Kenya’s Maluni wins

BELGRADE: John Maluni of Kenya won the Belgrade Marathon in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds on Saturday, beating Nicholas Chelimo of Kenya by only 3 seconds. Another Kenyan runner, John Kioko, was third with 2:13:30. Olivera Jevtic of Serbia won the women’s race in 2:35:46, while Bosnia’s Djuro Hodza won the men’s half-marathon in 1:06:37. Both races were held in dry conditions with temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius. — AP

Jones set to return

LONDON: England fast bowler Simon Jones will play his first competitive match for nearly a year on Sunday as he steps up his return from a knee injury. The 28-year-old was one of the heroes of England’s 2005 Ashes-winning campaign, but he has hardly played for his country since then and has been out of action since last May. Now he is ready to return for Glamorgan in a domestic one-day cup game against Somerset at Taunton. He had knee surgery in America last. — AFP