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| August 20, 2003 | Wednesday | Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1424 |
Beleaguered Warne surfaces after a week
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug 19: Australian cricketer Shane Warne, buried under sexual harassment allegations, made a surprise return to training on Tuesday.
Warne, who has kept out of the public eye since allegations began surfacing as to his alleged sexual misconduct over a week ago, appeared at the Victorian state team practice at the invitation of coach David Hookes and bowled to some of his younger teammates in the nets.
But the 33-year-old champion leg spinner declined to speak afterwards to the media. “It’s a private matter - I’ve got nothing more to say,” he said.
South African national Helen Cohen Alon has claimed she was offered 200,000 rand (US$28,000) in a string of threatening phone calls and text messages by an associate of Warne to keep quiet about their relationship.—AFP
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