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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 20, 2007

SOCCER

Mourinho Leaves Chelsea Post

LONDON - Jose Mourinho quit as manager of Chelsea on Wednesday, one day after the team was held to a 1-1 tie by Rosenborg in its European Champions League opener. Chelsea (3-1-2) is fifth in the English Premier League and plays at Manchester United on Sunday.

'Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today by mutual consent,' the English team said early Thursday on its Web site.

Mourinho led the club to Premier League titles in 2005 and '06, and he won the Football Association Cup and the League Cup during his tenure. But twice losing in the semifinals of the Champions League put him at odds with billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.

A Goal In The Name Of Sportsmanship

LONDON - Leicester deliberately allowed Nottingham Forest to score a goal in a League Cup match replayed because a player collapsed with a heart failure during the original game. Leicester players stood aside to let Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith walk up the field with the ball and kick it into an open net after 23 seconds of Tuesday night's second-round game.

Gary Megson, Leicester's manager, said the gesture was in reaction to Nottingham leading 1-0 in the initial match Aug. 28, abandoned at halftime after Leicester's Clive Clarke collapsed in the dressing room. Clarke is still recovering.

'We felt it was morally right for us to come here and start 1-0 behind in reacting to what went on three weeks ago,' Megson said.

Leicester won Tuesday's game 3-2.

LEGAL

Exec Suing Thomas Was Ready To Quit

NEW YORK - A Madison Square Garden executive was ready to quit her high-salaried position - and was nearly fired over her inability to handle work responsibilities - in the months before she sued New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment, a top MSG official testified Wednesday.

Steve Mills, MSG Sports president and CEO, was the first witness called as Thomas and MSG opened their defense in federal court against the charges made in a $10 million lawsuit by Anucha Browne Sanders. Mills attended Princeton with Browne Sanders' sister.

MORE LEGAL: Former NASCAR driver Aaron Fike appeared in Warren County Common Pleas Court in Lebanon, Ohio, on charges stemming from his arrest in an amusement park parking lot with what police said was heroin and drug tools. Fike, 24, of Cornelius, N.C., did not enter a plea, and no trial date was set. Fike remained free on an own-recognizance bond.

ELSEWHERE

Typhoon Postpones World Cup

SHANGHAI, China - Fallout from Typhoon Wipha forced two Women's World Cup matches scheduled for Wednesday to be pushed back to today. In final games in Group C today, it's Norway vs. Ghana and Australia vs. Canada. In Group D, it's Brazil vs. Denmark and China vs. New Zealand. Ghana has been eliminated but the other seven have quarterfinal hopes.

BASKETBALL: Candace Parker scored 15 of her 23 points in the second half to help the United States edge Australia 70-66 in an exhibition game at Uncasville, Conn.

COLLEGES: Margeaux Sinibaldi broke the Sunshine State Conference digs record and led Tampa to a 3-1 win against Rollins. Sinibaldi's 10 digs gave her 1,817 for her career. ... Evelina Viiri scored the winning goal as Saint Leo's women beat Florida Southern 3-2 in double overtime. ... Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was sidelined by an injured right ankle for the second straight day of practice, but he's hopeful of playing Saturday against Charleston Southern. ... The on-field debut for 59-year-old linebacker Mike Flynt will have to wait another week. Flynt said doctors have not cleared him to play Saturday in Sul Ross State's home opener against East Texas Baptist.

CYCLING: Germany's Joerg Jaksche, the first rider to admit using blood doping prepared by a Spanish doctor in the Operation Puerto scandal, was banned for one year by the Austrian cycling federation.

GYMNASTICS: Russians Olga Kapranova and Vera Sessina won finals at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Patras, Greece.

HOCKEY: Penguins winger Petr Sykora will miss at least two preseason games because of a broken nose and probably won't resume practicing until next week. Sykora was injured Tuesday.

HORSE RACING: A Puerto Rican horse that can't win a race at least now has a claim to fame. Dona Chepa, a 9-year-old brown mare, finished last in a six-horse field at Camarero Racetrack in San Juan, a 125th consecutive loss that is believed to be the longest in history. Track spokesman Joe Bruno said the loss surpasses an equine losing record of 0-124 set by Australian horse Ouroene, who raced from 1976-83.

TENNIS: Martina Hingis was upset by local favorite Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-1 at the China Open in Beijing, while defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew with a stomach injury

A Tribune staff, wire report

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