March 06th 2010
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The Cavs play at New Jersey on Wednesday, and they reached out to the big man affectionately known as "Z." "They told him they want him to come back," said agent Herb Rudoy. "(Cavaliers general manager) Danny Ferry flew in the other day and met with him, too." Ilgauskas recently bought out his contract with the Wizards, freeing him to re-sign with any team after 30 days.

Germany and England have moved up one place in the latest FIFA rankings while former European champion Greece is back in the top 10 for the first time since June 2008. Current European champion Spain still leads the rankings ahead of Brazil, the Netherlands and Italy. But Germany has moved up one spot to fifth, England has risen one place to eighth and Euro 2004 champion Greece goes up two to 10th, replacing Egypt, which raced up the rankings after winning the African Cup of Nations in January, but has slipped to 17th. The United States has gone down four spots to 18th and Portugal slipped to sixth and Argentina to ninth.

Waqar Younis has signed on as the new coach of the Pakistan side, in the process becoming the fourth coach of the team in three years. The former fast bowler has been in negotiations with the PCB over the last few days, but confirmed that he will now replace Intikhab Alam on a tenure that sees him through to December 2011.

The head of the Russian Olympic Committee resigned Wednesday in the wake of the traditional powerhouse's worst performance at the Winter Games, news agencies reported. Leonid Tyagachev, a former sports minister who'd led the committee since 2001, stepped down two days after President Dmitry Medvedev warned that sports officials would be fired if they failed to resign voluntarily.

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