FACTBOX-World Cup fiasco joins list of sporting bungles (Reuters.co.uk)
April 29 (Reuters) - The chaotic scene at the end of the Cricket World Cup final on Saturday when umpires mistakenly ordered Australia and Sri Lanka to restart the match in virtual darkness was not the first time when sports officials have made a bungle of things. ATHLETICS - The 1908 London Olympics marathon finished in disarray when officials helped the exhausted leading runner Dorando Pietri …

Soccer: World Cup winner Ball dies (The New Zealand Herald)
LONDON - Alan Ball, the youngest member of England’s 1966 soccer World Cup winning side, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 61.

FIFA president says backup hosts available for 2010 World Cup (Canada.com)
LONDON (AP) - Several other countries are capable of hosting the 2010 World Cup if South Africa isn’t ready, FIFA president Sepp Blatter says.

Several nations willing to be backup location for World Cup (KRGV-TV Texas)
LONDON (AP) - If South Africa can’t fulfill its obligation to play host to the 2010 World Cup, the leader of international soccer says several nations are ready and willing.