Butt's claims related to England's batting collapse at The Oval on 17 September as they lost the third encounter of a five-match series that England won 3-2, the hosts having already won the Test and Twenty20 series.

BBC: Pakistan chief Ijaz Butt retracts 'fixing' comments

The victors from that encounter advance to the third qualifying round, that draw to be made on 28 July when another 18 teams enter.

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Doctors report that more than a third of the physical problems they encounter have some psychological basis.

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The frontman had a hand in all three goals as Fulham swept past the Lithuanian side in the third Europa League qualifying first-leg encounter.

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Two years ago, as an 18 year old, he beat Michael Chang in five titanic sets before being forced to retire midway through a similarly epic encounter with Lleyton Hewitt in the third round.

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Meanwhile, 2008 champion Maria Sharapova came through a nervous encounter to book her place in the third round with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 victory over France's Virginie Razzano.

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Wasps are now up to third in the table after this victory in a pulsating encounter in front of over 13, 000 people at Vicarage Road.

BBC: Saracens 29-40 Wasps

Hewitt went out of the Monte Carlo Masters in the third round on Thursday, losing a tight three-set encounter with Rainer Schuettler.

BBC: Hewitt commits to clay

Maria Sharapova was even more convincing a few hours earlier, winning 6-0, 6-0 for the second time in two matches to set up a third-round encounter with Venus Williams.

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But Wednesday had won only one of their previous 11 league games going into Sunday's encounter and, despite refusing to throw in the towel after twice falling behind, they will play third-tier football next term after a largely disappointing season.

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