What an enormous let- down for the millions of fans who had stayed

What an enormous let- down for the millions of fans who had stayed up all night for this very moment: the climax of the entire F1 season, and ITV blew it. Other broadcasters have found imaginative ways of showing advertisements; Italy, for instance, has developed the five-second ad. Sir: Yet again ITV has proved how inept it is at broadcasting Formula 1. At the very moment Michael Schumacher lost the championship due to a puncture, ITV managed to miss the event because they were “on a break.” As they returned to the race we were greeted with pictures of Mika Hakkinen sitting in the pits while Martin Brundle excitedly told us that we were looking at the new world champion.

A spokesman for Warren would not confirm the Tyson- Botha fight yesterday, saying only that Warren’s company is “advising” Botha until January.Jane Couch, who took legal action to win the right to box in Britain, will make her domestic debut against the German teenager Simona Lukic, at Caesars Nightclub in London on 25 November. The pair will thus become the first women to box in Britain on the same bill as their male counterparts.. His boxing licence was restored last month by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after a battery of psychological tests established that he was mentally fit to fight again.Botha is the No 1 contender for Holyfield’s International Boxing Federation title Holyfield also holds the World Boxing Association crown. The South African has lost only once in 37 fights, when he was stopped in the 12th round by Michael Moorer in an IBF title challenge two years ago.The Germany fighter, Axel Schultz, had originally signed a contract to fight Tyson, but he was deemed unacceptable by Showtime, the cable company which features Tyson’s fights. Botha, who was to have fought on the Naseem Hamed bill in Atlantic City last Saturday, is being handled by the British promoter, Frank Warren. MIKE TYSON is back. The former world heavyweight champion will make his comeback against the South African boxer, Francois Botha, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 16 January.

Tyson has signed a contract for the fight with the promoters America Presents, who were hoping to announce details late last night in New York.
The fight would mark Tyson’s first appearance in the ring since his suspension 15 months ago for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their world title fight. He was behind Chris Fite and Ian Whyte in the rotation and now we’ve signed Chris Webber and have Scott Wilkie coming back from injury, so it wasn’t going to improve.”Scantlebury’s plight is typical in the Budweiser League where most clubs include five Americans, a situation that squeezes out English players and has forced leading internationals such as Steve Bucknall, Roger Huggins and Neville Austin to play on the Continent.England’s 24-man provisional squad for the European Championships includes 13 players based on the Continent.. You can’t expect to keep your place in the national team if you can’t do that in your club side.”It’s the coach’s decision that I leave, not mine, but I’ve got to be positive now and move on. My wife, Jackie, works in Newcastle and although this isn’t the easiest place to commute from I’ll go anywhere to show what I can do in the league.”Lynch said: “I know Peter felt he was not getting a shot at what he needed on the team.

Scantlebury, who holds 124 caps, said: “We weren’t seeing eye to eye and tried to sort it out at the end of last season, but things haven’t improved.
“I’ve been playing well in practice but not getting the chance to show what I can do in games. ENGLAND’S Peter Scantlebury discovered yesterday that being the record holder for international caps could not guarantee a place in his club’s line-up and left the Newcastle Eagles. Scantlebury, the former captain, will turn 35 just before England’s European Championship game against Denmark in Birmingham, and lack of court time with the Eagles brought disagreement with the coach, Craig Lynch, to a head this week. The captain, who scored 11, was nevertheless pleased with the West Indies’ overall performance in the mini World Cup and insisted his team was beginning to gel. They play their first one-day warm-up match in South Africa on 10 November and face a demanding schedule of five Tests and seven one- day internationals.It will be the first full series between the countries. Lawrence Rowe led two squads of rebels to the Republic during its apartheid- induced isolation from world cricket, while Richie Richardson took charge of the team who played in a triangular limited overs tournament in South Africa in 1992-93.West Indies won their only previous Test at Bridgetown’s Kensington Oval in 1992 when South Africa had been readmitted to international cricket..