From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
Subject: VNS: Wed 29-Jul-1992
Organization: Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:27:13 GMT


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        VNS UK SPORTS REPORT ..............................  193   "


VNS MAIN NEWS:                                    [Tom Povey, VNS UK News Desk]
==============                                    [Reading, England           ]

     Here is the News at 07:00 BST on Wednesday 29-July-1992
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     UK News
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     FT-SE = 2373.4
     Exchange Rate 1 UK pound = $ 1.9280 = Dm 2.8420

     Britain has won a silver medal in Judo at the Olympic Games.

     European News
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     A conference opens in Geneva this morning to consider how to help the
     refugees who have fled and are still fleeing from the fighting in the
     former Yugoslavia. Germany is insisting that Britain and France accept
     more refugees but Britain says that refugees should be housed as close as
     possible to the homes they have left so that they can return when the
     fighting ends. However, there are doubts as to whether many of the
     refugees will ever be able to return to their former homes.

     Talks over the withdrawel of Yugoslav federal army troops from the
     Dubrovnik area will be held today on a British warship in the Adriatic.
     Serbia and Croatia had asked for the talks to be held on neutral
     territory and Britain offered to help.

     The EC-UN sponsored Bosnian peace talks continue today in London despite
     lack of progress so far.

     Jewish settlers say they will fight moves by the Israeli government to
     reduce the rate of settlement in the so-called "occupied territories",
     the West Bank and the Gaza strip. They say they will continue building
     with private funds rather than government money.

     International News
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     A team of UN inspectors will resume their search today of the agriculture
     ministry in Baghdad after gaining access yesterday following a 3 week
     stand-off. However, there are concerns that any incriminating documents
     have already been removed.

     An inquiry into township violance in South Africa has criticised the
     police for not doing more to secure convictions of those caught.

     There are reports of a coup attempt in Madagascar.

     {News courtesy of the BBC}

     Local Weather
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     Dry and sunny. High 21C/70F. Risk of thundery showers later.


VNS UK SPORTS REPORT:                            [Ken Merrick, VNS Sports Desk]
=====================                            [Valbonne, France            ]

|||CRICKET
   The floodlit match betwen India and Paksitan at Crystal Palace had to be
   abandoned after repeated pitch invasions.

|||FOOTBALL
   Liverpool have paid 2.3 million pounds for England midfielder Paul Stewart
   from Tottenham Hotspur. The London club hope to sign Teddy Sheringham from
   Nottingham Forest.

   Alan Shearer has made his debut for Blackburn Rovers against Hibernian in a
   friendly match following his British-record 3.4 million pound transfer from
   Southampton.

   Eight more clubs - Motherwell, Dunfermline, Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock,
   Airdrie, Dundee, St Mirren and Falkirk - have applied to join Scotland's
   proposed breakaway Super League.

|||OLYMPICS
   Paul Ahlgren reports ...

	The American volleyball team all shaved their heads in protest
	over the ruling that turned their first round victory over
	Japan to a defeat (which was correct). Maybe it helped them
	yesterday, when they defeated (barely) the Canadians with
	16-14 in the decisive set.

	The crowd almost exploded with happiness around the olympic
	swimming pool yesterday when the spanish favourite on men's
	200 meters backstroke Martin Lopez-Zubero won. 

	The most remarkable thing in the pool has been the lack of
	US domination. USA changed their way of qualifying this year
	by placing the qualification in March instead oj June. This
	was so that the swimmers would get more time to prepare for
	the games. The result has been the opposite to what they have
	expected. Yesterday Janet Evans lost her first championship
	race since 1986 for instance, and Matt Biondi had no chance
	against Popov from CIS, he ended no better than 5th...

	The Olympic tennis tournament has started without any real
	surprises. The most exciting thing must have been that Jim
	Courier surprisingly lost a set against Krishnan of India.

	Boxing has been a torment tournament so far for the CIS team.
	CIS has been used to win 2-3 classes and finalists in about
	2-3 more, but in this tournament five out of five boxers has
	lost in the first or second round. Part of the explanation is
	that many "old" stars has stopped boxing or turned pro, but
	it's still remarkable...

	The boxing is literally fighting for its' life in these olympics.
	The IOC has clearly stated that they want no more cheating,
	protests or any other kind of scandal which was significant for
	the Seoul, if it happens boxing maybe history in the olympics.

	Magic Johnson has strained his knee and may miss today's game.

	In today's trivia section I can tell you that there are only two
	nations that has participated in all summer and winter olympics
	held; France and Great Britain.

	(Today's results are rather short but my Swedish papers are lousy 
	 if no Swede's make any results...)

	Soccer:

	Italy-Poland 0-3, Sweden-Morocco 4-0, Denmark-Ghana 0-0

	Baseball:
        Dominican Republic-Spain 11-2,Cuba-Japan 8-2,
	Chinese Taipei-Puerto Rico 10-1,USA-Italy 10-0

	Modern Penthlathon:
        Individual Cross Country: 
	1, Manuel Barroso, Portugal, 12 minutes 26.07 seconds, 1327 points. 
	2, Imre Tiidemann, Estonia, 12:43.30, 1276. 
	3, Edouard Zenovka, Unified Team, 12:50.02, 1255. 

        Team Cross Country:
	1, Lithuania (Vladimiras Mocialovas, Gintaras Staskevicius, 
	   Tomas Narkus), 3621 points. 
	2, Unified Team, 3573. 
	3, France, 3546, 

        Individual Totals after Four Events:
	1, Edouard Zenovka, Unified Team, 4625. 
	2, Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, Poland, 4519. 
	3, Attila Mizser, Hungary, 4454. 

	Shooting Air Pistol 10 Meters men:
	1. Wang Yifu, China

	Skeet (Mixed):
	1. Zhang Shan, China
	
	Weightlifting:
	-60kg

	1. Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey 320.0 kilos
	2. Nikolaj Pesjalov, Bulgaria 305.0
	3. He Yingqiang, China 295.0

	Volleyball:

	Group A, Men: USA- Canada 3-2, France-Japan 3-2, Italy-Spain 3-0
	Group B: Cuba-Algeria 3-0,Brazil-CIS 3-1

	Swimming:

	100 meters Freestyle Men:
	1. Alexander Popov, CIS 49.02 (European record)
	2. Gustavo Borges, Brazil
	3. Stephan Caron, France

	400 meters Freestyle Women:
	1. Dagmar hase, Germany 4,07.18
	2. Janet Evans, USA
	3. Hayley Lewis, USA

	4*100 meters relay women:
	1. USA 3,39.46 (World Record)
	2. China
	3. Germany

	Wrestling:
	-52kg 1: Jon Rvnningen, Norway 2. Alfred ter-Mkrytsan CIS
	      3. Kyang Kap Min, Korea

	Gymnastics:
        Women's Team Final:
	1, Unified Team (Svetlana Boguinskaia,Tatiana Lyssenko, Roza Galieva, 
	   Tatiana Goutsou, Elena Groudneva, Oxana Tchoussovitina), 395.666. 
	2, Romania, 395.079. 
	3, United States, 394. 704. 
	4, China, 392.941. 

        Women's All-Around Qualifying:
	1, Shannon Miller, USA, 79.311 points. 
	2, Svetlana Boguinskaia, Unified Team,79.287. 
	3, Cristina Bontas, Romania, 79.211. 
	4, Lavinia Corina Milosovici,Romania, 79.198. 

        Women's Vault Qualifying:
	1, Shannon Miller, USA, 19.875. 
	2, Henrietta Onodi, Hungary, 19.862. 
	3, Kim Zmeskal, Houston, 19.850. 

        Women's Uneven Bars Qualifying:
	1, Tatiana Goutsou, Unified Team, 19.899. 
	2, Kim Gwang-Suk, North Korea, 19.875. 3 (tie),
	   Lavinia Corina Milosovici, Romania; 
	   Shannon Miller, USA, 19.862. 

        Women's Beam Qualifying:
	1, Lu Li, China, 19.812 
	2. Svetlana Boguinskaia, Unified Team, 19.800. 
	3 (tie), Tatiana Lyssenko, Unified Team; Shannon Miller, USA, 19.787. 

        Women's Floor Exercise Qualifying:
	1 (tie), Svetlana Boguinskaia, Unified Team';
	  Cristina Bontax, Romania, 19.900. 
	3 (tie), Henrietta Onodi, Hungary; 
	  Lavinia Corina Milosovici, Romania, 19.862.

	Medal standings:
	
        	                      Gold Silver Bronze Tot.
	Unified Team                  8    5       2     15
	China                         5    7       2     14
	Hungary                       5    2       1      8
	United States                 4    4       8     16
	South Korea                   3    0       1      4
	Germany                       2    1       4      7
	Spain                         2    0       0      2
	Japan                         1    2       1      4
	Bulgaria                      1    2       0      3
	Australia                     1    1       2      4
	Turkey                        1    0       0      1
	Norway                        1    0       0      1
	France                        0    2       5      7
	Sweden                        0    2       1      3
	Italy                         0    1       3      4
	Romania                       0    1       2      3
	Poland                        0    1       0      1
	Cuba                          1    1       0      2
	Peru                          0    1       0      1
	Brazil                        0    1       0      1
	Britain                       0    1       0      1
	Holland                       0    0       3      3
	Yugoslavia                    0    0       1      1
	Finland                       0    0       1      1
	Mongolia                      0    0       1      1
	Surinam                       0    0       1      1


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