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AB de Villiers has stepped down as South Africas Test captain with immediate effect and has been ruled out of the three Tests against Sri Lanka as he continues to recover from elbow surgery. De Villiers endorsed his stand-in, Faf du Plessis, to take over permanently.The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual, including me, de Villiers said. It was a fantastic honour for me to be asked to captain the Test side but I have missed two series and I am still in doubt for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Following the squads outstanding performances in Australia, it is clearly in the greater interests of the team that Faf du Plessis should be confirmed as the permanent Test captain.De Villiers has been out of action since the Caribbean Premier League in July and was expected to be fit for the Sri Lanka Tests but still needs another three to four weeks before being declared fully fit. He will target the ODIs later in January, a format in which he remains captain, for a comeback.More to follow... Rashan Gary Jersey Large . First off, the fans ripped the Cubbies introduction of a fuzzy new kid-friendly mascot named "Clark". Cheap Packers Jerseys . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. http://www.custompackersjersey.com/ . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Custom Packers Jersey China . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Packers Jerseys China . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. CHICAGO -- The St. Louis Cardinals were frustrated Friday, by Jake Arrieta and by umpires.Arrieta struck out 10 in seven innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the sloppy Cardinals 5-0 as St. Louis fell a half-game behind the Giants for the second NL wild card.Mike Leake (9-11) gave up five runs, seven hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings.I couldnt locate early, he said. I was slightly erratic. I just started out on the wrong foot.After Jhonny Peralta and Kolten Wong led off the third inning with singles, Leake was struck by a pitch in a bunt situation, only to have plate umpire CB Buckner rule a swinging strike. After manager Mike Matheny debated the call with Buckner and first-base umpire Jim Reynolds briefly, the pitcher bunted into a double play and Matt Carpenter struck out.I was surprised at the call, Leake said. It could have turned into a turning point if we would have capitalized.Video review is not allowed on that type of play.I would like to see them change anything thats at a pivotal point in the game and can be reviewed, Matheny said.Arrieta (18-7) allowed five hits and walked one, Anthony Rizzo had three hits and Ben Zobrist drove in two runs.I dont give up many hits, so if I can keep guys off base via the walk, Im going to be in a pretty good spot, Arrieta said.The Cubs scored four runs in the first inning off Leake en route to their 98th victory, the most since they last played in the World Series in 1945. They also tied a team record with their 56th home win.Pedro Strop came off the disabled list to wwork the eighth, and Travis Wood and Carl Edwards Jr.ddddddddddddfinished the five-hitter.Rizzo, Zobrist and Chris Coghlan drove in runs in the first off Leake, winless in four starts since recovering from shingles.Those are the kind of innings that have hurt him this year, Matheny said. When hes able to stay away from the big inning, you see him go deep in the game.Leake allowed another run on one of two wild pitches. Cardinals gaffes included Wong face-planting into the turf chasing Rizzos first-inning double and Matt Adams getting picked off first in the fourth.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: LF Matt Holliday (broken right thumb) took batting practice off RHP Mike Mayers before the game. He blistered a couple balls, Matheny said. It was exciting to see. Holliday will likely have another BP session before hes activated. ... SS Aledmys Diaz (arm fatigue) was out of the lineup.GROOMSMAN STRIKES OUTArrieta and Carpenter were college teammates at TCU. Arrieta was Carpenters wedding groomsman. Yet Carpenter cant solve his friend. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, leaving him 0 for 24 in the regular season against Arrieta.CARDINALS ROTATIONLHP Jaime Garcia will take the Cardinals rotation spot of struggling RHP Luke Weaver on Monday vs. Cincinnati.UP NEXTRHP Jason Hammel (15-9, 3.56 ERA), contending for the final Cubs postseason rotation spot, faces rookie RHP Alex Reyes (3-1, 1.08) on Saturday. ' ' '