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The manager of South African sprinter OSCAR PISTORIUS, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, said that his client "wants to resume training now that his bail conditions have been loosened." PEET VAN ZYL said, "Competing is still a way off. We need to get him back on the track. Just to get some normality back into his life" (BLOOMBERG, 4/3). ... Sao Paulo’s Brazil striker LUIS FABIANO "has lost his appeal against a four-match suspension for insulting the referee at the end of a Libertadores Cup match last month." The former Sevilla striker "was shown a red card after insulting Colombian referee" WILMAR ROLDAN at the end of Sao Paulo’s 1-1 draw at home to Argentina’s Arsenal in a Group Three match on March 7 (REUTERS, 4/3).

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