg of the US PGA Tour playoffs.Watson rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt at the 18th to cap a two-under 68 for a seven-under total of 133.He separated himself from a quartet of players on 134 that included British Open champion Zach Johnson, who had five birdies without a bogey in a 65.Johnson was joined at six-under by Swedens Henrik Stenson (66) and Americans Tony Finau (69) and Jason Dufner (68).But it was Spieth in the spotlight as the 22-year-old Texan tried to rebound from a first round that marked his worst score in relation to par all season.He had confidently vowed to bounce back, but couldnt gain any traction as he followed a first-hole birdie with back-to-back bogeys at the fourth and fifth. Another birdie at the sixth was promptly followed by two more bogeys at the seventh and eighth.Spieth rallied briefly with birdies at 10 and 11, but ended up with a double-bogey seven at the par-five 12th where he incurred a penalty for stepping on his ball while he was looking for it in a grassy hazard.Tough week, said Spieth, who was already certain to miss the cut when he capped his round with a bogey at 18.As a result, McIlroy -- who skipped this weeks tournament -- will return to number one in the world when the rankings are updated on Monday.Spieth and McIlroy are both scheduled to tee it up next week at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston as the playoffs progress toward the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, where a $10 million playoff bonus will be up for grabs.I dont know exactly what Im going to do from here as far as how I get prepared for next week, Spieth said, welcoming the Friday start to next weeks event. I have some time to figure it out.Spieth has fashioned one of the great seasons in golf with his first two major victories. He missed a playoff at the British Open by one stroke to finish with a share of fourth before his runner-up finish to Day in the final major of the year.He has also won two other US PGA Tour titles, and hadnt missed a cut since the Players Championship in May -- one of just two prior missed cuts in 2015.When he tees it up next week, Spieth said, hell be thinking about winning the playoffs -- and letting the number one ranking take care of itself.That ranking, its great once you reach it but its not something that Im going to live and die on each week, he said. In my mind, its just about trying to win the FedEx Cup at this point.Spieth went into the Barclays atop the FedEx Cup standings, although Watson could overtake him with a win. With the Tour Championship counting the most toward grabbing the bonus, Spieth said he was far from out of it.Billy Horschel won the FedEx Cup after missing the cut in the first event last year and Im in a better position to win the FedExCup than he was at the time, Spieth said. So why cant I do it, you know?

Athletics: Schippers scorches Beijing, Merritt misses golden send-off

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BEIJING (AFP) - Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers ran into the history books after scorching to world 200m glory on Friday, but there was no golden send-off for Aries Merritt before next weeks kidney transplant.Schippers, the 100m silver-medallist, clocked an electrifying 21.63sec, the fourth fastest time in history, as she lunged at the line to beat Jamaicas Elaine Thompson, who timed a personal best of 21.66sec -- the fifth fastest time ever.It was a remarkable win for Schippers, 23, who eclipsed the European record of 21.71sec set by Marita Koch in 1979 and matched by fellow East German Heike Drechsler in 1986.Only Americans Marion Jones and world record-holder Florence Griffith-Joyner have run the 200m faster than Schippers, who won hepathlon bronze at the Moscow worlds two years ago.But Schippers was quick to distance herself from doping allegations that plagued Koch, Drechsler, Jones and Flo-jo.I know Im clean and I work very hard for it, said Schippers. I do all the dope controls and I dont want to say more than that.The Dutchwoman added: Im very happy with my time and the European record. I hoped coming here for the gold medal and a time under 22 seconds.I did it but I cant believe it.However, there was no golden send-off for Merritt in the mens 110m hurdles, his final race before returning Saturday to the United States for a kidney transplant.The Olympic champion and world record holder won bronze behind two-time European champion Sergey Shubenkov of Russia and Jamaican Hansle Parchment.It means the world to me to be back here and to get a medal, said Merritt, who will receive a kidney from his sister on Tuesday after being diagnosed with a rare disease in the wake of the 2013 worlds in Moscow.I am looking forward to my kidney transplant. My sister will give me one and this is why she did not come to Beijing -- she didnt want to endanger the transplantation.The evenings two other medal events were shared between Jamaica and the US, Danielle Williams winning the 100m hurdles for the former and Tianna Bartoletta crowned long jump world champion thanks to a final effort of 7.14 metres.The first gold medal of the day broke a win drought for hosts China as Liu Hong led Lu Xiuzhi to a one-two in the womens 20 kilometres walk.Liu timed 1:27.45 for gold with Lu on her shoulder. Ukraines Lyudmyla Olyanovska took bronze at 28sec.Elsewhere American Ashton Eaton sat in pole position of the gruelling multi-discipline decathlon.The world record-holder and defending champion, also reigning Olympic and two-time world indoor champion, timed 10.23sec in the opening 100m before leaping a best of 7.88m in the long jump, both leading performances.Eaton, whose Canadian wife Brianne Theisen Eaton claimed silver behind Jessica Ennis-Hill in the womens heptathlon, then managed a best of 14.53m in the shot put, 2.01m in the high jump and a scintillating 45sec dead for the 400m to leave him on 4,703 points overnight.Canadian Damian Warner sat in second with 4,530 points, with Germanys Rico Freimuth third (4,406), with Saturdays second day of action comprising the 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and final strength-sapping 1500m.I was just trying to have fun said Eaton. Its all about having fun.

Motorcycling: Lorenzo tops British MotoGP times

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SILVERSTONE (AFP) - World championship pace-setter Jorge Lorenzo continued where he left off in the Czech Republic last week when he set the fastest time Friday in practice for the British MotoGP.The Yamaha rider, who tops the series courtesy of having more wins than teammate Valentino Rossi despite the two being locked on 211 points, clocked 2min 02.338sec.That was 0.033sec better than two-time champion Marc Marquez on a Honda while nine-time world champion Rossi was down in 10th spot, 0.989sec off the pace.Britains Bradley Smith, on a Yamaha Tech3, was a surprise third fastest, 0.193sec behind Lorenzo.Lorenzo, a three-time winner at Silverstone, nipped ahead of Rossi in the world championship last weekend after winning the Czech MotoGP for his 38th career victory at the elite level.The feeling has been good from the beginning. I didnt expect to improve so much in the afternoon session on my first run, but my lap time was suddenly a second quicker and was fast enough for me to stay in first position, said Lorenzo, a five-time winner in 2015.We still need to improve our pace a little bit, because the track is very cold and this made the tyre go down a little bit after every run. The car racing at Silverstone is making the asphalt very bumpy, especially on braking, and I think its a bit slower compared to last year, but the bikes seem to be faster, making the lap times similar.Rossi admitted his afternoon session had been compromised by a lack of rear grip on his Yamaha.Here in Silverstone the weather is always a big question mark and just like everybody else we would prefer all practice sessions to be dry, but that might not be possible because the weather is becoming worse, said the Italian.Fortunately Im in the top ten, so its not a big problem if we have a wet practice tomorrow, but we all hope for a dry session so we can improve the setting.Rossi has a best finish at Silverstone of third last year since the race was switched from Donington Park in 2010.

Cycling: Lindeman wins Vuelta stage as Froome struggles in the mountains

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ALTO DE CAPILEIRA (AFP) - Dutch rider Bert Jan Lindeman won Fridays seventh stage of Spains Vuelta at La Alpujarra summit during a first stage in the mountains which proved gruelling for Britains Chris Froome.The Lotto-Jumbo rider withstood the searing Andalusian heat, powering ahead of Belarusian Ilia Koshevoy of Lampre and Italys Fabio Aru of Astana at the line.Frances Jerome Cousin of Europcar finished fourth after taking a tumble in the final straight while en route to victory.Colombian Johan Esteban Chaves of Orica-GreenEdge holds the leaders red jersey, gaining valuable time on Tour de France winner Froome, who crossed the line some 27 seconds behind the favourites.Skys Froome is bidding for a Tour-Vuelta double but fell outside the top ten in the overall standings and is now 12th at 1min 22sec after the first test at altitude. The summit finish favoured the breakaway group with five riders including Lindeman building up a 13-minute lead on the peloton at one point with the Dutch rider proving the strongest and most cunning in the final race for the line.For me, its unexpected to win on our arrival in the mountains, with so many riders targeting the overall standings, said Lindeman.The 26-year-old cleverly let his rivals tire themselves out by repeatedly attacking before he broke through with the decisive acceleration.Its never easy, said Chaves, 25.It was a long day with sweltering heat. Im very happy, each extra day in the red jersey is an important day.I feel good, my legs are very good. To be with the best is an honour for me.Froomes title rivals -- Fabio Aru (Astana), Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) - all profitted from the Britons difficulties.27 seconds is a considerable amount of time against an important rival, said Quintana, second in the Tour de France this year behind Froome.Saturdays eighth stage will leave Andalusia with the 182.5km run from Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia largely set to favour the sprinters despite a category three climb to cross twice in the final 40km.

Australia regain Women's Ashes

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LONDON (AFP) - Australia regained the womens Ashes with a 20-run win over England in the second Twenty20 international at Hove on Friday.Victory gave Australia an unbeatable 10-4 points lead in the multi-format series, which concludes with a now dead rubber Twenty20 in Cardiff on Monday.England captain Charlotte Edwards elected to field after winning the toss and then saw her side restrict Australia to a seemingly meagre 107 for seven in 20 overs.But England in reply collapsed to 87 all out -- their lowest score in a Twenty20 international -- with recalled seamer Rene Farrell taking three for 17 to win the player-of-the-match award.Ellyse Perry and Farrell both took two wickets in an over as England slumped to 28 for five after their six-over power play.Experienced England batsmen Edwards and Sarah Taylor both fell for eight and the hosts never recovered from seeing two of their best players fall so cheaply.England came into this match with their confidence boosted by a seven-wicket win in the first Twenty20 at Chelmsford on Wednesday.Australia, the reigning 50-over and Twenty20 world champions, had previously won the one-off Test and two of the three one-day internationals.England knew they needed to win all three Twenty20 matches to level the overall score at 8-8 and so retain the Ashes by virtue of holding them prior to this series.But having done well in the field at Hove, they panicked with the bat as Australia, well led by 23-year-old captain Meg Lanning, won their first Ashes in England since 2001.Its nice to get our hands back on those Ashes, said Lanning. Everyone stepped up and players like Ellyse Perry and Rene Farrell led the way -- they were superb.Its an amazing feeling to win the Ashes in England, especially after such an all-round performance against a quality England side.A dejected Edwards said her side had been beaten by the better team.Its disappointing, but Australia completely outplayed us in the series and they deserve to win the Ashes, she said.I thought we did brilliantly with the ball and we should have chased 108, but we just werent good enough.We havent batted well throughout the series, really, and losing the Ashes will hurt for a while. But 2016 is a big year for us, including the T20 World Cup, and I think we have the players to bounce back.

Year-long Mars isolation experiment starting in Hawaii

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MIAMI (AFP) - Six people are about to shut themselves inside a dome in Hawaii for a year, in the longest US isolation experiment yet aimed at helping NASA prepare for a pioneering journey to Mars.The crew includes a French astrobiologist, a German physicist and four Americans -- a pilot, an architect, a doctor/journalist and a soil scientist.They are based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet (11 meters) in diameter and 20 feet (six meters) tall.In a place with no animals and little vegetation around, they will close themselves in on Saturday, marking the official start to the 12-month mission.The men and women have their own small rooms, with space for a sleeping cot and desk, and will spend their days eating foods like powdered cheese and canned tuna, only going outside if dressed in a spacesuit, and having limited access to the Internet.So what kind of person wants to spend a year of their life this way?Crew member Sheyna Gifford described the team as six people who want to change the world by making it possible for people to leave it at will, she wrote on her blog, LivefromMars.life.Crew architect Tristan Bassingthwaighte said he will be studying architectural methods for creating a more habitable environment and increasing our capability to live in the extreme environments of Earth and other worlds, according to his LinkedIn page.Hoping to learn a lot he added.Any astronauts that go to Mars are facing a trip that would last far longer than the six months that humans typically spend at the orbiting International Space Station.NASAs current technology can send a robotic mission to the Red Planet in eight months, and the space agency estimates that a human mission would take between one and three years.With all that time spent in a cramped space without access to fresh air, food, or privacy, conflicts are certain to occur.The US space agency is studying how these scenarios play out on Earth -- in a program called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) -- before pressing on toward Mars, which NASA hopes to reach sometime in the 2030s.The first HI-SEAS experiment involved studies about cooking on Mars, and was followed by a four-month and an eight-month co-habitation mission. NASA is spending $1.2 million on these simulations, and has just received funding of another million for three more in the coming years according to principal investigator Kim Binsted.That is very cheap for space research, she told AFP by phone from Hawaii.It is really inexpensive compared to the cost of a space mission going wrong.Binsted said that during the eight-month co-habitation mission, which ended earlier this year, conflicts did arise.She said she could not go into detail about the nature of them, without breaching confidentiality of the crew.But the crew was able to work through their problems, she said.I think one of the lessons is that you really cant prevent interpersonal conflicts. It is going to happen over these long-duration missions, even with the very best people, she told AFP.But what you can do is help people be resilient so they respond well to the problems and can resolve them and continue to perform well as a team.Binsted said the first scientific results from the missions should be made public about a year from now.Jocelyn Dunn, a crew member from the previous eight-month mission, said she came to love the inside jokes among the crew, doing daily workouts, and learning to cook things like bagels and pizza dough with the ingredients on hand.I guess I got a taste of marriage, albeit a hexagon of relationships rather than a dyad, she wrote on her blog.Then, just days after the mission ended in mid-June, she described the joy of being on Earth again, eating fresh vegetables, using a knife to cut meat, swimming, and drinking soda and champagne.I couldnt believe how much I had missed the flavors and textures of a juicy steak, she wrote.

Oil prices pump out big two-day rally

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Crude oil prices scored big gains for a second straight day Friday, capping a wild week as traders seemed to view the recent nose-dive as overdone.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for October delivery jumped $2.66 (6.3 percent) to finish at $45.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent North Sea crude for October, the European benchmark, closed at $50.05 a barrel in London, a leap of $2.49 (5.2 percent) from Thursdays settlement.Over the week, WTI gained 11 percent, its strongest weekly increase in four and a half years, after the contract slid Monday to its lowest close in six and a half years, at $38.24 a barrel. Brent was up about 10 percent, its best gain since 2009.Both contracts had soared by about 10 percent on Thursday, rebounding from six-year lows, after news the US economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 3.7 percent in the second quarter.On the supply side, the rebound was supported by Shells shutdown Thursday of two key pipelines in Nigeria, curtailing a large amount of crude for export, because of leaks and sabotage.Its just incredible, said Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group. The reason why oil prices have come back is were feeling the sell-off was overdone.Most of the sell-off wasnt about demand destruction but fears of future demand destruction, he said.Crude fell below $40 a barrel on Monday as investors worried that Chinas slowing growth and stock market turmoil would grind the global economy to a standstill, he said.But now, you look at the economic data thats coming from both Europe and the US, those fears that the China slowdown is having a big impact on the global economy are probably overstated.Other experts pointed to the global oversupply as a continuing weight on the market, where prices have fallen about 50 percent since the mid-2014 peaks. The petroleum markets remain highly volatile, with traders required to act first and evaluate later, said Tim Evans of Citi Futures.Evans noted that oil traders appeared more impressed with the Shanghai stock markets 4.8 percent gain Friday, rather than its nearly eight percent loss over the week.Whats far from clear is whether, or to what extent, the underlying fundamentals have improved.

Dollar up as Fed's Fischer keeps September rate rise alive

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The dollar picked up strength Friday after Stanley Fischer, the Federal Reserve vice chair, said a rate hike is still possible in September.Speaking on the sidelines of the Feds central banking symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fischer acknowledged that the turmoil rooted in China had raised some questions about the economic situation, even if US data remains good.The change in the circumstances which began with the Chinese devaluation is relatively new and we are still watching how it unfolds. So I wouldnt want to go ahead and decide right now, he said in a CNBC interview.We are dealing with something which happened about 10 days ago, particularly the change in the circumstances. Weve got a little over two weeks before we make the decision and weve got time to wait and see the incoming data and see what exactly, what is going on now in the economy.Fischers comments gave the dollar a push to $1.1188 per euro, compared to $1.1239 late Thursday.The greenback also rose to 121.52 yen and to $1.5399 against the pound.The recovery of major equity markets at the end of the week eased some of the stress among traders worldwide, but worries remained over how Chinas slowdown and continuing pressures on the yuan would spill through the global economy.After having slipped against the dollar between Tuesday and Thursday, the yuan pulled back up 0.2 percent Friday to 6.3896 per dollar, roughly the same level it held after the currency was modestly devalued just over two weeks ago.

Smith grateful for Ireland 'work-out' ahead of England series

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BELFAST (AFP) - Australia captain Steven Smith described his sides rain-affected victory over Ireland as a good work-out ahead of the five-match one-day international series against England which starts next week.The squad now head to Cardiff for a lone Twenty20 international against England in the Welsh capital on Monday, but Smith was happy all the boys got what they needed from the game in Belfast.Australia, in their first ODI since beating New Zealand in the World Cup final in Melbourne in March, posted 222 for six in a first innings cut short by rain to 40.2 overs.Man-of-the-match David Warner made 84 and Joe Burns, on his ODI debut, 69 as the openers put on 139 for the first wicket before Ireland, crickets leading non-Test nation, fought back with the ball.Further rain interruptions left Ireland with a revised target of 181 in 24 overs.They were going well with Ed Joyce (44) and Niall OBrien (45) adding 86 for the third wicket, but after off-spinner Glenn Maxwell broke the stand Australias fast bowlers swept Ireland aside, with the hosts eventually dismissed for 157.It was a frustrating day going on and off but Davy Warner and Joe Burns on debut played really nicely, said Smith in his first match as full-time Australia captain following the retirement of Michael Clarke after the 3-2 Ashes defeat by England.In the middle order, we lost a few wickets in clumps which was disappointing but Im not reading too much into that. It was our first game of white ball cricket since the World Cup final.And with the ball, I thought we were pretty good. Nathan Coulter-Nile with the new ball hit good areas and Pat Cummins looked like he was bowling with good pace.Stuart Thompson, who scored 24 off 16 balls, including two sixes off Maxwell, would agree.One delivery from the 22-year-old Cummins broke Thompsons bat as he attempted a pull shot.At the end of that over, the 19th, Ireland needed just 46 more runs to win but Mitchell Starc, the worlds number one ranked ODI bowler, and Cummins were just too good for the Ireland lower-order.Smith surprised most observers by choosing to bat first.Its another ODI and we wanted to win this game and batting first, posting a good total and then putting them under pressure was the best way, said Smith.It looked like it was going to be a slow wicket but I wanted us to get a good hit. It was nice for a few guys to spend time in the middle and I think we got everything we wanted out of this game.Smith added: Ed Joyce and Niall OBrien got a partnership going but I always thought we were just one wicket away from cracking it open and it turned out to be that way.Ireland captain William Porterfield was happy with his sides performance, particularly in taking six wickets for 75 runs after Australias impressive opening stand, but admitted the world champions quality was evident at the finish.I thought we played quite well and came back strongly in both innings, Porterfield said.It is one of the harder periods in 50-over cricket to take wickets, through the middle period, so that was really pleasing against such quality opposition and then to come back from losing two early wickets, Ed and Niall set us up for a big finish.But their class showed in the end.Ireland, in their latest example of giant-killing, beat the West Indies at the World Cup only to be denied a place in the quarter-finals by the Test side on net run-rate.Porterfield said the only way for Ireland to record similar wins was to play the top teams more often.We have only played two one-dayers since the World Cup and we have only three more planned before the start of next season, he explained.That is frustrating because the more fixtures we start getting, we will start winning. It becomes easier the more regularly you play.

Taylor's car antics leave owner stumped

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LONDON (AFP) - Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor was discovered asleep in someone elses car after Nottinghamshires victory over Durham in English county crickets One-Day Cup on Tuesday.Michael Whitaker, 45, from West Bridgford, Nottingham, was leaving for work on Wednesday when he found someone lying in his unlocked Chevrolet Matiz. It turned out to be the 29-year-old Taylor, now a batsman with Midlands county Nottinghamshire.Neither myself, the police or Brendan knew what to do, Whitaker told the Nottingham Post newspaper. I dont think he knew where he was but he was very apologetic and it quickly became clear that it was very innocent.Whitaker added: Realising who it was made it even funnier because how often do you find an international cricket star asleep in your car? Nottinghamshire Police said: We attended the scene but the car had not been broken into and no offences had been committed. The man in the car was extremely apologetic and even offered to get the car valeted. Neither Taylor nor Nottinghamshire have commented.

News of increase in nuclear arsenal baseless: FO

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Spokesperson Foreign Office said on Friday that the news of increase in Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile is baseless. Pakistan is committed to maintaining a minimum amount of nuclear stockpile, reported Dunya News.Reacting to a report by an American agency, Foreign Office stated that Pakistan’s nuclear program is peaceful and responsible whereas Pakistani endeavors to keep its nuclear stockpile at a minimal number.The spokesperson said that Pakistan had given a number of suggestions regarding establishment of peace in the region but India ignored them.Signing nuclear agreements is prelude to regional instability, said the Spokesperson.

Jihadist hacker killed in US air strike was recruiter: Pentagon

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A jihadist hacker who was killed this week in a US air strike in Syria was actively recruiting Islamic State sympathizers to carry out lone wolf attacks in the west, the Pentagon said Friday.Colonel Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for the US Central Command, said Junaid Hussain was specifically targeted in an air strike that killed him August 24 in Raqqa, Syria.He declined to confirm reports that a drone was used to kill Hussain, but he said the British-born jihadist and propagandist was the sole casualty of the air strike.He was involved in actively recruiting ISIL sympathizers in the West to carry out lone wolf style attacks, Ryder said, using an alternative acronym for the Islamic State group.Hussain was believed to be behind a number of cyber attacks, including on Central Command websites and Twitter accounts.Ryder said he was responsible for releasing personally identifying information of approximately 1,300 US military and government employees and specifically sought to direct violence against US service members and government employees.This individual was very dangerous, said Ryder. He had significant technical skills.Still, a US defense official said that as a hacker Hussain was not in the top ranks.The information he posted about US military personnel was cobbled together from open sources on the Internet, and were not obtained by penetrating Pentagon computers, the official said.In 2012, he was sentenced to six months in prison in Britain for illegally gaining access to former British prime minister Tony Blairs address book and publishing information from it.He was also cited by two gunmen who attacked an exhibit featuring cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed on May 3 in Garland, Texas.In Twitter messages just before the attack, which was repelled by police, the assailants called on people to follow Hussain, who reportedly responded on Twitter after the shooting: Allahu Akbar 2 of our brothers just opened fire.

US oil rallies second day; WTI up 6.3%

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NEW YORK (AFP) - US oil prices surged higher for a second straight day Friday, with the US benchmark contract gaining 6.3 percent.West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for October delivery jumped $2.66 to finish at $45.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Thursday WTI prices rocketed 10.3 percent, rebounding from more than six year lows.

Lahore on red alert after major terror attack warnings

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LAHORE: (Dunya News) – Intelligence reports have on Friday warned of major terror attack in Lahore. Important political personalities and installations of Punjab may be targeted. Security has been tightened in the provincial capital, reported Dunya News.According to intelligence sources, a major terror attack may strike the provincial capital of Punjab. There are intelligence reports of 5 terrorists entering Lahore from North Waziristan. Security has been tightened around all the important installations of the city.

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