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Tevez says ‘love cheat’ Terry would have been dead in Argentina

4. March 2010

Manchester City’s striker Carlos Tevez launched an astonishing attack on Chelsea skipper John Terry by saying that if someone in his homeland had an affair with a teammate’s girlfriend, like Terry did with Wayne Bridge’s, they “would not survive”.
“If you acted like this in Argentina you’d be dead,” Tevez said in reaction to Terry’s affair [...]

“Under scrutiny” Prior confident of continuing with his “good job”

4. March 2010

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England wicketkeeper Matt Prior insists he is unfazed by reports that national selectors might be tempted to hand over the gloves to reserve wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter for Saturday’s final ODI against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Prior is currently England coach Andy Flower’’s first-choice wicketkeeper in all three formats of the game, but there is always the option [...]

New Zealand irked by Johnson’s light punishment

4. March 2010

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Wellington, Mar 4: The New Zealand cricket team is not commenting publicly over the Styris-Johnson spat, but some members are understood to be irked at the Australian bowler’s light punishment.
New Zealand’s match winner Scott Styris was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for a level one breach of the International Cricket Council’s code [...]