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101 sports: England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Test spinner

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Venue: Lord's</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Date: 12-16 June</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Start time: 11:00
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England v
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Moeen Ali backs himself as Check spinner</div>
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First Check: England
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Worcestershire batsman Moeen Ali hopes to surprise people
with the quality of his off-spin bowling in the coursework of his England Check
debut against Sri Lanka
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Coverage: Ball-by-ball Check Match Special commentary on BBC
Radio five live sports additional, BBC Radio four Long Wave and by BBC Sport
web-site, BBC Sport app & BBC iPlayer Radio app; live text commentary on
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Ex-England spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed does not think
Moeen is prepared to become a frontline Check spinner.</div>
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But the Worcestershire batsman is feeling
"confident" and may try to fool batsmen with a doosra they has
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Moeen, Middlesex batsman Sam Robson and Sussex quick bowler Chris Jordan are all
expected to make their Check debuts in the first of matches against Sri Lanka,
beginning at Lord's on Thursday.</div>
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"A lot of people haven't seen me bowl in the longer
format so hopefully I can surprise a few people," they said.</div>
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Yorkshire paceman Liam Plunkett is also likely to play Check
cricket for the first time in seven years in England's
first five-day outing since the 5-0 Ashes whitewash by Australia down
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Following the retirement of Graeme Swann, England
have selected not to pick a frontline spinner, with Moeen expected to share
slow-bowling duties with Joe Root, another specialist batsman and part-time
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Moeen has a first-class bowling record of 139 wickets at an
average of 40, but historically seasons with Worcestershire they has taken 61
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"I'm pretty confident with my bowling," Moeen added. "I feel like
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"I'll bowl as tight as I can and hopefully pick up a few wickets from there. 
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"I'm not looking to fill Swann's boots. He has been a 
fantastic bowler. I'm just looking to bowl how I bowl. If I try to be 
someone else I won't be as good."
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Moeen has recently been working with Worcestershire's 
overseas player, Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal, to help develop a doosra.
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Ajmal is a specialist in the delivery, that looks like an off-break but actually turns in the opposite direction.
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101 sports: England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Test spinner

Venue: Lord's Date: 12-16 June Start time: 11:00 BST England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Check spinner...

101 sports updates: FIFA says Brazil not footing World Cup 2014 operational costs/expenses

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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> FIFA says Brazil not footing World Cup 2014 operational costs/expenses: </span></b><br />
"It is making big bucks from the most costly World Cup in 
history at the expense of the Brazilian people" World football's governing body FIFA defended itself on Tuesday from 
criticism on Wednesday 11th June 2014:<br />
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 FIFA aforesaid during a statement that it's coated the whole $2 billion (1.19 billion pounds) operational prices of the globe Cup with cash from the sale of tournament TV and promoting rights, and not a cent are web-toed by Brazilian taxpayers.<br /><br />The 32-nation tournament that kicks off on Th can value Brazil twenty five.8 billion reais (6.92 billion pounds) in investments in stadiums, airports, urban transport and different infrastructure enhancements. One third has been spent on new or restored stadiums in twelve host cities.<br /><br />FIFA aforesaid it absolutely was Brazil's option to build twelve stadiums rather than choosing eight or ten, and investments embrace infrastructure in a roundabout way coupled to the globe Cup that may profit the country for years to come back.<br /><br />Many Brazilians think about the worth tag excessive for a developing nation that has additional necessary priorities and say the cash ought to are spent on enhancements to deficient public services in health, education and transport.<br /><br />The high prices have brought disenchantment with the highest event during a sport Brazilians square measure smitten by. The ensuing anti-World Cup movement triggered large street protests a year agone and threatens to disrupt access to Cup stadiums.<br /><br />Brazilians believe FIFA has turned the globe Cup into a business, to the purpose wherever it duty-bound their country to vary its laws to permit the sale of alcoholic drinks created by event sponsors.<br /><br />They conjointly complain that tickets to the games within the new stadiums square measure thus pricy that a lot of Brazilian fans of the popular sport cannot afford them. FIFA aforesaid there square measure tickets on the market that square measure low cost compared to different sports events just like the Olympic Games, Formula one races and lawn tennis tournaments.<br /><br />FIFA conjointly denied it had demanded tax exemption for its sponsors and industrial activities throughout the globe Cup, although it's needed the easing of customs rules to import materials required to organise the event, like computers, footballs and electronic advertising boards, the statement aforesaid.<br /><br />The soccer body conjointly rejected charges it demanded evictions of individuals living next to stadiums that were designed or restored, or that it had driven out street vendors from round the venues.<br /><br />Due to security issues, however, vendors had to induce authorized  to sell authorised product outside the stadiums and got coaching and uniforms, the FIFA statement aforesaid.<br /><br />The 2010 tournament in Republic of South Africa generated total revenue of $3.65 billion for FIFA, as well as $2.4 billion from the sale of TV rights, however excluding price ticket revenue. Expenses incurred totalled $1.3 billion, consistent with FIFA.</div>

101 sports updates: FIFA says Brazil not footing World Cup 2014 operational costs/expenses

FIFA says Brazil not footing World Cup 2014 operational costs/expenses: "It is making big bucks from the most costly World Cup in h...