Sydney, Mar. 10: Sri Lanka cricket team coach Trevor Bayliss claimed on Tuesday that security was less than it had been on previous occasions in Pakistan.

“It was certainly less than when were there for the Asia Cup in July the year before and when we there for the one-day series only a month before (the attack) and probably different between Lahore (second Test) and (the first Test in) Karachi,'''' Fox Sports quoted an angry Bayliss, as saying.

Hamburg  - Janne Ahonen announced Monday that he is to return to ski-jumping less than a year after announcing his retirement from the sport, the Finnish STT news agency reported Monday.

Ahonen called time on his career in March 2008, just two and a half months after claiming a record fifth title at the prestigious Four Hills tour, saying he no longer had the drive to train and wanted to call it a day at the peak of his powers.

Hamburg - Janne Ahonen announced Monday that he is to return to ski-jumping less than a year after announcing his retirement from the sport, the Finnish STT news agency reported Monday.

Ahonen called time on his career in March 2008, just two and a half months after claiming a record fifth title at the prestigious Four Hills tour, saying he no longer had the drive to train and wanted to call it a day at the peak of his powers.

Kiel, Germany - Prosecutors have begun an investigation against the manager and former coach of a leading German handball club in connection with an alleged corruption affair.

Chief prosecutor Uwe Wick of the prosecutors office in Kiel said Monday Uwe Schwenker, the manager of German handball champions THW Kiel, was being investigated on alleged embezzlement charges.

The northern German club's former coach Zvonimir Serdarusic is being investigated on suspicion of aiding embezzlement, Wick said.

Taipei - Taiwan on Monday vowed to revive baseball following humiliating defeats by South Korea and China in the first round of the second World Baseball Classic.

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan has called for a report from Sports Minister Tai Hsiang-ling on Taiwan's 9-0 defeat to South Korea Friday and the 4-1 loss to China Saturday.

As a result of the defeats Taiwan failed to advance to the second round of the 16-nation tournament.

Hamburg  - Spain's Rafael Nadal continues to head an unchanged ATP men's tennis rankings Top 10 issued by the ruling body on Monday, followed by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

At the top, Nadal has 14,360 points, while Federer stands on 11,000.

ATP top 10 as of March 9 (previous ranking in parenthesis):