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Article: Cricket prepares to move world cup from Zimbabwe
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
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- July 21, 2002
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EMERGENCY PLANS to move cricket world cup games from Zimbabwe to
South Africa will be discussed this week by Commonwealth sports
ministers at a meeting in Britain.
The world ruling cricket body, the International Cricket Council,
is planning to hold the world cup in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa
next February but ministers fear that the games in Zimbabwe could be
disrupted by violence.
The country remains in turmoil with President Robert Mugabe - who
was re-elected in March despite alleged vote-rigging - cracking down
on the oppposition and seizing white-owned farms. There are also
widespread food shortages.
Richard Caborn, the sports minister, has organised an all-day
conference of ...