Cricket chance SOURAV Ganguly, who led India to the 2003 Cricket World Cup final, believes England are one of five teams with a chance of winning the World Cup this time around. "I think there is enough talent in this team to do well in one-day cricket," Ganguly, who hit 98 in India's 14-run win over West Indies, said. However, he added he was concerned about the personnel in the England team. He feels the absence of Marcus Trescothick could hurt the team and says Usman Afzaal, not even named in England's initial squad of 30, should be playing. "I played with Usman at Northampton last year and he looks a very talented player," said Ganguly. He added Australia, South Africa, his own team India and Pakistan are the other teams capable of winning the tournament. Superb snooker UNSTOPPABLE snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked in four century breaks as he beat Ding Junhui 10-3 to win his third Masters title in front of a raucous Wembley Arena crowd. O'Sullivan lost the first two frames to the 19-year-old Chinese star but roared back to lead 5-3 at the interval. O'Sullivan raced through the next four frames to move 9-3 ahead, prompting Ding to offer his hand in resignation before leaving the arena. Ding, who thought it was a best-of-17 final, returned but O'Sullivan pounced. He later put his arm around a visibly distraught Ding just before the players walk spectators were unsure whether Ding would come back. Afterwards, O'Sullivan paid tribute to his opponent and said: "Ding is one of the rarest talents that I have seen." Ding had started the final in impressive form and stole a two-frame lead thanks to breaks of 77 and 109. The Chinese player was struggling to keep his game together and O'Sullivan quickly made it 8-3 with another dazzling century break. His 143 was the second highest of the tournament after Ding's 147 maximum in the wildcard round. Abu Dhabi victory PAUL Casey fired a seven-under-par final round of 65 to win the European Tour Abu Dhabi Championship. Casey began the morning in fourth place but produced a fine display in the hot weather to storm up the leader board. Casey, who was the 2006 golfer of the year, made eight birdies to finish on 17 under par. Swede Peter Hanson and Casey's Ryder Cup team-mate Miguel Angel Jimenez were both a shot adrift of the Englishman, who finished on 17 under par. A bogey on the 18th, when he failed to make a relatively simple putt, looked to have given Miguel Angel Jimenez the chance of a play-off but the Spaniard failed to find the required birdie on the last to deny Casey the trophy and the �170,000 prize money. Lions hailed ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger paid tribute to his "lions" for fighting back from a goal down to beat leaders Manchester United 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium. The only thing to mar Arsenal's victory was the news that Arsenal striker Van Persie had broken the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot while celebrating his equalising goal and could be ruled out for around six weeks. Manchester United had looked like extending their Premiership lead over Chelsea to nine points with 10 minutes left on the clock. But Van Persie's sixth goal in seven games pegged them back and Thierry Henry stunned the visitors with a late, late winner. Both managers had predicted an entertaining encounter in the 200th meeting between the clubs. The two rivals produced a game full of intrigue and incident, even if neither side were able to find their top form. Rosicky's centre went under Henry and Van Persie the poacher pounced at the back post to keep their unbeaten home record alive in front of a record Emirates crowd. But Arsenal was not finished there as Emmanuel Eboue sent in a cross and Henry was left free to thump a header past Van der Sar to the delight of the home fans. Great rowers GREAT Britain's rowers won six golds, five silvers and a bronze medals on the final day of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney. The women's quadruple scull took the first gold, with the women's four quickly following suit. Their male counterparts matched that with a two-length win from New Zealand before the women's eight struck gold. It was also a golden day for the women's hockey team which clinched the title with a 4-2 win over Australia. The men's teams were tied 2-2 with Australia at full-time in their final but agonisingly lost 7-6 in the penalty shoot-out and had to settle for silver. In other sports, Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight claimed gold in the doubles table tennis, while Drinkhall also took silver in the singles. Thomas Daley and Callum Johnstone took silver in the 10 metre synchronised diving final while their female counterparts Suzanne Collins and Tonia Couch claimed bronze. In gymnastics Kristian Thomas won a silver medal in the men's vault, while Louis Smith and Danusia Francis finished third on the high bar and beam respectively. Lee Campion took silver in the men's trap shooting while the badminton team finished with four bronze medals, Michelle Cheung taking third in the women's singles. Rally winner TRIPLE world champion Sebastien Loeb cruised to victory on the final day of the Monte Carlo Rally. His one-two finish on the debut of Citroen's new C4 was his 29th win alongside co-pilot Daniel Elena. The final 2.8km stage around the streets of Monaco was won by Chris Atkinson in his Subaru Impreza, lifting him to fourth ahead of Mikko Hirvonen. Loeb won six of the 15 stages and led from start to finish. Loeb's victory was all the more impressive given he is still recovering from a broken arm suffered in a mountain bike accident in September. Olympic loss ROMANIAN runner Maria Cioncan, winner of the 1500m bronze behind Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Olympics, has been killed in a car accident in Bulgaria. Cioncan was returning from a training camp in Greece when the car she was driving crashed into a tree, said her coach Stefan Beregszaszy.
