The muscular Frenchwoman beat world No 1 Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals in Melbourne last week before losing to Hingis in the final. The Derby coach, Bob Donewald, is suspended unless he appeals today. The association's disciplinary officer is also ruling on a charge against Donewald, after alleged incidents against Birmingham Bullets 10 days ago.. AMELIE MAURESMO has described Martina Hingis as "stupid" for making remarks about her build. Is it any less serious if a player runs hits a physio?"The incident began with a fight on court between Williams and Chester's Shawn Hartley. It restarted when Williams was told that he and team-mate Rico Alderson and Chester's Hartley and Prentice McGruder were being ejected from the game.The ensuing brawl resulted in all the players being disqualified and the game was abandoned by the officials, Richard Stokes and John Mumford.Stokes is again the official when Derby visit Thames Valley Tigers tomorrow night.

The League have asked Derby for their video of the incident.The Chester chairman, Joe Lofthouse, said: "A player gets a lifetime ban if he hits a referee. TEMPERS ARE still inflamed after Sunday's abandonment of the Budweiser League game between Chester Jets and Derby Storm, which was halted after 28 seconds following a players' brawl. As he lay on the ground clutching his head a firework exploded next to him. He suffered concussion and loss of memory.Missiles thrown on to the pitch included two pairs of scissors, iron bars, stones, fireworks, two mobile telephones and a solid lead ball used in the game of petanque.. England beat the hosts 5-1 in the third-place play-off with Helen Grant scoring four times and the captain, Lisa Wooding, getting the fifth. Belarus, with a 4-2 win against Lithuania - who beat England 2-1 in the semi-final - took gold. England's route to the semi- finals was paved with pool wins against Slovakia and France.

In their final pool match England were beaten 5-3 by Belarus.In the Women's Indoor Premier play-offs at Crystal Palace, Slough beat Hightown 8-1 in the final with Jane Smith scoring three times to secure a spot for her team in next season's Euro-pean Club Championships.Chelmsford finished runners-up with Hightown third.There were no changes to the regional leaders over the weekend, although in the North, Formby were held to a 1-1 draw by Durham Univer-sity. There was widespread speculation last July that the company had put pressure on the ian team management to play an unwell Ronaldo in the World Cup final against France, but the allegation was strongly denied by Nike officials.MexicoFOURTEEN PLAYERS were sent off in eight games on Sunday in some stormy Mexican League action.Five players, including the Mexican international Luis Hernandez, were dismissed as UNL, better known as Tigres, beat eight-man Morelia 3-2 away from home.FranceTHE CANNES goalkeeper, Sebastien Chabbert, was under observation in hospital yesterday after being struck on the head by a missile thrown from the crowd during Saturday's French Second Division derby game with Nice.The match was abandoned with Nice winning 1-0 after Chabbert was felled by the object hurled from the visitors' section full of Nice fans. "I don't like playing against club sides, but this match was imposed upon us by Nike," he said.It is not the first time that Nike's relationship with has caused waves. The American sportswear company are also the sponsors of Barcelona.'s coach, Wanderley Luxemburgo, sounded less than enthusiastic about the game last week. "I suffered a little after the World Cup and I'm still suffering but I think I will return to playing like I did before," he said.Ronaldo will be back in the Catalan capital later this year - but it may be against his wishes. Barcelona are due to face in their Nou Camp stadium on 28 April 28 part of their centenary celebrations.While Barcelona are highly delighted to be playing the match, will play it after being pressured to do so by their sponsors, Nike. He was frequently criticised during his spell at Barcelona for regular trips back to , most notably for the Rio carnival, returning jet-lagged and unable to give his best in subsequent games.This season Ronaldo has also struggled with injuries, particularly to his knees.