LONDON (AP):

Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric has played his first match since breaking his right leg in August. The Croatia international returned to action yesterday in a friendly against non-league club Grays Athletic.

Modric played 70 minutes and coach Clive Allen said that "he worked hard in the game, he needed the match practice and I'm sure it will bring him on a great deal."

Modric had been expected to return within two months after being injured in a challenge with Lee Bowyer against Birmingham in August.

Tottenham, who are fourth in the premier league standings, host Wolverhampton on Saturday.

Pakistan omit Younis

ISLAMABAD (AP):

Pakistan's cricket selectors on Monday left out Younis Khan from a 16-man squad and retained middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf as captain for the three Tests and five One Day Internationals against Australia. Former captain Younis opted to rest after scoring only 22 runs as Pakistan lost the one-day series against New Zealand 2-1 in the United Arab Emirates last month.

Test squad: Salman Butt, Khurram Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamir, Abdul Rauf, Umar Akmal.

FIFA's director quits

ZURICH (AP):

FIFA's director of communi-cations Hans Klaus has quit football's world governing body following a dispute over strategy. Klaus, who previously worked for Switzerland's justice ministry and the defunct national carrier Swissair, only took on the role in May 2008.

FIFA announced yesterday that the organisation and Klaus agreed to "part company" because of "contrasting perspectives on communications strategy."

Head of media Nicolas Maingot will take on Klaus' duties temporarily.

Bora to help Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP):

Bora Milutinovic is getting yet another World Cup job, though he will not be coaching. The well-travelled Serb has agreed to help his native country prepare for the 2010 tournament in South Africa by scouting other teams.

Tomislav Karadzic, the head of Serbia's Football Federation, said Milutinovic and his scouts "will help our coaching team get all the information (about opponents) and help our World Cup preparations."

Serbia were drawn in a World Cup group with Germany, Australia and Ghana.

The 64-year-old Milutinovic's last coaching job was leading Iraq at the Confederations Cup earlier this year. He also led Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998) and China (2002) at World Cups.

IOC considers changes

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP):

The International Olympic Committee is considering the elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the inclusion of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Games. The IOC executive board, which begins a two-day meeting today, will rule on requests by sports federations for changes in their 2012 programmes. Most contentious are the proposals in cycling, including dropping the individual pursuit race. Dozens of cyclists have spoken out against the elimination of the pursuit, one of the iconic events of the sport.

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