Bolton Wanderers Newcastle United and Middlesbrough would all be interested if Giggs was

Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough would all be interested if Giggs was put up for sale.Ferguson is said to be unhappy that the board have only offered Giggs a one-year extension to the contract which expires at the end of next season. Ryan Giggs could be the next high-profile player to leave Manchester United after turning down the offer of a new contract amid reports that the club are willing to listen to offers for the 30-year-old Welsh winger. I want to end my career at Manchester United and asked them to reconsider.”The club have gone away to consider it and we’re now waiting to arrange a second meeting I hope that they come back to me with a longer deal. The match referee, Clive Lloyd, penalised Ganguly for the violation of the players’ code of conduct, but the batsman is set to appeal.”The ICC [International Cricket Council] code relating to over-rates needs to be strictly observed and it is important.. to have matches finished on time,” Lloyd said. “The allotted three and a half hours is ample time to bowl the required 50 overs.”Pakistan won the match by six wickets, which was played to celebrate the Indian Cricket Board’s 75th anniversary.Ganguly had breached clause C1 of the code of conduct, which is a level two offence, and would not ordinarily carry a ban.

However, this was his second such offence within 12 months, and accordingly, it was treated as a level three offence.Lloyd also fined two players, Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana and India’s Irfan Pathan for a mid-pitch spat during the match.. Sourav Ganguly, the Indian cricket captain, was suspended yesterday for two Tests due to India’s slow bowling rate in the one-day international against Pakistan in Calcutta on Saturday.
It is the first time a captain has been banned for a team’s slow over-rate and Ganguly will miss the two-Test home series against South Africa which begins on 20 November. John looked so good, he hasn’t won for a few years but I practise with him a lot and I knew he’d be back.”Higgins won his first ranking title at the 1994 Grand Prix and captured 14 more until his form deteriorated following the birth of his first son, Pierce.Low on confidence, he made alterations to his cue and changed his stance but, aside from the 2002 Irish Masters, the title drought continued. Having sunk to 10th in the provisional rankings before Brighton, the 1998 world champion was feeling down but the imminent birth of his second child took his focus off the tournament, to the extent that he was considering pulling out if it arrived during the event.Higgins was also benefiting from having three quarters of an inch taken off the end of his cue, which has shortened his action and, he claims, eradicated many unforced errors.. It got so bad that at one point last season Higgins ruefully described himself as an “also ran”. “Stephen is such a tough opponent and he played really well all week. He’ll be winning tournaments on a regular basis in the future.

Ronnie called him one of the best young players in the world but he’s actually one of the best players full stop.” Maguire, who won the European Open last season, rises to seventh in the provisional rankings after another impressive week.He said: “I’m a little bit disappointed because when you reach a final you want to win but John played really well At least I didn’t freeze in the final. “When I first started winning tournaments 10 years ago they came in a steady stream but when you haven’t won one for three years you start to doubt yourself.”When I was watching the Grand Prix last month, and how well Ronnie O’Sullivan played, I couldn’t see any way of getting back to that sort of form. A 68 made it 8-5 and Higgins clinched victory two frames later with a run of 97.”I played very well to go from 5-5 to 7-5,” he said. Maguire hit back, though, with runs of 72, 55 and 76 to lead 4-3 before Higgins ended the opening session with an effort of 53 to make it 4-4.At 5-5, Higgins upped his game as he fired in successive breaks of 144 and 107 to go two frames clear again. He opened up against Higgins with a break of 71 but fell 3-1 adrift at the first interval as his compatriot reproduced the form that saw him whitewash Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals.Higgins, appearing in his first ranking final since the LG Cup 13 months ago, made a break of 100 in the third frame as he established his two-frame advantage.