Slovakia's final touch in this World Cup was a positive one as Vittek stroked home a penalty for his fourth and final goal of the tournament after Stekelenburg had tripped the striker.
The Russian broke the world indoor record on each of her last three appearances in Britain earlier this year, the final one at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham where she took the gold medal with a clearance of 4.80 metres.
Parker, who missed out on a place in England's World Cup squad for this summer's final in South Africa, returned to club action last Friday against Panathinaikos.
The "Colne Cyclone" has twice been part of a world-record breaking team this year - in the team pursuit final at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne and on Thursday, as part of the Great Britain Olympic team, setting a new world-record time during the men's team pursuit track cycling qualifier.
In between all this, Wright led them to the 2003 World Cup final.
It means she qualifies top for the World Cup Grand Final later this month and also secures a place in Edinburgh for fellow Briton Andrea Gales.
And finally, South China Morning Post pays tribute to Fauja Singh, aged 101, who will retire as the world's oldest marathon runner after his final race in Hong Kong this Sunday.
This year, South Africa, who became world champions by defeating England in the 2007 final in Paris, play host to the Lions in three Test matches that are likely to be played at an intense and passionate level.
She completed a hat-trick of consecutive World Cup wins when she finished top of the world standings again in 2002 after the final race of the season in St Moritz this January.
This year's final will take place in Singapore, with 250, 000 people from all over the world participating.
After a steady showing in Beijing with a semi-final spot, this part-time jazz singer now looks ready to shine on the world stages.
This year's world indoor hurdles champion Derval O'Rourke will be expected to claim a place in the final of the 100H but the most impressive Irish female athlete at the moment is Joanne Cuddihy who clocked a superb 51.28 for 400m at Santry at the weekend.
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