Auckland (New Zealand), Mar. 31 : New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has said that he may opt out of 675,000 dollar Indian Premier League contract if he fails to complete the State Championship final.

The injury-plagued all-rounder is suffering from an aggravated Achilles tendon injury, and after consulting New Zealand Cricket''s medical staff it was decided he should miss the current match and aim for the five-day final against Auckland, starting on April 6.

Wellington (New Zealand), Mar. 31 : West Indian umpire Billy Doctrove has been replaced for Friday''''s third cricket test between New Zealand and India at the Basin Reserve as he continues to recover from illness.

Doctrove had to pull out of the second test in Napier last Saturday after two days play when he was diagnosed with a chest infection. He was replaced by New Zealand''''s Evan Watkin, the NZPA reports.

Two neutral umpires will stand in the series finale.

Vienna  - Stefan Matschiner, the former manager of disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, was arrested Monday night following allegations by an Austrian triathlete that she had received illicit substances from him, the Kurier newspaper reported Tuesday.

Matschiner's arrest came after Lisa Huetthaler, the 2007 military triathlon world champion, told Kurier last week that he had supplied her with the blood booster EPO and the hormone testosterone.

Munich  - Luca Toni is set to return into Bayern Munich's lineup for Saturday's big Bundesliga match at VfL Wolfsburg from a five-week injury layoff.

The Italy striker resumed training on Monday after being sidelined with Achilles tendon problems which made him miss Bundesliga and Champions League games for Munich as well as two World Cup qualifiers for his home country.

"I feel good," Toni told Munich's website. "I am happy to be back in training with the team."

London, Mar. 31 : Soccer star Wayne Rooney will win his 50th England cap on Wednesday against Ukraine.

According to The Sun, Rooney has been voted Nationwide Player of the Year by the Three Lions faithful after banging in seven goals in his last four internationals.

Melbourne, Mar. 31: Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt and his wife Bec have started legal action against the New Idea magazine after it claimed the actress was seeing another man - who in reality was her brother.

The magazine ran a cover story titled "Bec''s other man" and claimed she was spending more and more time with a "hunky" American fitness trainer.

The magazine carried photographs of Bec and "Minder Mark" with the Hewitts'' two young children.