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Italian Player Killed ROME - Brescia's Italian Cup game against Parma was called off on Wednesday following the death of one of its players. Brescia defender Vittorio Mero was killed in a car accident on Wednesday afternoon. He had not been with the rest of the squad after being suspended. "He was in his wife's car and on his way home. After training, we all went together to eat, joking and talking also about his future, if he would go or stay at Brescia," Brescia coaching assistant Enrico Nicolini was quoted as saying by Italian news agency ANSA. "He was a great man, and you couldn't add any more than that. Parma understood our situation, that to play on would have been impossible." The Italian Cup semifinal match between the two Serie A sides was about to get under way when news came through of Mero's fate. The Brescia players, many in tears, returned to the dressing room and both sides agreed to suspend the game. The game will now be played on Jan. 30. Three's a Charm STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) - American Ed Moses cracked his third world breaststroke record in two days on Wed nes day to complete his domination of a World Cup meet. On the second and final day in the short-course competition, he clocked 57.47 seconds to win the 100-meter breaststroke, improving on his previous best of 57.66 set at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in March 2000. On Tuesday, Moses had broken the 50- and 200-meter world breaststroke records. "Three records in two days. It's probably been the best two days of swimming in my whole life," Moses said. Osmonds Carry Torch SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Local pop singers Donny and Marie Osmond will be among those carrying the Olympic torch on the final stage of its relay to Salt Lake City in Utah for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Games, officials announced on Wednesday. The Osmonds, who have starred on stage and televison, still live in Utah and often talk about growing up in the state. But officials refuse to disclose the identity of the person who will carry the torch into the stadium for the opening ceremony on Feb. 8. "The notable carriers are a lot of fun, but the ordinary heroes, the common man and woman, are the most fun for me to watch," said Kelly Flint, senior vice-president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Dungy Focuses on D INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) - On his first day on the job, Tony Dungy promised to rebuild Indianapolis' defense and lead the Colts to the playoffs and, eventually, the Super Bowl. Dungy was introduced as the Colts coach Wed nes day, one day after signing a five-year, $13-million contract. He pledged to concentrate his efforts on improving a defense that allowed a league-high 486 points last season. "Hopefully, it's pretty simple," Dungy said of his defensive strategy. "It's not what you do, but how you do it. You have to get guys to play hard down in and down out. It's attitude." The 46-year-old Dungy is the Colts' sixth coach in 11 seasons. He replaces Jim Mora, who was fired Jan. 8 after going 6-10 this season and 32-34 in four years. Dungy, fired by Tampa Bay on Jan. 14 after going 54-42 and leading the Buccaneers to four playoff appearances in six seasons, has a track record of quick successes. Racy Outfits TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) - Canada's Olympic speed-skating team might be showing off more than their abilities in Salt Lake City next month with their nearly transparent, high-tech suits. When speed skater, Krisy Myers skated past photographers at the world sprint championships in Norway last weekend, happy-face underwear could be seen through her skin-tight suit. The official yellow uniform, made by Descente, will be transparent to some degree, which has left some pundits wondering if advertisers will take advantage of this attention-grabbing space. An ad on a skater's underwear, and showing through the suit, could definitely grab the attention of millions of viewers around the world, Olympic speed skater Clara Hughes told the Globe and Mail. "It's revealing. You just have to be careful with your choice of underwear," Hughes said. Tyson Strikes Again SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Two of the world's biggest sporting attractions, the Super Bowl and the 2002 Winter Olym pics, may be just weeks away, but both were left overshadowed on Wednesday by the latest scandal involving Mike Tyson. From London to Los Angeles, the sporting spotlight has once again focused on Tyson, who triggered a mass brawl on Tuesday as he and world champion Lennox Lewis were attending a New York news conference to announce details of their long-awaited title match-up. Tyson, rampaging out of control, fought with security guards, bit Lewis on the leg and snarled at reporters before exiting the mayhem screaming, "I just want to kill him" No-Brain Comment ADELAIDE, Australia (Reuters) - The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) was forced to defend captain Steve Waugh on Thursday as South African journalists accused him of making an insensitive remark about fast bowler Steve Elworthy's brain scan. Elworthy ducked into a bouncer from Australia's Glenn McGrath during Tuesday's limited-overs international at Sydney Cricket Ground and was taken to a Sydney hospital. As South Africa captain Shaun Pollock told an after-match news conference the scan had cleared Elworthy of any serious injury, Waugh was overheard to remark to ACB media manager Brian Murgatroyd: "Yeah, and I bet they didn't find a brain either." South African journalists were highly critical of Waugh, describing the remark as "callous." "When you say it as coldly as that it can come across as a bit offensive," South Africa selector Mike Proctor was quoted as saying in the Herald Sun newspaper on Thursday. The Daily Telegraph newspaper sprang to Waugh's defense. "Yes, Waugh's comment was silly but, really, it was just a flippant remark said every day in X-ray clinics across the nation."
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