Durban (South Africa), Mar. 11: South Africa have dumped opener Neil McKenzie and pace bowler Morne Morkel for the third Test against Australia that begins from March 19 in Cape Town.

The Proteas, who trail Ricky Ponting''s men 2-0 in the three-Test series and have surrendered their chance to take the No. 1 ranking from Australia, will also be without skipper Graeme Smith, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

Smith broke his right little finger when struck by a short ball from Mitchell Johnson while batting in this week''s second Test in Durban and is hoping to return for next month''s five-game one-day series against Australia.

Kuopio, Finland  - Takanobu Okabe became the oldest winner of a ski-jumping World Cup event in history Tuesday when the 38-year-old won an event on the large hill in Kuopio.

Just 24 hours after Finland's Janne Ahonen announced that he was returning to the sport after less than a year in retirement, the Japanese jumper celebrated the fifth World Cup victory of his career with jumps of 123.5 metres and 123m for a total of 241.7 points.

Switzerland's Simon Ammann came second on 240.4 points after jumps of 119.5m and 126m with Adam Malysz of Poland claiming third on 239.3 after jumps of 119m and 127m.

London - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed on Tuesday that defender Rio Ferdinand will play against Inter Milan on Wednesday.

Ferdinand had been a doubt for the Champions League last-16 tie after turning his ankle in the 4-0 FA Cup victory over Fulham on Saturday.

But he returned to training on Tuesday morning, as did defender John O'Shea, who has overcome a heel problem.

"They are both fit and they will both play," Ferguson told reporters.

"They both trained for the first time on Tuesday morning and that was important for us."

Trinidad (West Indies), Mar. 10 : England spinner Monty Panesar has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during the fifth Test against West Indies at Trinidad.

Panesar was found guilty of excessive appealing by Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees in a hearing after the fourth day's play concluded in Port of Spain. He was found to have breached Level 1.5 of the code after he repeatedly celebrated a dismissal before the decision was made by the umpire.

Are, Sweden - Lindsey Vonn should crown another superb alpine ski season by capturing the women's World Cup title for a second straight year in the season-enders from Wednesday.

However the battle for the men's overall title is wide open, with five skiers still realistically in with a chance of the crown.

Eight of the 12 crystal globes are still up for grabs in four days of racing in the Swedish resort of Are, hosts of the 2007 world championships.

Washington, Mar 10 : American boxer Mike Tyson is proving himself to be a good entertainer with his comic act in the movie `The Hangover'.

Tyson, 42, plays as himself in the new comedy, which shows him as a huge Phil Collins fan, reports Contactmusic.

The boxer can be seen performing air drums along to Collins' `In The Air Tonight', and he also knocks funnyman Zach Galifianakis' character out in a Las Vegas hotel suite.