Mar del Plata, Argentina - Both teams are hoping that the weekend Davis Cup final between host Argentina and a Spain missing Rafael Nadal will not erupt in violence or bad behavior from the partisan South American crowd.

Sparks have already flown at the indoor hard court venue when a short circuit caused a minor electrical fire as Juan Del Potro and Argentine teammate Jose Acasuso were training.

While the hitting session was stopped for a few minutes which the flames were brought under control it might take more than a few extinguishers to calm passions when the weekend tie begins with singles on Friday.

Frankfurt - Only the sky was the limit when Yvonne Buschbaum soared to big heights as one of the leading women's pole vaulters in Germany.

Now the sky is wide open for Buschbaum, who feels the lightness of being after revealing her transsexuality last year and undergoing a gender change to Balian Buschbaum since then.

"Courage is the road to freedom. I woke up in complete freedom today. The sky is wide open," said a recent diary entry on his website.

Lahore, Nov 19: Facing a severe financial crunch caused by the spate of postponed series and tournaments in 2008, the PCB is reportedly planning to cut down heavily on the administrative expenditure incurred in running the organisation.

According to The News, Wasim Bari, who was recently appointed as Director HR and Administration, is keen on trimming expenses. “Needless appointments made to the board will be terminated to reduce the overall expenditures,” the paper quoted him as saying.

Sydney, Nov 19: Australian opener Mathew Hayden who will be playing his 99th Test tomorrow, at the Gabba against New Zealand, has said that the match would likely provide him answers whether he would be around for his fifth Ashes tour next year.

Hayden (37), who had recurring injury dramas and a poor start to the series in India, has critics questioning his future in the Australian top-order.

Wellington - Fiji embarrassed visiting New Zealand with a 2-0 win in Oceania's final World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night.

It was the New Zealanders' first defeat after five wins in the Oceania Nations Cup had already qualified them for the Confederations Cup in South Africa in June 2009 and a World Cup playoff against an Asian team later next year.

Both goals in Lautoka, Fiji, came in the second half after New Zealand goalkeeper Glen Moss was sent off in the 59th minute for questioning a decision of referee Lencie Fred, reducing the visitors to 10 men.

Melbourne, Nov. 19 : Australian golf champion has become victim of America''s sagging real estate market.

Just months after ex-wife Laura Andrassy won a US 103 million dollar bitter divorce battle, Norman has been forced to slash the asking price for the former couple''s Florida mansion from US65 million dollars to US47.5 million dollars, a hit of US 27 million dollars.

If Norman secures US47.5 million dollars for the four-bedroom oceanfront estate on the millionaire''s paradise of Jupiter Island, he will break the record for the most expensive sale in the area, eclipsing the US44.5 million dollars Tiger Woods paid for a nearby mansion in 2006, reports the Daily Telegraph.