A rebel-linked website said yesterday that Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for a power cut that plunged Moscow into chaos two days earlier.

A rebel-linked website said today that Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for a power outage that plunged Moscow into chaos two days earlier.

Laid low by injuries and at 20- years- old still no nearer to claiming that elusive first WTA Tour title, it may be that Anna Kournikova’s legacy to the game which has made her a multi-millionaire lies in the next generation of Russian stars.