Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Mar. 30 : At least 22 people were killed and 132 were injured when a wall came down on them before a football match between the Ivory Coast and Malawi in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday.

According to The Sun, many of the victims were trampled as they attempted to flee the crush which happened as fans tried to get into the stadium.

Ivory Coast Sports Minister Dagobert Banzio said fans tried to push in without tickets at the Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan.

Miami  - Roger Federer polished his mighty game at the continued expense of Nicolas Kiefer as he hammered the German 6-4, 6-1 to rip into a third-round place on a cloudy, muggy Sunday afternoon at the Miami Masters.

The Swiss second seed and two-time winner at Crandon Park spent little more than an hour in the rout and never faced a break point as he beat the veteran for the 11th consecutive time.

Quito  - Brazil seemed lucky Sunday to be getting a win against Ecuador, but its rival equalized just one minute before the end of the game at high altitude in Quito, in the South American qualifiers towards the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Julio Baptista put Brazil ahead in the score in the 72nd minute. He had come into the pitch for a lacklustre Ronaldinho just a minute earlier, and his long-range effort hit the base of the near post before bouncing on the back of the Ecuadorian keeper and finding the net.

London  - Oxford lived up to their status of favourites Sunday by beating Cambridge by three lengths in the 155th Boat Race on the Thames.

The Oxford team, winners in 2008, consisted of five rowers who competed at last year's Beijing Olympics and was the heaviest crew in the event's history with an average weight of 99.7 kilograms per man.

Tens of thousands of spectators watched the race as the boats made their way along the 6.8-kilometre stretch of water from Putney to Mortlake.

Napier, Mar. 29 : Batsman Jesse Ryder is on track to becoming the fastest New Zealand cricketer to reach 1000 test runs.

According to a Sunday Star report, Ryder has so far scored 768 runs from 14 test innings and needs another 232 to reach 1000.

The Kiwi record holders for the fastest 1000 runs, a benchmark in test cricket, are John F Reid and Mark Richardson, who both took 20 innings to post a grand.

Pretoria, Mar. 29 : Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting has identified big-hitting South Africa all-rounder Albie Morkel as the player to stop in the Pro20 international on Sunday.

Morkel smashed four boundaries and two sixes to score 37 off 19 balls as South Africa beat Australia by four wickets on Friday to win the first Pro20 match at the Wanderers.

He also starred with similar late-innings hitting as the Proteas won a one-day international series 4-1 in Australia in January.