Karachi, Apr. 13 : Pakistan cricket team coach Intikhab Alam is banking upon captain Younus Khan to succeed against Australia in the forthcoming UAE series.

"For me, Younus will be our key man. He is such a positive man, a true leader who has injected a much-needed team spirit among the boys," Alam said referring to Khan's forecast of a five-nil Australian white wash in the series.

Lahore, Apr. 13 : Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has raised questions over the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) players' commitment to national duty.

"I am a strong believer that a cricketer should be permitted to play anywhere, but in this case, I think, somewhere there is a doubt," Younis said.

He charged the ICL players of putting the country's reputation on a back seat while joining an unauthorized league.

Hamburg - Rafael Nadal remained comfortably top of an unchanged men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP. Spain's Nadal leads with 14,470 points, far ahead of former number one Roger Federer of Switzerland (11,020), Serbia's Novak Djokovic (9,010) and Scotland's Andy Murray.

Cyberjaya, Apr. 13 : Malaysian gamers have achieved world record by playing video games for 40 hours non-stop.

It took more than 1,500 cans of energy drink and 274 people to beat their sleep at Cyberfusion 2009 on Sunday to get Malaysia's name into the Guinness Book of World Records, the New Straits Times reports.

The previous record of 36 hours by 203 gamers set in California last year, was broken when organizers Cyberview and Advanced Micro Devices added two more hours to the original 38, and the players agreed to it.

London, Apr 13 : A Grand Prix car of one of Hitler''s favourite racers is expected to fetch a whopping 5.5 million pounds, when it goes under the hammer later this year.

Touted to be the motorsport equivalent of the "Holy Grail", the 1939 Auto Union D-Type is the only model of the car to have stayed intact to date.

With a rear-mounted 3-litre twin-stage supercharged V12-cylinder engine, the 485bhp vehicle could exceed 200mph.

And galloping on racetracks in the supercar was Hans Stuck, one of an elite group of racers revered by many in Germany under Hitler.

Port Elizabeth, Apr 12 : Fast bowler Stuart Clark has been rushed to join Australia's one-day squad in South Africa as a replacement for injured pace bowler Brett Geeves.

Clark, who missed all six Tests against South Africa this season because of an elbow injury, will arrive in Port Elizabeth before the fourth one-day international against the Proteas.

However it's unlikely Clark, 33, will play in that match, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.