Sports Digest: Ferrari's rivals must get away to a flying start this season if they are to stand a chance of preventing the Italian team winning their seventh consecutive constructors' championship title.
That was the message from Ferrari headquarters in Maranello yesterday when the new F2005 challenger was unveiled, but since the car is not scheduled to make its race debut until the Spanish grand prix in May, Michael Schumacher may struggle in the first four races.
From the start of the season a week tomorrow the world champion and team-mate Rubens Barrichello have to rely on an updated version of last year's car which won 15 of 18 races.
Meanwhile, Moscow's Red Square provided the unlikely backdrop to the official launch of the Jordan formula one team under the new ownership of Russian-born Canadian steel magnate Alex Shnaider.
The new Jordan-Toyota, together with its drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Tiago Monteiro were on hand. The team also confirmed that the 23-year-old Dutchman Robert Doornbos would be joining as the team's official third driver.Guardian Service
Cricket: Half centuries from Graeme Smith, Adam Bacher and Jacques Rudolph helped South Africa to a comprehensive 165-run victory over Zimbabwe in first one-day international yesterday.
After scoring 301 for seven in their 50 overs, South Africa bowled and fielded efficiently to restrict Zimbabwe to 136.
Tennis: Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic upset third seed Tim Henman 7-5, 6-4 in a match disrupted by rain to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Open yesterday.
Spanish fifth seed Tommy Robredo defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-4 in the only other match to be completed and will meet Ljubicic next.
The quarter-finals involving world number one Roger Federer and fourth seed Andre Agassi were postponed until today. The semi-finals will be played in the evening.
Henman and eighth-seeded Ljubicic had to come on court seven times before completing their match in six hours 45 minutes.
Camoige: Sharon Glynn, Galway's star forward when they won their only All-Ireland senior title in 1996, looks set to take over the county's side for the coming season.
Glynn is one of four nominees for the position which became vacant when Noel Finn quit after the county board refused to ratify one of his selectors.
Finn, Mike Kelly and Tony Ward have also been nominated.
The new boss will be selected on Wednesday night in Loughrea.
