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Durban, Mar. 11 : Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is suffering from an injury to his left foot, and is in doubt for next week''s third Test in Cape Town.

The Victorian pacer appeared to hurt his left foot after taking two early wickets on day four and team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris rushed to speak to him on the boundary line during the spell.

It is the same foot that troubled Siddle in the first Test in Johannesburg, but he yesterday played down any injury fears.

Madrid - There was both disappointment and delight in the Spanish spring air on Wednesday, as a result of the contrasting Champions League performances of Real Madrid and Villarreal.

Real were slaughtered 4-0 by Liverpool on Tuesday in an embarrassingly one-sided round of 16 clash, and crashed out of the competition on a 5-0 agggregate.

Villarreal, by contrast, defiantly won 2-1 at Greek side Panathinaikos to go through 3-2 from both games.

Real's Anfield meltdown was front-page news in practically every Spanish newspaper on Wednesday.

Rome  - Napoli have hired former Italy coach Roberto Donadoni to replace Edy Reja after a dismal run in the Italian Serie A, local media reported on Wednesday.

Napoli signed Donadoni, 45, until 2011. He was due to be presented Wednesday at the team's camp in Castelvolturno.

Reja, 63, was dismissed late Tuesday as Napoli notched only two points in the last nine games after a good start into the season. They are still 11 points above the relegation zone with 11 games left in the season, but had to bury initial hopes for a place in Europe.

Zurich  - European champions Spain maintained first place in the world football rankings issued on Wednesday by the ruling body FIFA, with Portugal back in the top

Taipei  - Women's world number two golfer Yani Tseng is mulling playing for a foreign country because she is unhappy about the neglect of the sport in her native Taiwan.

Tseng's father Tseng Mao-hsin on Wednesday confirmed a news report from the United Daily News that lack of respect for the sport in her home country, and not money, has prompted the move.