Input: 2. Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 7:47.78

Alessandro Lambruschini

Italy


Input: 3. Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 7:48.38

Richard Kosgei

Kenya


Input: GOLF-BRITISH MASTERS FIRST ROUND SCORES.

GOLF

BRITISH MASTERS


Input: NORTHAMPTON, England 1996-08-28

NORTHAMPTON

England


Input: Leading completed


Input: first-round scores in the rain-affected British Masters golf

British Masters


Input: championship at Collingtree Park on Wednesday (Britain unless

Collingtree Park

Britain


Input: stated):


Input: 66 Gavin Levenson (South Africa)

Gavin Levenson

South Africa


Input: 68 Colin Montgomerie

Colin Montgomerie


Input: 69 Jose Coceres (Argentina), Raymond Russell, Robert Allenby

Jose Coceres

Raymond Russell

Robert Allenby

Argentina


Input: (Australia), David Gilford, Stuart Cage, Mike Clayton

Australia

David Gilford

Stuart Cage

Mike Clayton


Input: (Australia), Mark Roe, Emanuele Canonica (Italy)

Australia

Italy

Mark Roe

Emanuele Canonica


Input: 70 Francisco Cea (Spain), David Howell, Peter Hedblom

Francisco Cea

David Howell

Peter Hedblom

Spain


Input: (Sweden)

Sweden


Input: 71 Steven Bottomley, Ove Sellberg (Sweden), Joakim Haeggman

Steven Bottomley

Ove Sellberg

Joakim Haeggman

Sweden


Input: (Sweden), Stephen Ames (Trinidad and Tobago), Klas Eriksson

Sweden

Trinidad and Tobago

Stephen Ames

Klas Eriksson


Input: (Sweden), Roger Chapman, Mark Davis, Pierre Fulke (Sweden),

Sweden

Sweden

Roger Chapman

Mark Davis

Pierre Fulke


Input: Martin Gates, Anders Haglund (Sweden)

Martin Gates

Anders Haglund

Sweden


Input: 72 Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Michael Jonzon (Sweden), Chistian

Niclas Fasth

Michael Jonzon

Chistian

Sweden

Sweden


Input: Cevaer (France), Thomas Bjorn (Denmark), Tony Johnstone

Cevaer

Thomas Bjorn

Tony Johnstone

France

Denmark


Input: (Zimbabwe), Padraig Harrington (Ireland), Pedro Linhart

Zimbabwe

Ireland

Padraig Harrington

Pedro Linhart


Input: (Spain), David Carter

Spain

David Carter


Input: 73 Ross McFarlane, Domingo Hospital (Spain), Seve Ballesteros

Ross McFarlane

Domingo Hospital

Seve Ballesteros

Spain


Input: (Spain), Paul Broadhurst, Greg Turner (New Zealand), Mike

Spain

New Zealand

Paul Broadhurst

Greg Turner

Mike


Input: Harwood (Australia), Brenden Pappas (South Africa), Peter

Harwood

Brenden Pappas

Peter

Australia

South Africa


Input: Teravainen (U.S.), Jean Van de Velde (France), Oyvind Rojahn

Teravainen

Jean Van de Velde

Oyvind Rojahn

U.S.

France


Input: (Norway), Stephen McAllister, Neal Briggs

Norway

Stephen McAllister

Neal Briggs


Input: Note: 77 players to complete their first rounds on Thursday


Input: CYCLING-KELLY WINS WORLD TIME TRIAL TITLE.

KELLY


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-28

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Shane Kelly of Australia retained the world one-kilometre time trial title at the world track championships on Wednesday, with a track record time of one minute 2.777 seconds.

Shane Kelly

Australia


Input: Kelly averaged 57.345 kph to beat Soren Lausgberg of Germany by eighteen hundredths of a second.

Kelly

Soren Lausgberg

Germany


Input: The bronze medal went to another German, Jan Van Eijden, in 1:04.541.

German

Jan Van Eijden


Input: CYCLING-VAN HEESWIJK WINS SECOND STAGE OF TOUR OF NETHERLANDS.

VAN HEESWIJK

TOUR OF NETHERLANDS


Input: ALMERE, Netherlands 1996-08-28

ALMERE

Netherlands


Input: Leading placings in


Input: the 195-km second stage of the Tour of the Netherlands between

Tour of the Netherlands


Input: Haarlem and Almere on Wednesday:

Haarlem

Almere


Input: 1. Max van Heeswijk (Netherlands) Motorola 4 hours 39 minutes

Max van Heeswijk

Netherlands

Motorola


Input: six seconds.


Input: 2. Johan Capiot (Belgium) Collstrop

Johan Capiot

Belgium

Collstrop


Input: 3. Sven Teutenberg (Germany) U.S. Postal

Sven Teutenberg

Germany

U.S. Postal


Input: 4. Erik Zabel (Germany) Telekom

Erik Zabel

Germany

Telekom


Input: 5. Federico Colonna (Italy) Mapei

Federico Colonna

Italy

Mapei


Input: 6. Jans Koerts (Netherlands) Palmans

Jans Koerts

Netherlands

Palmans


Input: 7. Michel Zanoli (Netherlands) MX Onda

Michel Zanoli

Netherlands

MX Onda


Input: 8 .Giuseppe Citterio (Italy) Aki

.Giuseppe Citterio

Aki

Italy


Input: 9 .Robbie McEwen (Australia) Rabobank

.Robbie McEwen

Australia

Rabobank


Input: 10. Kaspars Ozers (Latvia) Motorola all same time

Kaspars Ozers

Latvia

Motorola


Input: Leading overall placings after two stages:


Input: 1. Colonna 8:22:00

Colonna


Input: 2. Van Heeswijk 1 second behind

Van Heeswijk


Input: 3. McEwen same time

McEwen


Input: 4. Teutenberg 4 seconds

Teutenberg


Input: 5. Capiot 5

Capiot


Input: 6. Koerts 7

Koerts


Input: 7. Ozers 8

Ozers


Input: 8. Gianluca Corini (Italy) Aki same time

Gianluca Corini

Aki

Italy


Input: 9. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) Motorola 9

Lance Armstrong

U.S.

Motorola


Input: 10. George Hincapie (U.S.) Motorola same time

George Hincapie

U.S.

Motorola


Input: CYCLING-VAN HEESWIJK WINS TOUR OF NETHERLANDS SECOND STAGE.

VAN HEESWIJK

TOUR OF NETHERLANDS


Input: ALMERE, Netherlands 1996-08-28

ALMERE

Netherlands


Input: Leading results and overall standings after the 195 kilometre second stage of the Tour of the Netherlands between Haarlem and Almere on Wednesday.

Tour of the Netherlands

Haarlem

Almere


Input: 1. Max van Heeswijk (Netherlands) Motorola 4 hours 39 minutes six seconds.

Max van Heeswijk

Netherlands

Motorola


Input: 2. Johan Capiot (Belgium) Collstrop

Johan Capiot

Belgium

Collstrop


Input: 3. Sven Teutenberg (Germany) U.S. Postal

Sven Teutenberg

Germany

U.S. Postal


Input: 4. Erik Zabel (Germany) Telekom

Erik Zabel

Germany

Telekom


Input: 5. Federico Colonna (Italy) Mapei

Federico Colonna

Italy

Mapei


Input: 6. Jans Koerts (Netherlands) Palmans

Jans Koerts

Netherlands

Palmans


Input: 7. Michel Zanoli (Netherlands) MX Onda

Michel Zanoli

Netherlands

MX Onda


Input: 8. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy) Aki

Giuseppe Citterio

Aki

Italy


Input: 9. Robbie McEwen (Australia) Rabobank

Robbie McEwen

Australia

Rabobank


Input: 10. Kaspars Ozers (Latvia) Motorola all same time.

Kaspars Ozers

Latvia

Motorola


Input: Leading overall standings after second stage.


Input: 1. Colonna 8:22:00

Colonna


Input: 2. Van Heeswijk 1 second behind

Van Heeswijk


Input: 3. McEwen same time

McEwen


Input: 4. Teutenberg 4 seconds

Teutenberg


Input: 5. Capiot 5

Capiot


Input: 6. Koerts 7

Koerts


Input: 7. Ozers 8

Ozers


Input: 8. Gianluca Corini (Italy) Aki same time

Gianluca Corini

Aki

Italy


Input: 9. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) Motorola 9

Lance Armstrong

U.S.

Motorola


Input: 10. George Hincapie (U.S.) Motorola same time.

George Hincapie

U.S.

Motorola


Input: CYCLING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS.


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-28

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Results from the


Input: world track cycling championships on Wednesday:


Input: Men's individual pursuit:


Input: Selected result from first round


Input: Chris Boardman (Britain) 4:13.353 seconds (world record) caught

Chris Boardman

Britain


Input: Jens Lehman (Germany)

Jens Lehman

Germany


Input: Quarter-finals


Input: Boardman 4:14.784 caught Edouard Gritson (Russia)

Boardman

Edouard Gritson

Russia


Input: Francis Moreau (France) 4:16.274 beat Heiko Szonn (Germany)

Francis Moreau

Heiko Szonn

France

Germany


Input: Andrea Collinelli (Italy) 4:17.551 beat Michael Sandstod

Andrea Collinelli

Michael Sandstod

Italy


Input: (Denmark) 4:24.660

Denmark


Input: Alexei Markov (Russia) 4:19.762 beat Mariano Friedick (U.S.)

Alexei Markov

Mariano Friedick

Russia

U.S.


Input: one kilometre time-trial final


Input: 1. Shane Kelly (Australia) 1 minute 02.777 seconds

Shane Kelly

Australia


Input: 2. Soren Lausberg (Germany) 1:02.795

Soren Lausberg

Germany


Input: 3. Jan Van Eiden (Germany) 1:04.541

Jan Van Eiden

Germany


Input: 4. Herve Thuet (France) 1:04.732

Herve Thuet

France


Input: 5. Grzegorz Krejner (Poland) 1:04.834

Grzegorz Krejner

Poland


Input: 6. Ainars Kiksis (Latvia) 1:04.896

Ainars Kiksis

Latvia


Input: 7. Dimitrios Georgalis (Greece) 1:05.022

Dimitrios Georgalis

Greece


Input: 8. Jose Moreno (Spain) 1:05.219

Jose Moreno

Spain


Input: 9. Keiji Kojima (Japan) 1:05.300

Keiji Kojima

Japan


Input: 10. Graham Sharman (Australia) 1:05.406

Graham Sharman

Australia


Input: 11. Jose Escuredo (Spain) 1:05.731

Jose Escuredo

Spain


Input: 12. Craig MacLean (Britain) 1:05.735

Craig MacLean

Britain


Input: 13. Christian Meidlinger (Austria) 1:05.850

Christian Meidlinger

Austria


Input: 14. Darren McKenzie-Potter (New Zealand) 1:06.289

Darren McKenzie-Potter

New Zealand


Input: 15. Masanaga Shiohara (Japan) 1:06.615

Masanaga Shiohara

Japan


Input: 16. Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (South Africa) 1:07.258

Jean-Pierre Van Zyl

South Africa


Input: Keirin final

Keirin


Input: 1. Marty Nothstein (U.S.), last 200 metres in 10.982 seconds.

Marty Nothstein

U.S.


Input: 2. Gary Neiwand (Australia)

Gary Neiwand

Australia


Input: 3. Frederic Magne (France)

Frederic Magne

France


Input: 4. Pavel Buran (Czech Republic)

Pavel Buran

Czech Republic


Input: 5. Michael Hubner (Germany)

Michael Hubner

Germany


Input: 6. Laurent Gane (France)

Laurent Gane

France


Input: Madison final (50 kms)

Madison


Input: 1. Silvio Martinelli-Marco Villa (Italy) 34 points, in a

Silvio Martinelli

Marco Villa

Italy


Input: time of 55 minutes 47.4 seconds


Input: 2. Scott McGrory-Stephen Pate (Australia) 25

Scott McGrory

Stephen Pate

Australia


Input: 3. Andreas Kappes-Carsten Wolf (Germany) 23

Andreas Kappes

Carsten Wolf

Germany


Input: 4. Kurt Betschart-Bruno Risi (Switzerland) 22

Kurt Betschart

Bruno Risi

Switzerland


Input: 5. Gabriel Curuchet-Juan Curuchet (Argentine) 15

Gabriel Curuchet

Juan Curuchet

Argentine


Input: 6. Peter Pieters-Tomas Post (Netherlands) 14

Peter Pieters

Tomas Post

Netherlands


Input: 7. J immi Madsen-Jens Veggerby (Denmark) 14

J immi Madsen

Jens Veggerby

Denmark


Input: 8. Isaac Galvez-Lopez-Juan Llaneras (Spain) 11

Isaac Galvez-Lopez

Juan Llaneras

Spain


Input: 9. Wolfgang Kotzmann-Franz Stocher (Austria) 5

Wolfgang Kotzmann

Franz Stocher

Austria


Input: 10. Christophe Capelle-Jean-Michel Monin (France) 2

Christophe Capelle

Jean-Michel Monin

France


Input: CYCLING-BOARDMAN FULFILS WORLD RECORD PREDICTION.

BOARDMAN


Input: Martin Ayres

Martin Ayres


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-28

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Britain's Chris Boardman fulfilled his prediction that he would break the world 4,000 metres world record in the world track cycling championships on Wednesday.

Britain

Chris Boardman


Input: Boardman clocked four minutes 13.353 seconds to slice more than six seconds from the previous world mark of 4:19.699 set by Olympic champion Andrea Collinelli of Italy in Atlanta in July.

Boardman

Andrea Collinelli

Olympic

Italy

Atlanta


Input: Collinelli qualified in second place, also beating his old record in 4:17.696.

Collinelli


Input: " I was very nervous before the start but then I was amazed by the speed of my ride, " Boardman said. "

Boardman


Input: I don't know if I can go any faster.


Input: Who knows what will happen in the later stages? "


Input: Boardman, 28, did not contest the Olympic pursuit because of its proximity to the Tour de France in which he led the French GAN team.

Boardman

Olympic

Tour de France

French

GAN


Input: However, he took a bronze medal in the Olympic road time-trial and then returned home to prepare for the world track series in the Manchester indoor velodrome.

Olympic

Manchester


Input: He adopted the " superman " riding position with arms at full stretch perfected by fellow Briton Graeme Obree, the 1995 world champion, and taken up in Atlanta by Collinelli.

Briton

Graeme Obree

Collinelli

Atlanta


Input: Obree was forced to pull out of his title defence because of a viral infection.

Obree


Input: Qualifiers for Wednesday evening's quarter-finals:


Input: 1. Chris Boardman (Britain) 4:13.353

Chris Boardman

Britain


Input: 2. Andrea Collinelli (Italy) 4:17.696

Andrea Collinelli

Italy


Input: 3. Mariano Friedick (U.S.) 4:19.808

Mariano Friedick

U.S.


Input: 4. Heiko Szonn (Germany) 4:21.009

Heiko Szonn

Germany


Input: 5. Francis Moreau (France) 4:21.454

Francis Moreau

France


Input: 6. Alexei Markov (Russia) 4:22.738

Alexei Markov

Russia


Input: 7. Michael Sandstod (Denmark) 4:24.427

Michael Sandstod

Denmark


Input: 8. Edouard Gritsoun (Russia) 4:26.467

Edouard Gritsoun

Russia


Input: CYCLING-BOARDMAN BREAKS WORLD 4,000 METRES RECORD.

BOARDMAN


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-28

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Britain's Chris Boardman broke the world 4,000 metres cycling record by more than six seconds at the world championships on Wednesday.

Britain

Chris Boardman


Input: Boardman clocked four minutes 13.353 seconds in the qualifying round of the individual pursuit event to beat the previous mark of 4:19.699 set by Andrea Collinelli of Italy at the Atlanta Olympics on July 24.

Boardman

Andrea Collinelli

Italy

Atlanta

Olympics


Input: SOCCER-ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION RESULTS/STANDINGS.

ENGLISH


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Results of English first division

English


Input: soccer matches on Wednesday:


Input: Barnsley 3 Reading 0

Barnsley

Reading


Input: Stoke 1 Bradford 0

Stoke

Bradford


Input: Swindon 1 Oldham 0

Swindon

Oldham


Input: Wolverhampton 1 Queens Park Rangers 1

Wolverhampton

Queens Park Rangers


Input: Standings (tabulated under played, won, drawn, lost, goals


Input: for, against, points):


Input: Barnsley 3 3 0 0 8 2 9

Barnsley


Input: Stoke 3 3 0 0 5 2 9

Stoke


Input: Tranmere 3 2 1 0 6 3 7

Tranmere


Input: Bolton 3 2 1 0 5 2 7

Bolton


Input: Wolverhampton 3 2 1 0 5 2 7

Wolverhampton


Input: Queens Park Rangers 3 2 1 0 5 3 7

Queens Park Rangers


Input: Norwich 3 2 0 1 4 3 6

Norwich


Input: Ipswich 3 1 1 1 6 4 4

Ipswich


Input: Birmingham 2 1 1 0 5 4 4

Birmingham


Input: Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 3 2 4

Crystal Palace


Input: Swindon 3 1 1 1 2 3 4

Swindon


Input: Oxford 3 1 0 2 6 3 3

Oxford


Input: Bradford 3 1 0 2 3 3 3

Bradford


Input: Huddersfield 2 1 0 1 3 3 3

Huddersfield


Input: Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 5 3

Portsmouth


Input: Reading 3 1 0 2 3 8 3

Reading


Input: Man City 3 1 0 2 2 3 3

Man City


Input: West Bromwich 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

West Bromwich


Input: Port Vale 3 0 2 1 2 4 2

Port Vale


Input: Sheffield United 2 0 1 1 4 5 1

Sheffield United


Input: Grimsby 3 0 1 2 4 7 1

Grimsby


Input: Charlton 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

Charlton


Input: Southend 3 0 1 2 1 7 1

Southend


Input: Oldham 3 0 0 3 2 6 0

Oldham


Input: CRICKET-ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES.

ENGLISH

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Close of play scores on the first


Input: day of four-day English County Championship cricket matches on

English

County Championship


Input: Wednesday:


Input: At Portsmouth: Middlesex 199 in 60 overs (K. Brown 57;

Portsmouth

Middlesex

K. Brown


Input: L. Botham 5-67).

L. Botham


Input: Hampshire 105-4.

Hampshire


Input: At Chester-le-Street: Glamorgan 73-3 v Durham.

Chester-le-Street

Glamorgan

Durham


Input: SOCCER-FOWLER AND MCMANAMAN OUT OF ENGLAND SQUAD.

FOWLER

MCMANAMAN

ENGLAND


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: England soccer manager Glen Hoddle confirmed on Wednesday that the Liverpool pair of Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler would miss England's World Cup qualifying match against Moldova on Sunday.

England

England

Moldova

Glen Hoddle

Steve McManaman

Robbie Fowler

Liverpool

World Cup


Input: The two men, both suffering from back injuries, joined the England squad at training but it was soon clear they had no chance of making the flight to Kishinev on Friday.

England

Kishinev


Input: " They had some scans and X-rays yesterday and they're out, " said Hoddle.

Hoddle


Input: " The more important thing for me was to get them down here and have a chat.


Input: To go another five weeks without that chance would have been foolish, " he added.


Input: Hoddle, who has already lost the services of midfielder Darren Anderton and defender Steve Howey, delayed naming any replacements.

Hoddle

Darren Anderton

Steve Howey


Input: There was also concern over injuries to Paul Gascoigne, Les Ferdinand and David Batty.

Paul Gascoigne

Les Ferdinand

David Batty


Input: HORSE RACING-JOCKEY WEAVER RECEIVES 21-DAY BAN.

WEAVER

BAN


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Leading rider Jason Weaver received a 21-day ban from the disciplinary committee of the Jockey Club on Wednesday.

Jason Weaver

Jockey Club


Input: Weaver had been reported after being found guilty of irresponsible riding at the provincial track of Pontefract 10 days ago.

Weaver

Pontefract


Input: It was his fourth riding offence this season.


Input: Although five days of the ban were suspended until January 1, Weaver will miss next month's big St Leger meeting, including the ride on top stayer Double Trigger in the Doncaster Cup.

Weaver

Double Trigger

St Leger

Doncaster Cup


Input: Weaver shot to prominence in 1994 when he won the English 2,000 Guineas on Mister Baileys in his first ride in a classic.

Weaver

English

2,000 Guineas

Mister Baileys


Input: ROWING-REDGRAVE MAY SEEK FIFTH OLYMPIC GOLD.

REDGRAVE

OLYMPIC


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Britain's Steven Redgrave said on Wednesday he might change his mind and go for a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

Britain

Sydney

Steven Redgrave

Olympic

2000 Games


Input: Redgrave is one of only five athletes who have won gold medals at four successive Olympics.

Redgrave

Olympics


Input: He shared victory with Matthew Pinsent in the coxless pairs at the Atlanta Games and said at the time that would be his last shot.

Matthew Pinsent

Atlanta Games


Input: But he has had second thoughts since then. "


Input: I'm only 34.


Input: Some say that's too old for an athlete, " he said.


Input: " But I'll be 38 by Sydney and that's not too old.

Sydney


Input: It's whether I have got the enthusiasm for the training over the next four years.


Input: Rowing is an endurance sport. "


Input: CRICKET-BOTHAM DISMISSES GATTING IN FIRST CLASS DEBUT.

BOTHAM

GATTING


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Liam Botham demonstrated his father Ian's golden touch on Wednesday shortly after making his county debut for Hampshire.

Liam Botham

Ian

Hampshire


Input: Botham dismissed Mike Gatting with his seventh ball when the former England captain pushed a half-volley to square-leg on the first day of the four-day match against Middlesex at Portsmouth.

Botham

Mike Gatting

England

Portsmouth

Middlesex


Input: Earlier Botham arrived in Portsmouth from Southampton only to be told his services would not be required.

Botham

Portsmouth

Southampton


Input: He then drove 40 kms back to play for the second XI to learn that John Stephenson had dropped out of the Middlesex match in the meantime with a shoulder injury.

John Stephenson

Middlesex


Input: Botham dashed back to Portsmouth and took the field as the thrid over began.

Botham

Portsmouth


Input: Ian Botham began his test career in 1977 by dismissing Australian captain Greg Chappell with a long hop and went on to become his country's most successful all-rounder ever with 5,200 runs, 383 wickets plus 120 catches in 102 tests.

Ian Botham

Greg Chappell

Australian


Input: RUGBY UNION-CARLING LEFT OUT OF ENGLAND TRAINING SQUAD.

RUGBY UNION

CARLING

ENGLAND


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Former England captain Will Carling along with Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood and Dean Richards have been left out of England's first training squad of the season.

England

England

Will Carling

Jeremy Guscott

Rory Underwood

Dean Richards


Input: The quartet, who possess 244 international caps between them, were also omitted from a summer training camp but will still be in contention when the northern international season starts later this year.


Input: " Their qualities are well known to the selectors and they will, of course, be considered when the season gets underway, " the Rugby Football Union said in a statement on Wednesday.

Rugby Football Union


Input: BASEBALL-DODGERS WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT.

DODGERS


Input: MONTREAL 1996-08-28

MONTREAL


Input: Hideo Nomo allowed a run in seven innings for his fifth win in seven road starts and Greg Gagne capped a three-run fourth with a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed a 5-1 victory the Montreal Expos on Tuesday.

Hideo Nomo

Greg Gagne

Los Angeles Dodgers

Montreal Expos


Input: With their fifth straight win, the Dodgers moved a half-game ahead of the Expos at the top of the wild card hunt behind Nomo (13-10), who allowed six hits and walked four with six strikeouts.

Dodgers

Expos

Nomo


Input: In San Francisco, Mike Williams allowed two runs in 7-1/3 innings and Benito Santiago and Ruben Amaro had RBI hits in the first inning as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2.

San Francisco

Mike Williams

Benito Santiago

Ruben Amaro

RBI

Philadelphia Phillies

San Francisco Giants


Input: Williams (5-12), who snapped a personal three-game losing streak, allowed five hits, walked two and struck out five.

Williams


Input: It was also Williams' first win in three career decisions against San Francisco.

Williams

San Francisco


Input: In Pittsburgh, Al Martin's run-scoring single snapped a fifth-inning tie and Denny Neagle outdueled John Smoltz as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2.

Pittsburgh

Al Martin

Denny Neagle

John Smoltz

Pittsburgh Pirates

Atlanta Braves


Input: The Braves led 2-1 entering the fifth, but the Pirates pushed across two runs against Smoltz (20-7).

Braves

Pirates

Smoltz


Input: Neagle (14-6) beat the Braves for the third time this season, allowing two runs and six hits in eight innings.

Neagle

Braves


Input: In St Louis, Gary Sheffield and Devon White each drove in two runs and Mark Hutton scattered four hits over six innings to lead the Florida Marlins past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3.

St Louis

Gary Sheffield

Devon White

Mark Hutton

Florida Marlins

St. Louis Cardinals


Input: White added a solo homer, his 11th, off reliever Mark Petkovsek with one out in the fifth, giving the Marlins a 6-0 lead.

White

Mark Petkovsek

Marlins


Input: In New York, Steve Finley's three-run homer capped a four-run eighth inning and gave the San Diego Padres a 4-3 victory over New York, spoiling Bobby Valentine's debut as Mets' manager.

New York

New York

Steve Finley

Bobby Valentine

San Diego Padres

Mets


Input: The rally made a winner out of reliever Willie Blair

Willie Blair


Input: Tony Gwynn and Wally Joyner had two hits apiece, helping the Padres to their third straight win.

Tony Gwynn

Wally Joyner

Padres


Input: First-place San Diego has won seven of its last eight games and improved to 34-20 against NL East opponents.

San Diego

NL East


Input: In Houston, Tony Eusebio's eighth-inning sacrifice fly capped a comeback from a five-run deficit that gave the Houston Astros a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Houston

Tony Eusebio

Houston Astros

Chicago Cubs


Input: The Astros trailed 5-0 after three innings, but scored three runs in the fourth and one in the sixth before taking the lead in the eighth.

Astros


Input: In St Louis, Gary Sheffield and Devon White each drove in two runs and Mark Hutton scattered four hits over six innings to lead the Florida Marlins past the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3,

St Louis

Gary Sheffield

Devon White

Mark Hutton

Florida Marlins

St. Louis Cardinals


Input: Sheffield, who was benched Monday, delivered a double down the left-field line in the first, scoring Luis Castilla and Alex Arias to put the Marlins ahead to stay.

Sheffield

Luis Castilla

Alex Arias

Marlins


Input: At Colorado, Hal Morris and Eric Davis each homered and John Smiley scattered six hits over 6 2/3 innings as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-3, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Colorado

Hal Morris

Eric Davis

John Smiley

Cincinnati Reds

Colorado Rockies


Input: The Reds took a one-run lead in the second inning when Morris led off with his 10th homer off starter Armando Reynoso (8-9).

Reds

Morris

Armando Reynoso


Input: They increased their bulge to 4-0 in the third when Barry Larkin drew a one-out walk, Kevin Mitchell singled and Davis launched his 22nd homer over the right-field wall.

Barry Larkin

Kevin Mitchell

Davis


Input: RUGBY UNION-NEW ZEALAND RECALL MEHRTENS FOR FINAL TEST.

RUGBY UNION

NEW ZEALAND

MEHRTENS


Input: JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-28

JOHANNESBURG


Input: The New Zealand rugby selectors recalled fly-half Andrew Mehrtens on Wednesday when they announced their team for the third and final test in Johannesburg on Saturday.

New Zealand

Johannesburg

Andrew Mehrtens


Input: He returns in place of Simon Culhane who broke a wrist in the All Blacks' series-clinching victory in Pretoria on Saturday.

Simon Culhane

All Blacks

Pretoria


Input: Mehrtens played in the last TriNations test in Cape Town but missed the first two tests in the current series after tearing a cartilage in his knee while training, an injury which needed a small operation.

Mehrtens

TriNations

Cape Town


Input: Lock Ian Jones and wing Jeff Wilson have also been named in the team despite doubts over their fitness.

Ian Jones

Jeff Wilson


Input: Jones has a knee injury while Wilson is suffering from a viral infection.

Jones

Wilson


Input: Blair Larsen or the uncapped Glenn Taylor are on standby to replace Jones and, with Jonah Lomu out of action with a shoulder injury picked up in Tuesday's drawn match against Griqualand West, Eric Rush is favourite to play should Wilson fail to recover.

Blair Larsen

Glenn Taylor

Jones

Jonah Lomu

Eric Rush

Wilson

Griqualand West


Input: Team:


Input: 15-Christian Cullen, 14-Jeff Wilson, 13-Walter Little, 12-Frank Bunce, 11-Glen Osborne; 10-Andrew Mehrtens, 9-Justin Marshall; 8-Zinzan Brooke, 7-Josh Kronfeld, 6-Michael Jones, 5-Ian Jones, 4-Robin Brooke, 3-Olo Brown, 2-Sean Fitzpatrick (captain), 1-Craig Dowd.

Christian Cullen

Jeff Wilson

Walter Little

Frank Bunce

Glen Osborne

Andrew Mehrtens

Justin Marshall

Zinzan Brooke

Josh Kronfeld

Michael Jones

Ian Jones

Robin Brooke

Olo Brown

Sean Fitzpatrick

Craig Dowd


Input: HOCKEY-BONNET TAKES OVER AS SOUTH AFRICAN COACH.

BONNET


Input: JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-28

JOHANNESBURG


Input: Former South African captain Giles Bonnet was named by the South African Hockey Association on Wednesday as the new coach of the men's national side.

South African

Giles Bonnet

South African Hockey Association


Input: Bonnet, who has been coaching the Kwazulu-Natal provincial team, takes over from Englishman Gavin Featherstone who took South Africa to 10th place in the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Bonnet

Gavin Featherstone

Kwazulu-Natal

South Africa

Atlanta

Englishman

Olympic Games


Input: Featherstone, a former Britain captain, has accepted a coaching position with a women's team in Ireland.

Featherstone

Britain

Ireland


Input: CRICKET-GIBBS GETS INTERNATIONAL CALL UP.

GIBBS


Input: JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-28

JOHANNESBURG


Input: Western Province batsman Herschelle Gibbs was the only uncapped player in South Africa's 14-man squad named on Wednesday for a quadrangular one-day series in Kenya next month.

Western Province

Herschelle Gibbs

South Africa

Kenya


Input: Kenya, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take part in the series.

Kenya

South Africa

Pakistan

Sri Lanka


Input: National coach Bob Woolmer said Gibbs, 22, had been rewarded for a tremendous tour of England with the South African A team earlier this year.

Bob Woolmer

Gibbs

England

South African


Input: " I've known Herschelle since he was 11 years old and he showed in England how he has matured.

Herschelle

England


Input: His 170 against the MCC was an innings of supreme class against the best bowling attack we faced all tour, " Woolmer told a news conference.

MCC

Woolmer


Input: " We were not able to consider Jacques Kallis, Paul Adams and Shaun Pollock due to injury and the replacements have all come from the A tour and it's great that they are all in form. "

Jacques Kallis

Paul Adams

Shaun Pollock


Input: Spin-bowling all-rounders Nicky Boje and Derek Crookes replace Pollock and Adams, while Gibbs comes in for his Western Province colleague Kallis.

Nicky Boje

Derek Crookes

Pollock

Adams

Gibbs

Kallis

Western Province


Input: Squad: Hansie Cronje (captain), Craig Matthews (vice-captain), Dave Richardson, Brian McMillan, Gary Kirsten, Andrew Hudson, Pat Symcox, Jonty Rhodes, Allan Donald, Fanie de Villiers, Daryll Cullinan, Derek Crookes, Herschelle Gibs, Nicky Boje.

Hansie Cronje

Craig Matthews

Dave Richardson

Brian McMillan

Gary Kirsten

Andrew Hudson

Pat Symcox

Jonty Rhodes

Allan Donald

Fanie de Villiers

Daryll Cullinan

Derek Crookes

Herschelle Gibs

Nicky Boje


Input: BASKETBALL-OLYMPIAKOS BEAT RED STAR 71-57.

OLYMPIAKOS

RED STAR


Input: BELGRADE 1996-08-28

BELGRADE


Input: Olympiakos of Greece beat Yugoslavia's Red Star 71-57 (halftime 40-34) in the first match of an international club basketball tournament on Wednesday.

Olympiakos

Red Star

Greece

Yugoslavia


Input: Partizan (Yugoslavia), Alba (Germany), Dinamo (Russia) and Benetton (Italy) are also taking part in the event which continues until Saturday.

Partizan

Alba

Dinamo

Benetton

Yugoslavia

Germany

Russia

Italy


Input: SOCCER-RUSSIA AND BRAZIL DRAW 2-2 IN FRIENDLY.

RUSSIA

BRAZIL


Input: MOSCOW 1996-08-28

MOSCOW


Input: Russia and Brazil drew 2-2

Russia

Brazil


Input: (halftime 1-0) in a friendly soccer international on Wednesday.


Input: Scorers:


Input: Russia-Yuri Nikiforov (18th minute), Vladislav Rodimov

Russia

Yuri Nikiforov

Vladislav Rodimov


Input: Brazil-Donizetti (47th), Ronaldo (85th)

Brazil

Donizetti

Ronaldo


Input: Attendence: 20,000


Input: SQUASH-HONG OPEN FIRST ROUND RESULTS.

HONG OPEN


Input: HONG KONG 1996-08-28

HONG KONG


Input: First round results in the Hong

Hong


Input: Kong Open on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding):

Kong Open


Input: 2-Rodney Eyles (Australia) beat Zarak Jahan Khan (Pakistan)

Rodney Eyles

Zarak Jahan Khan

Australia

Pakistan


Input: 15-6 8-15 15-10 7-15 15-12


Input: 4-Peter Nicol (Scotland) beat Julian Wellings (England) 15-8

Peter Nicol

Julian Wellings

Scotland

England


Input: 15-7 15-6


Input: Derek Ryan (Ireland) beat 5-Simon Parke (England) 15-11 15-11

Derek Ryan

Simon Parke

Ireland

England


Input: 2-15 15-11


Input: 7-Chris Walker (England) beat Julien Bonetat (France) 15-12

Chris Walker

Julien Bonetat

England

France


Input: 15-6 15-2


Input: Jonathon Power (Canada) beat Ahmed Barada (Egypt) 11-15 8-15

Jonathon Power

Ahmed Barada

Canada

Egypt


Input: 15-13 15-11 15-2


Input: Amr Shabana (Egypt) beat John White (Australia) 10-15 15-9

Amr Shabana

John White

Egypt

Australia


Input: 15-10 16-17 15-1


Input: Paul Johnson (England) beat Tony Hands (England) 12-15 15-11

Paul Johnson

Tony Hands

England

England


Input: 7-15 15-6 15-11


Input: Zubair Jahan Khan (Pakistan) beat Faheem Khan (Hong Kong) 12-15

Zubair Jahan Khan

Faheem Khan

Pakistan

Hong Kong


Input: 15-10 15-10 15-10


Input: R


Input: BASKETBALL-FORMULA SHELL WIN GAME ONE IN PHILIPPINES.

FORMULA SHELL


Input: MANILA 1996-08-28

MANILA


Input: Result of game one of the Philippine Basketball Association second conference finals on Tuesday:

Philippine Basketball Association


Input: Formula Shell beat Alaska Milk 85-82 (36-46)

Formula Shell

Alaska Milk


Input: (Formula Shell leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

Formula Shell


Input: SOCCER-ISRAELI FIRST DIVISION RESULTS.

ISRAELI


Input: JERUSALEM 1996-08-28

JERUSALEM


Input: Results of first division


Input: soccer matches played over the weekend and Tuesday:


Input: Hapoel Kfar Sava 0 Hapoel Zafririm Holon 1

Hapoel Kfar Sava

Hapoel Zafririm Holon


Input: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 Maccabi Haifa 3

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Maccabi Haifa


Input: Hapoel Jerusalem 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3

Hapoel Jerusalem

Hapoel Petah Tikva


Input: Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion 3 Hapoel Taibe 1

Hapoel Ironi Rishon

Hapoel Taibe


Input: Hapoel Beit She'an 0 Hapoel Beit She'an 1

Hapoel Beit She'an

Hapoel Beit She'an


Input: Maccabi Petah Tikva 0 Betar Jerusalem 3

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Betar Jerusalem


Input: Hapoel Haifa 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1

Hapoel Haifa

Tel Aviv


Input: Hapoel Beersheva 2 Maccabi Herzliya 0

Hapoel Beersheva

Maccabi Herzliya


Input: TENNIS-SELES HAS WALKOVER TO U.S. OPEN THIRD ROUND.

SELES HAS

U.S. OPEN


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Second seed and co-world number one Monica Seles advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships without hitting a ball on Wednesday.

Monica Seles

U.S. Open Tennis Championships


Input: Seles, the 1991 and 1992 champion who dropped just one game in her opening match, was scheduled to play Laurence Courtois of Belgium Wednesay night.

Seles

Laurence Courtois

Belgium


Input: But tournament officials announced about four-and-a-half hours before the match that Courtois had pulled out due to a left knee bone inflammation, moving Seles into the next round on a walkover.

Courtois

Seles


Input: TENNIS-SERIOUS MEDVEDEV IS HAVING FUN AGAIN.

MEDVEDEV


Input: Richard Finn

Richard Finn


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Outspoken Andrei Medvedev exchanged his reputation as the clown prince of tennis on Wednesday for a new no-nonsense attitude that has made life on the courts fun again.

Andrei Medvedev


Input: " I think I'm much more focused on what I have to do, and that's playing tennis, " Medvedev said after routing Frenchman Jean-Philippe Fleurian 6-2 6-0 6-1 in the opening round of the U.S. Open.

Medvedev

Jean-Philippe Fleurian

Frenchman

U.S. Open


Input: It was Medvedev's sixth victory in a row after winning his first tournament of the year last week at the Hamlet Cup.

Medvedev

Hamlet Cup


Input: " I realised this year, that without putting 99.9 percent of your mind into tennis, I don't think you can successful, " said the 22-year-old Medvedev.

Medvedev


Input: " The whole day I'm thinking abnout tennis.


Input: I felt that all the other things I was doing the years before, they were distracting me, they were not helping me at all. "


Input: For Medvedev that meant confining his post-match comments to tennis and not going off on tirades about about peripheral issues such as the poor quality of food in the players lounge, an entertaining rant that took his mind off the task at hand.

Medvedev


Input: " I know what I'm here for, " said Medvedev, who lost in the second round of the Open the last two years after reaching the quarters in 1993, the same year he tried his hand as a restaurant critic.

Medvedev

Open


Input: " I'm not here to fight the press or talk about the food or entertain the people off the court.


Input: I'm here to play tennis and to win.


Input: I have much less fun off the court.


Input: I have much more fun on the court, " he said.


Input: Just three years ago Medvedev was one of the world's best, with a ranking of six after reaching the French Open semifinal and winning three tournaments.

Medvedev

French Open


Input: But Medvedev's ranking slowly began to drop last year as he struggled with a wrist injury.

Medvedev


Input: The Ukrainian finally hit a low of 44th two months ago.

Ukrainian


Input: " It's somewhere where I wouldn't like to stay very long, " Medvedev said of his current ranking of 36. "

Medvedev


Input: It's a part of the penalty that I have to accept. "


Input: As part of his new businesslike approach, Medvedev hired Australian coach Bob Brett at the start of this year and the partnership is beginning to pay off.

Medvedev

Bob Brett

Australian


Input: " At the beginning of the year we started from zero, " said Medvedev. "

Medvedev


Input: Winning in Long Island (last week) was like winning for the first time. "

Long Island


Input: While Medvedev's 77-minute romp past Fleurian was rather ordinary, the fact that the two were playing each other was rather remarkable.

Medvedev

Fleurian


Input: In the original draw, Medvedev and Fleurian were slotted to play each other.

Medvedev

Fleurian


Input: When controversy forced the draw to be done over -- against odds of 151-to-1 -- Medvedev and Fleurian drew each other a second time.

Medvedev

Fleurian


Input: " When I saw the new draw I didn't have to change my preparation, " Medvedev said. "

Medvedev


Input: I think it's destined that it turned out for me. "


Input: TENNIS-WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS FROM THE U.S. OPEN.

U.S. OPEN


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Results of Wednesday's matches in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the National Tennis Centre (prefix number denotes seeding):

U.S. Open Tennis Championships

National Tennis Centre


Input: Women's singles, second round


Input: 15-Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) beat Ann Grossman (U.S.) 6-2 6-3

Gabriela Sabatini

Ann Grossman

Argentina

U.S.


Input: Irina Spirlea (Romania) beat Maria Jose Gaidano (Argentina) 6-1 6-2

Irina Spirlea

Maria Jose Gaidano

Romania

Argentina


Input: 8-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) beat Henrietta Nagyova (Slovakia) 6- 0 6-4

Lindsay Davenport

Henrietta Nagyova

U.S.

Slovakia


Input: Anne-Gaelle Sidot (France) beat Wang Shi-Ting (Taiwan) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Anne-Gaelle Sidot

Wang Shi-Ting

France

Taiwan


Input: Sandrine Testud (France) beat Cristina Torrens-Valero (Spain) 6-2 6-1

Sandrine Testud

Cristina Torrens-Valero

France

Spain


Input: Men's singles, first round


Input: Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) beat Jean-Philippe Fleurian (France) 6-2 6-0 6-1

Andrei Medvedev

Jean-Philippe Fleurian

Ukraine

France


Input: David Nainkin (South Africa) beat 9-Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5

David Nainkin

Wayne Ferreira

South Africa

South Africa


Input: David Rikl (Czech Republic) beat Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 6-4 7-5 6-2

David Rikl

Hicham Arazi

Czech Republic

Morocco


Input: Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) beat Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-3

Andrea Gaudenzi

Shuzo Matsuoka

Italy

Japan


Input: Men's singles, first round


Input: 17-Felix Mantilla (Spain) beat Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 6-1 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3

Felix Mantilla

Fernando Meligeni

Spain

Brazil


Input: Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) beat Karol Kucera (Slovakia) 6-2 5-7 7- 6 (7-3) 7-5

Jonas Bjorkman

Karol Kucera

Sweden

Slovakia


Input: Jan Kroslak (Slovakia) beat Chris Woodruff (U.S.) 2-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7-1)

Jan Kroslak

Chris Woodruff

Slovakia

U.S.


Input: Women's singles, second round


Input: Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) beat Mariaan de Swardt (South Africa) 6-2 7-5

Amanda Coetzer

Mariaan de Swardt

South Africa

South Africa


Input: Linda Wild (U.S.) beat Kristie Boogert (Netherlands) 5-7 6-3 6-3

Linda Wild

Kristie Boogert

U.S.

Netherlands


Input: Kimberly Po (U.S.) beat Kristina Brandi (U.S.) 6-1 6-4

Kimberly Po

Kristina Brandi

U.S.

U.S.


Input: Helena Sukova (Czech Republic) beat Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6- 4 7-6 (7-2)

Helena Sukova

Paola Suarez

Czech Republic

Argentina


Input: Women's singles, second round


Input: 2-Monica Seles (U.S.) beat Laurence Courtois (Belgium) by walkover (knee injury)

Monica Seles

Laurence Courtois

U.S.

Belgium


Input: Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar) beat Jane Chi (U.S.) 6-3 6-1

Dally Randriantefy

Jane Chi

Madagascar

U.S.


Input: Ines Gorrochategui (Argentina) beat Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-1 6-1

Ines Gorrochategui

Aleksandra Olsza

Argentina

Poland


Input: Men's singles, first round


Input: 12-Todd Martin (U.S.) beat Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4

Todd Martin

Younes El Aynaoui

U.S.

Morocco


Input: Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) beat Gilbert Schaller (Austria) 6- 3 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-3

Sjeng Schalken

Gilbert Schaller

Netherlands

Austria


Input: Men's singles, first round


Input: Michael Tebbutt (Australia) beat Richey Reneberg (U.S.) 3-6

Michael Tebbutt

Richey Reneberg

Australia

U.S.


Input: 6-1 3-6 7-5 6-3


Input: Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) beat Michael Joyce (U.S) 6-7

Paul Haarhuis

Michael Joyce

Netherlands

U.S


Input: (5-7) 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 6-2 6-2


Input: Women's singles, second round


Input: Barbara Rittner (Germany) beat 13-Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (

Barbara Rittner

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Germany


Input: Netherlands) 6-2 6-1

Netherlands


Input: Men's singles, first round


Input: Guy Forget (France) beat Grant Stafford (South Africa) 3-6 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 6-3

Guy Forget

Grant Stafford

France

South Africa


Input: (End first round)


Input: Women's singles, second round


Input: Lisa Raymond (U.S.) beat Sarah Pitkowski (France) 6-2 6-0

Lisa Raymond

Sarah Pitkowski

U.S.

France


Input: Asa Carlsson (Sweden) beat Barbara Schett (Austria) 6-2 3-1 retired (Thigh injury)

Asa Carlsson

Barbara Schett

Sweden

Austria


Input: BASEBALL-MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER TUESDAY'S GAMES.

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball


Input: standings after games played on Tuesday (tabulate under won,


Input: lost, winning percentage and games behind):


Input: AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE


Input: EASTERN DIVISION

EASTERN DIVISION


Input: W L PCT GB


Input: NEW YORK 74 57 .565-

NEW YORK


Input: BALTIMORE 70 61 .534 4

BALTIMORE


Input: BOSTON 68 65 .511 7

BOSTON


Input: TORONTO 62 71 .466 13

TORONTO


Input: DETROIT 47 85 .356 27 1/2

DETROIT


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: CLEVELAND 79 53 .598-

CLEVELAND


Input: CHICAGO 70 64 .522 10

CHICAGO


Input: MINNESOTA 66 66 .500 13

MINNESOTA


Input: MILWAUKEE 64 69 .481 15 1/2

MILWAUKEE


Input: KANSAS CITY 60 73 .451 19 1/2

KANSAS CITY


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: TEXAS 75 57 .568-

TEXAS


Input: SEATTLE 68 63 .519 6 1/2

SEATTLE


Input: OAKLAND 63 72 .467 13 1/2

OAKLAND


Input: CALIFORNIA 61 71 .462 14

CALIFORNIA


Input: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH SCHEDULE


Input: CLEVELAND AT DETROIT

CLEVELAND

DETROIT


Input: MILWAUKEE AT CHICAGO

MILWAUKEE

CHICAGO


Input: OAKLAND AT BALTIMORE

OAKLAND

BALTIMORE


Input: MINNESOTA AT TORONTO

MINNESOTA

TORONTO


Input: TEXAS AT KANSAS CITY

TEXAS

KANSAS CITY


Input: BOSTON AT CALIFORNIA

BOSTON

CALIFORNIA


Input: NEW YORK AT SEATTLE

NEW YORK

SEATTLE


Input: NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE


Input: EASTERN DIVISION

EASTERN DIVISION


Input: W L PCT GB


Input: ATLANTA 81 49 .623-

ATLANTA


Input: MONTREAL 70 60 .538 11

MONTREAL


Input: FLORIDA 62 70 .470 20

FLORIDA


Input: NEW YORK 59 73 .447 23

NEW YORK


Input: PHILADELPHIA 54 79 .406 28 1/2

PHILADELPHIA


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: HOUSTON 71 62 .534-

HOUSTON


Input: ST LOUIS 69 63 .523 1 1/2

ST LOUIS


Input: CINCINNATI 65 66 .496 5

CINCINNATI


Input: CHICAGO 64 65 .496 5

CHICAGO


Input: PITTSBURGH 56 75 .427 14

PITTSBURGH


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: SAN DIEGO 73 60 .549-

SAN DIEGO


Input: LOS ANGELES 71 60 .542 1

LOS ANGELES


Input: COLORADO 69 64 .519 4

COLORADO


Input: SAN FRANCISCO 56 74 .431 15 1/2

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH SCHEDULE


Input: CINCINNATI AT COLORADO

CINCINNATI

COLORADO


Input: LOS ANGELES AT MONTREAL

LOS ANGELES

MONTREAL


Input: ATLANTA AT PITTSBURGH

ATLANTA

PITTSBURGH


Input: SAN DIEGO AT NEW YORK

SAN DIEGO

NEW YORK


Input: CHICAGO AT HOUSTON

CHICAGO

HOUSTON


Input: FLORIDA AT ST LOUIS

FLORIDA

ST LOUIS


Input: PHILADELPHIA AT SAN FRANCISCO

PHILADELPHIA

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: BASEBALL-MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS TUESDAY.

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Results of Major League

Major League


Input: Baseball games played on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):


Input: National League

National League


Input: Philadelphia 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2

Philadelphia

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: Los Angeles 5 MONTREAL 1

Los Angeles

MONTREAL


Input: PITTSBURGH 3 Atlanta 2

PITTSBURGH

Atlanta


Input: San Diego 4 NEW YORK 3

San Diego

NEW YORK


Input: HOUSTON 6 Chicago 5

HOUSTON

Chicago


Input: Florida 6 ST LOUIS 3

Florida

ST LOUIS


Input: Cincinnati 4 COLORADO 3

Cincinnati

COLORADO


Input: American League

American League


Input: Cleveland 12 DETROIT 2

Cleveland

DETROIT


Input: BALTIMORE 3 Oakland 1

BALTIMORE

Oakland


Input: Minnesota 6 TORONTO 4

Minnesota

TORONTO


Input: Milwaukee 4 CHICAGO 2

Milwaukee

CHICAGO


Input: KANSAS CITY 4 Texas 3 (10 innings)

KANSAS CITY

Texas


Input: Boston 2 CALIFORNIA 1

Boston

CALIFORNIA


Input: SEATTLE 7 New York 4

SEATTLE

New York


Input: TENNIS-GRAF WORKS HARD FOR FIRST-ROUND WIN.

GRAF


Input: Bill Berkrot

Bill Berkrot


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-27

NEW YORK


Input: It wasn't supposed to be this hard for defending champion Steffi Graf to win her opening match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday night.

Steffi Graf

U.S. Open


Input: But the script that called for the usual first-round demolition by the top-ranked top seed was rewritten by 29th-ranked Indonesian Yayuk Basuki playing with nothing to lose abandon.

Indonesian

Yayuk Basuki


Input: Graf, of course, prevailed 6-3 7-6, but not before some tense moments that even had the German superstar thinking the match was going three sets.

Graf

German


Input: " I won the second set, which I didn't think I would do, being down 5-2 and the chances she had at 6-5, " Graf recalled.

Graf


Input: Several of the other women's seeds eased into the second round with more typical Graf-like efficiency Tuesday.

Graf-like


Input: As afternoon turned to evening, fourth-seeded Spaniard Conchita Martinez took apart Romanian Ruxandra Dragomir in 58 minutes with the loss of just two games, one more than second seed Monica Seles, who opened the second-day programme by crushing American Anne Miller 6-0 6-1.

Spaniard

Romanian

American

Conchita Martinez

Ruxandra Dragomir

Monica Seles

Anne Miller


Input: Third seed Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, the 1994 champion, and eighth-seeded Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Davenport dropped three game each en route to the second round.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Lindsay Davenport

Olympic


Input: But the day was not without its seeded casualties on the women's side.


Input: Fifth-seed Iva Majoli of Croatia was picked off by Austrian Judith Wiesner and Wimbledon semifinalist Kimiko Date of Japan, the 10th seed, fell 6-2 7-5 to 53rd-ranked American Kimberly Po.

Iva Majoli

Judith Wiesner

Kimiko Date

Kimberly Po

Croatia

Japan

Austrian

Wimbledon

American


Input: Date's defeat left no other seeded players in Seles's quarter of the draw, which lost Anke Huber (6) and Maggie Maleeva (12) on Monday.

Date

Seles

Anke Huber

Maggie Maleeva


Input: But Graf, winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, was not about to join that list.

Graf

Grand Slam


Input: " At some points I felt a little nervous, " she admitted. "


Input: When it came down to the important points, I felt more confident. "


Input: Basuki, a first-round loser here for the fifth consecutive year, was clearly going for winners, hitting the lines and running Graf around the court as she broke the top seed twice in the second set to grab that shocking 5-2 lead.

Basuki

Graf


Input: Graf ran off the next three games to restore some semblance of order.

Graf


Input: But Basuki, her long black ponytail flying as she raced for shots, held her serve and twice had set point on Graf's serve at 6-5 before the German unleashed a forehand pass to force the tie-break.

Basuki

Graf

German


Input: " I lost the moment, " lamented Basuki, who has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon four times and was a semifinalist in Montreal earlier this month.

Basuki

Wimbledon

Montreal


Input: Still, the feisty Indonesian got off to a 3-0 lead in the tie-breaker before a pair of costly double faults gave Graf her chance to avoid a third set.

Indonesian

Graf


Input: " Usually in the first one or two matches, you want to find your rhythm and want to get into it, " said Graf, who won seven of the last eight points in the breaker.

Graf


Input: " To be in that situation today, a couple of times having to play well, get down and play point-by-point, definitely is a good start. "


Input: BASEBALL-SOSA HAS SURGERY, OUT UP TO SIX WEEKS.

SOSA


Input: CHICAGO 1996-08-27

CHICAGO


Input: Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa underwent surgery on Monday to remove a fractured bone from his right hand and will miss four to six weeks, the club announced Tuesday.

Chicago Cubs

Sammy Sosa


Input: Sosa, a leading candidate for National League Most Valuable Player honours, was injured August 20th when he was hit by a Mark Hutton pitch in the first inning of an 8-1 victory over the Florida Marlins.

Sosa

Mark Hutton

National League

Most Valuable Player

Florida Marlins


Input: The 27-year-old Sosa leads the league with 40 homers and is tied for 10th with 100 RBI.

Sosa

RBI


Input: The loss of Sosa, who appeared in all 124 games this season, is a huge blow to the Cubs' playoff hopes.

Sosa

Cubs


Input: SOCCER-MARCELO HAT-TRICK KEEPS PSV AT TOP OF DUTCH LEAGUE.

MARCELO

PSV

DUTCH


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-28

AMSTERDAM


Input: Brazilian striker Marcelo scored a hat-trick as PSV Eindhoven maintained their 100 percent record and stayed on top of the Dutch first division with a 3-1 win at Volendam on Wednesday.

Brazilian

Dutch

Marcelo

PSV Eindhoven

Volendam


Input: PSV's main rivals for the title, defending champions Ajax Amsterdam, celebrated the novelty of having the roof of their new 51,000 seat stadium closed against the rain, with a 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.

PSV

Ajax Amsterdam

AZ Alkmaar


Input: Ajax were missing six first-team players but Frank de Boer shot home the winner from a 20-metre free kick in the 30th minute of a dull game.

Ajax

Frank de Boer


Input: Marcelo, signed in close season to replace compatriot Ronaldo who left to play for Barcelona, opened the PSV scoring in the 19th minute when he fired home after good work from Rene Eijkelkamp.

Marcelo

Ronaldo

Rene Eijkelkamp

Barcelona

PSV


Input: The Brazilian found the mark again two minutes after halftime and again in the 56th minute before midfielder Pascal Jongsma scored a consolation goal for Volendam five minutes from time.

Brazilian

Pascal Jongsma

Volendam


Input: Feyenoord Rotterdam suffered an early shock when they went 1-0 down after four minutes against de Graafschap Doetinchem.

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Graafschap Doetinchem


Input: The equaliser came in the 73rd minute when Swedish international Henke Larsson scored from close range and 10 minutes later Jean-Paul van Gastel gave Feyenoord a 2-1 victory from the penalty spot.

Swedish

Henke Larsson

Jean-Paul van Gastel

Feyenoord


Input: After three matches PSV lead the first division with nine points, three points clear of fifth-placed Ajax.

PSV

Ajax


Input: SOCCER-ROBSON WINS FIRST TROPHY WITH BARCELONA.

ROBSON

BARCELONA


Input: MADRID 1996-08-28

MADRID


Input: Former England manager Bobby Robson enjoyed his first success in charge of Barcelona as his team weathered 90 minutes of non-stop Atletico Madrid pressure to win the Spanish Super Cup 6-5 on aggregate on Wednesday.

England

Bobby Robson

Barcelona

Atletico Madrid

Spanish

Super Cup


Input: Barcelona had won the first leg 5-2 but the second leg was a different story.

Barcelona


Input: Atletico came within a whisker of taking the Cup on the away-goal rule but squandered several chances after going 3-1 ahead 15 minutes from the end.

Atletico

Cup


Input: Juan Lopez gave Atletico the lead midway through the first half after Barcelona fullback Albert Ferrer and substitute goalkeeper Julen Lopetegui failed to clear a Milinko Pantic cross.

Juan Lopez

Albert Ferrer

Julen Lopetegui

Milinko Pantic

Atletico

Barcelona


Input: Barcelona's Hristo Stoichkov made his only significant contribution of the evening 10 minutes after halftime when Sergi Barjuan broke down the right to set up the fiery Bulgarian with a simple equaliser.

Barcelona

Hristo Stoichkov

Sergi Barjuan

Bulgarian


Input: But Atletico struck back almost immediately through new signing Juan Eduardo Esnaider and then Serbian set-piece specialist Pantic made it 3-1 with a superb free-kick in the 75th minute.

Atletico

Juan Eduardo Esnaider

Pantic

Serbian


Input: Robson praised Atletico after the game, which was played in the Community of Madrid athletic stadium because of pitch problems at the Vicente Calderon ground.

Robson

Vicente

Atletico

Community of Madrid

Calderon


Input: The venue of Atletico's first league game, scheduled for Sunday, is still in doubt with the Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu a distinct possibility.

Atletico

Real Madrid

Santiago Bernabeu


Input: SOCCER-SUMMARY OF SPANISH SUPER CUP.

SPANISH

SUPER CUP


Input: MADRID 1996-08-28

MADRID


Input: Summary of the Spanish Super Cup, second leg, played on Wednesday:

Spanish

Super Cup


Input: Atletico Madrid 3 (Juan Lopez 28th minute, Juan Esnaider 58th, Milinko Pantic 75th) Barcelona 1 (Hristo Stoichkov 55th).

Atletico Madrid

Barcelona

Juan Lopez

Juan Esnaider

Milinko Pantic

Hristo Stoichkov


Input: Halftime 1-0.


Input: Attendance 11,000.


Input: (Barcelona win 6-5 on aggregate).

Barcelona


Input: SOCCER-BARCELONA WIN SPANISH SUPER CUP.

BARCELONA

SPANISH

SUPER CUP


Input: MADRID 1996-08-28

MADRID


Input: Result of the Spanish Super Cup, second leg, played on Wednesday:

Spanish

Super Cup


Input: Atletico Madrid 3 Barcelona 1

Atletico Madrid

Barcelona


Input: (Barcelona win 6-5 on aggregate)

Barcelona


Input: SOCCER-AJAX SIGN ARGENTINE STRIKER GABRICH.

AJAX

ARGENTINE

GABRICH


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-28

AMSTERDAM


Input: Argentine striker Iwan Cesar Gabrich signed a five year contract with Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam on Wednesday.

Argentine

Dutch

Iwan Cesar Gabrich

Ajax Amsterdam


Input: The 24-year-old Gabrich, who signed for an undisclosed fee from the Argentine side Newell Old Boys, is set to join Dutch international Patrick Kluivert in the Ajax forward line.

Gabrich

Patrick Kluivert

Argentine

Dutch

Newell Old Boys

Ajax


Input: He is Ajax's sixth new signing this year, joining midfielder Richard Witschge, defenders John Veldman and Mariano Juan and strikers Tijjani Babangida and Dani.

Ajax

Richard Witschge

John Veldman

Mariano Juan

Tijjani Babangida

Dani


Input: SOCCER-PARMA, ROMA AND UDINESE OUT OF ITALIAN CUP.

PARMA

ROMA

UDINESE

ITALIAN CUP


Input: ROME 1996-08-28

ROME


Input: UEFA Cup hopefuls Parma and Roma, under new coaches this season, crashed out of the Italian Cup to second division opponents on Wednesday while league champions Milan could only draw 1-1 at humble Empoli.

UEFA Cup

Italian Cup

Parma

Roma

Milan

Empoli


Input: Wealthy Parma, now coached by the former Italian international Carlo Ancelotti, were without new striker Enrico Chiesa and went down 3-1 at serie B club Pescara in their second round clash.

Parma

Pescara

Italian

Carlo Ancelotti

Enrico Chiesa


Input: Pescara's Ottavio Palladini shattered Parma with goals in the second and fourth minutes.

Pescara

Parma

Ottavio Palladini


Input: Midfielder Marco Giampaolo made it 3-0 in the 38th minute and Parma's Alessandro Melli pulled back a late goal six minutes from time.

Marco Giampaolo

Alessandro Melli

Parma


Input: The second round was the entry point for the bulk of the serie A sides with the winners going through.

serie A


Input: The later stages of the cup are played over two legs.


Input: Parma's defeat was a repeat of last season's fiasco when they lost their opening cup match 3-0 to Palermo.

Parma

Palermo


Input: Roma, now coached by Argentine Carlos Bianchi and watched by Italian national coach Arrigo Sacchi, lost 3-1 to Cesena -- another repeat of last season when the Rome club also went out at the first hurdle.

Roma

Cesena

Argentine

Italian

Carlos Bianchi

Arrigo Sacchi

Rome


Input: Udinese, with Germany's Euro' 96 hero Oliver Bierhoff in their lineup, completed the hat-trick of beaten serie A sides when they went under 2-1 to newly relegated Cremonese.

Udinese

Cremonese

Germany

Euro' 96

serie A

Oliver Bierhoff


Input: Milan's new Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez avoided the nightmare of defeat but faces a replay at home next Sunday.

Milan

Uruguayan

Oscar Tabarez


Input: Cup holders Fiorentina easily beat Cosenza 3-1 while European Cup holders Juventus also cruised through with a 2-0 win at small southern club Fidelis Andria.

Cup

European Cup

Fiorentina

Cosenza

Juventus

Fidelis Andria


Input: Two other serie A sides lost at the weekend -- Piacenza and last year's losing finalists Atalanta.

serie A

Piacenza

Atalanta


Input: Two cup matches could not be played on Wednesday due to argument over first round results.


Input: Lecce's 3-0 weekend defeat of Genoa was expected to be overturned by a sporting judge on Thursday after the home club fielded an ineligible player.

Lecce

Genoa


Input: That would set Genoa up for a second round match against local rivals Sampdoria.

Genoa

Sampdoria


Input: Nocerina's 4-3 defeat of Piacenza was also subject to a complaint, later removed, that forced their second round match against serie A newcomers Perugia to be delayed.

Nocerina

Piacenza

Perugia

serie A


Input: SOCCER-BAYERN HIT FOUR TO TAKE BUNDESLIGA TOP SPOT.

BAYERN

BUNDESLIGA


Input: BONN 1996-08-28

BONN


Input: Goals from Thomas Helmer and Juergen Klinsmann helped Bayern Munich to a 4-2 home win over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday and powered them to the top of the Bundesliga.

Thomas Helmer

Juergen Klinsmann

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga


Input: The comfortable victory gave Bayern 10 points from their first four games, a point ahead of second-placed Stuttgart, who have a game in hand.

Bayern

Stuttgart


Input: Brazilian midfielder Paulo Sergio put Leverkusen ahead in the 25th minute but Alexander Zickler equalised just a minute later.

Brazilian

Paulo Sergio

Alexander Zickler

Leverkusen


Input: A header from Helmer and an acrobatic strike from Klinsmann gave Bayern a two-goal cushion at halftime.

Helmer

Klinsmann

Bayern


Input: But the pick of the 13-times champions' goals came from Ruggiero Rizzitelli, who beat three defenders to put Bayern 4-1 up.

Ruggiero Rizzitelli

Bayern


Input: Markus Feldhoff hit a consolation goal for Leverkusen.

Markus Feldhoff

Leverkusen


Input: Hansa Rostock brought Cologne's 100 percent record to an end with a 2-0 win over the Rhineside club while a Sean Dundee hat-trick inside seven minutes stood out in Karlsruhe's 4-0 demolition of St Pauli.

Hansa Rostock

Cologne

Karlsruhe

St Pauli

Rhineside

Sean Dundee


Input: SOCCER-ITALIAN CUP SECOND ROUND RESULTS.

ITALIAN CUP


Input: ROME 1996-08-28

ROME


Input: Results of Italian Cup second round

Italian Cup


Input: matches played on Wednesday:


Input: Empoli 1 Milan 1

Empoli

Milan


Input: Spal 2 Reggiana 4

Spal

Reggiana


Input: Lucchese 1 Vicenza 2

Lucchese

Vicenza


Input: Cremonese 2 Udinese 1

Cremonese

Udinese


Input: Cesena 3 Roma 1

Cesena

Roma


Input: Bologna 2 Torino 1

Bologna

Torino


Input: Cosenza 1 Fiorentina 3

Cosenza

Fiorentina


Input: Avellino 0 Lazio 1

Avellino

Lazio


Input: Bari 1 Verona 1

Bari

Verona


Input: Pescara 3 Parma 1

Pescara

Parma


Input: Monza 0 Napoli 1

Monza

Napoli


Input: Chievo 2 Cagliari 3

Chievo

Cagliari


Input: Ravenna 0 Inter 1

Ravenna

Inter


Input: Fidelis Andria 0 Juventus 2

Fidelis Andria

Juventus


Input: SOCCER-GERMAN FIRST DIVISION SUMMARIES.

GERMAN


Input: BONN 1996-08-28

BONN


Input: Summaries of Wednesday's German

German


Input: first division soccer matches:


Input: Karlsruhe 4 (Keller 18th minute, Dundee 56th 59th and 64th)

Karlsruhe

Dundee

Keller


Input: St Pauli 0.

St Pauli


Input: Halftime 1-0.


Input: Attendance 27,600.


Input: Bayern Munich 4 (Zickler 26th, Helmer 37th, Klinsmann 44th,

Bayern Munich

Zickler

Helmer

Klinsmann


Input: Rizzitelli 48th) Bayer Leverkusen 2 (Sergio 25th, Feldhoff

Rizzitelli

Sergio

Feldhoff

Bayer Leverkusen


Input: Cologne 0 Hansa Rostock 2 (Akpoborie 5th and 59th).

Cologne

Hansa Rostock

Akpoborie


Input: Fortuna Duesseldorf 0 1860 Munich 0.

Fortuna Duesseldorf

1860 Munich


Input: Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Von Heesen 56th) Duisburg 1 (Hirsch 65th).

Arminia Bielefeld

Duisburg

Von Heesen

Hirsch


Input: SOCCER-LEADING FRENCH LEAGUE SCORERS.

FRENCH


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: Leading scorers in the French

French


Input: first division after Wednesday's matches:


Input: 3-Anton Drobnjak (Bastia), Vladimir Smicer (Lens), Miladin

Anton Drobnjak

Vladimir Smicer

Miladin

Bastia

Lens


Input: Becanovic (Lille), Alain Caveglia (Lyon), Xavier Gravelaine

Becanovic

Alain Caveglia

Xavier Gravelaine

Lille

Lyon


Input: (Marseille), Robert Pires (Metz), Thierry Henry (Monaco)

Marseille

Metz

Monaco

Robert Pires

Thierry Henry


Input: 2-Christopher Wreh (Guingamp), Marc-Vivien Foe (Lens), Enzo

Christopher Wreh

Marc-Vivien Foe

Enzo

Guingamp

Lens


Input: Scifo (Monaco), James Debbah (Nice), Patrice Loko (PSG),

Scifo

James Debbah

Patrice Loko

Monaco

Nice

PSG


Input: Stephane Guivarch (Rennes)

Stephane Guivarch

Rennes


Input: SOCCER-SMICER'S LAST-GASP GOAL KEEPS LENS IN THE LEAD.

SMICER

LENS


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: Euro 96 star Vladimir Smicer of the Czech Republic scored at the last second for Lens, allowing them to retain the lead in the French soccer league on Wednesday.

Euro 96

French

Vladimir Smicer

Czech Republic

Lens


Input: Smicer pushed the ball home in injury time to lead his team to a 3-2 victory over Montpellier, who were leading 2-1 until Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe equalised on a header in the 85th minute.

Smicer

Marc-Vivien Foe

Montpellier

Cameroon


Input: The win was the fourth in as many matches this season for Lens, who lead the table on 12 points.

Lens


Input: In-form Paris St Germain, who dismissed Nantes 1-0, are second with 10 points.

Paris St Germain

Nantes


Input: Along with Smicer, Robert Pires was the star of the night in France, scoring the first hat-trick of the league season in Metz's 3-1 home victory over neighbouring Strasbourg.

Smicer

Robert Pires

France

Metz

Strasbourg


Input: Pires, one of the most promising strikers in the country, was called up for the first time this week by French manager Aime Jacquet for a friendly against Mexico on Saturday at the Parc des Princes.

Pires

Aime Jacquet

French

Mexico

Parc des Princes


Input: Pires scored first with a powerful shot in the 35th minute before striking again from close range just before the break.

Pires


Input: A solitary raid allowed him to score his third in the 74th.


Input: Smicer's goal was as hard-won as his team's victory.

Smicer


Input: Spurred by Foe's leveller five minutes before, Lens pressed hard and Foe hit the crossbar in the dying seconds on another header.

Foe

Foe

Lens


Input: The ball bounced back to Smicer's feet and he scored.

Smicer


Input: Montpellier seized an unexpected lead thanks to Kader Ferhaoui in the fourth minute after a blunder from Lens goalkeeper Jean-Claude Nadon.

Montpellier

Lens

Kader Ferhaoui

Jean-Claude Nadon


Input: The side from northern France, forced to fight an uphill battle from then on, pulled level thanks to Tony Vairelles in the eighth minute but young striker Fabien Lefevre made it two for Montpellier five minutes later.

France

Tony Vairelles

Fabien Lefevre

Montpellier


Input: League favourites PSG scored a convincing 1-0 win over Nantes and confirmed they would again be the team to beat this season.

PSG

Nantes


Input: Ironically, PSG's victory owed a lot to two former Nantes players, striker Patrice Loko, who scored on a brilliant shot in the 33rd minute, and defender Benoit Cauet, who started the one-two which allowed Loko to score.

PSG

Nantes

Patrice Loko

Benoit Cauet

Loko


Input: The Parisians, who have yet to concede a goal, were without Brazil's Leonardo and Panama's Julio Cesar Dely Valdes, both called up by their national sides.

Parisians

Brazil

Panama

Leonardo

Julio Cesar Dely Valdes


Input: For Nantes, who shocked PSG to win the league crown two years ago, the fall is very painful.

Nantes

PSG


Input: The Canaries, who lost most of their key players within two years, have yet to win a match this season.

The Canaries


Input: Reigning champions Auxerre had to settle for a goalless draw against Marseille on Tuesday.

Auxerre

Marseille


Input: SOCCER-DUTCH FIRST DIVISION SUMMARIES.

DUTCH


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-28

AMSTERDAM


Input: Summary of Dutch first division

Dutch


Input: soccer played on Wednesday:


Input: Willem II Tilburg 1 (Van Hintum 69th penalty) RKC Waalijk 2

Willem II Tilburg

RKC Waalijk

Van Hintum


Input: (Schreuder 39th, Van Arum 76th, 83rd).

Schreuder

Van Arum


Input: Halftime 0-1.


Input: Attendance


Input: Vitesse Arnhem 1 (Vierklau 85th) Sparta Rotterdam 1 (Gerard

Vitesse Arnhem

Sparta Rotterdam

Vierklau

Gerard


Input: de Nooijer 80th).

de Nooijer


Input: Halftime 0-0.


Input: Attendance 5,696.


Input: Utrecht 0 Twente Enschede 0.

Utrecht

Twente Enschede


Input: Attendance 9,000.


Input: Groningen 1 (Gorre 66th) Roda JC Kerkrade 1 (Vurens 3rd)

Groningen

Roda JC Kerkrade

Gorre

Vurens


Input: Halftime 0-1.


Input: Attendance 10,000.


Input: Feyenoord 2 (Larsson 73rd, Van Gastel 83rd penalty) Graafschap

Feyenoord

Graafschap

Larsson

Van Gastel


Input: Doetinchem 1 (Schultz 4th).

Doetinchem

Schultz


Input: Halftime 0-1.


Input: Attendance 22,434.


Input: Volendam 1 (Jongsma 85th) PSV Eindhoven 3 (Marcelo 19th, 47th,

Volendam

PSV Eindhoven

Jongsma

Marcelo


Input: Halftime 0-1.


Input: Attendance 6,000.


Input: Ajax Amsterdam 1 (Frank de Boer 30th) AZ Alkmaar 0.

Ajax Amsterdam

AZ Alkmaar

Frank de Boer


Input: Halftime


Input: Attendance 48,123.


Input: Played on Tuesday.


Input: Fortuna Sittard 2 (Jeffrey 7th, Roest 33rd) Heerenveen 4

Fortuna Sittard

Heerenveen

Jeffrey

Roest


Input: (Korneev 15th, Hansma 24th, Wouden 70th, 90th).

Korneev

Hansma

Wouden


Input: Halftime 2-2.


Input: Attendance 4,000.


Input: SOCCER-GERMAN FIRST DIVISION RESULTS/STANDINGS.

GERMAN


Input: BONN 1996-08-28

BONN


Input: Results of German first division

German


Input: soccer matches on Wednesday:


Input: Karlsruhe 4 St Pauli 0

Karlsruhe

St Pauli


Input: Bayern Munich 4 Bayer Leverkusen 2

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen


Input: Cologne 0 Hansa Rostock 2

Cologne

Hansa Rostock


Input: Fortuna Duesseldorf 0 1860 Munich 0

Fortuna Duesseldorf

1860 Munich


Input: Arminia Bielefeld 1 Duisburg 1

Arminia Bielefeld

Duisburg


Input: Standings (tabulated under played, won, drawn, lost, goals


Input: for, against, points):


Input: Bayern Munich 4 3 1 0 11 4 10

Bayern Munich


Input: VfB Stuttgart 3 3 0 0 10 1 9

VfB Stuttgart


Input: Borussia Dortmund 4 3 0 1 12 6 9

Borussia Dortmund


Input: Cologne 4 3 0 1 7 3 9

Cologne


Input: Karlsruhe 3 2 1 0 9 3 7

Karlsruhe


Input: Bayer Leverkusen 4 2 0 2 9 8 6

Bayer Leverkusen


Input: VfL Bochum 4 1 3 0 4 3 6

VfL Bochum


Input: SV Hamburg 4 2 0 2 7 7 6

SV Hamburg


Input: Hansa Rostock 4 1 2 1 5 4 5

Hansa Rostock


Input: Werder Bremen 4 1 1 2 5 6 4

Werder Bremen


Input: Munich 1860 4 1 1 2 3 5 4

Munich 1860


Input: St Pauli 4 1 1 2 7 11 4

St Pauli


Input: Fortuna Duesseldorf 4 1 1 2 1 7 4

Fortuna Duesseldorf


Input: Arminia Bielefeld 4 0 3 1 3 4 3

Arminia Bielefeld


Input: Schalke 04 4 0 3 1 5 9 3

Schalke 04


Input: Freiburg 4 1 0 3 6 13 3

Freiburg


Input: Borussia Moenchengladbach 4 0 2 2 1 4 2

Borussia Moenchengladbach


Input: Duisburg 4 0 1 3 2 9 1

Duisburg


Input: SOCCER-FRENCH LEAGUE SUMMARIES.

FRENCH


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: Summaries of French first division

French


Input: matches on Wednesday:


Input: Bastia 0 Lille 0.

Bastia

Lille


Input: Cannes 0 Monaco 2 (Henry 26th, 71st).

Cannes

Monaco

Henry


Input: Le Havre 1 (Samson 24th) Caen 1 (Etienne Mendy 4th).

Le Havre

Caen

Samson

Etienne Mendy


Input: Lens 3 (Vairelles 8th, Foe 85th, Smicer 90th) Montpellier 2

Lens

Montpellier

Vairelles

Foe

Smicer


Input: (Ferhaoui 4th, Lefevre 13th).

Ferhaoui

Lefevre


Input: Lyon 2 (Caveglia 23rd, Giuly 30th) Nancy 0.

Lyon

Nancy

Caveglia

Giuly


Input: Metz 3 (Pires 35th, 48th, 74th) Strasbourg 1 (Rodriguez 56th).

Metz

Strasbourg

Pires

Rodriguez


Input: Nice 1 (Chaouch 64th) Guingamp 2 (Rouxel 10th, Baret 89th).

Nice

Guingamp

Chaouch

Rouxel

Baret


Input: Paris St Germain 1 (Loko 33rd) Nantes 0.

Paris St Germain

Nantes

Loko


Input: Rennes 1 (Guivarch 27th) Bordeaux 1 (Colleter 86th).

Rennes

Bordeaux

Guivarch

Colleter


Input: SOCCER-FRENCH LEAGUE STANDINGS.

FRENCH


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: Standings in the French first

French


Input: division after Wednesday's matches (tabulate under played, won,


Input: drawn, lost, goals for, against, points):


Input: Lens 4 4 0 0 9 3 12

Lens


Input: Paris Saint-Germain 4 3 1 0 4 0 10

Paris Saint-Germain


Input: Bastia 4 2 2 0 4 1 8

Bastia


Input: Auxerre 4 2 2 0 3 0 8

Auxerre


Input: Monaco 4 2 1 1 7 4 7

Monaco


Input: Lyon 4 2 1 1 6 4 7

Lyon


Input: Metz 4 2 1 1 6 4 7

Metz


Input: Lille 4 2 1 1 4 3 7

Lille


Input: Guingamp 4 2 1 1 4 3 7

Guingamp


Input: Cannes 4 2 1 1 4 4 7

Cannes


Input: Bordeaux 4 1 3 0 3 2 6

Bordeaux


Input: Marseille 4 1 2 1 5 4 5

Marseille


Input: Rennes 4 1 1 2 5 7 4

Rennes


Input: Strasbourg 4 1 0 3 2 7 3

Strasbourg


Input: Montpellier 4 0 2 2 3 5 2

Montpellier


Input: Le Havre 4 0 2 2 2 4 2

Le Havre


Input: Caen 4 0 2 2 2 6 2

Caen


Input: Nice 4 0 1 3 3 7 1

Nice


Input: Nantes 4 0 1 3 2 6 1

Nantes


Input: Nancy 4 0 1 3 2 7 1

Nancy


Input: SOCCER-FRENCH LEAGUE RESULTS.

FRENCH


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: French first division soccer

French


Input: matches on Wednesday:


Input: Paris SG 1 Nantes 0

Paris SG

Nantes


Input: Lens 3 Montpellier 2

Lens

Montpellier


Input: Bastia 0 Lille 0

Bastia

Lille


Input: Cannes 0 Monaco 2

Cannes

Monaco


Input: Rennes 1 Bordeaux 1

Rennes

Bordeaux


Input: Lyon 2 Nancy 0

Lyon

Nancy


Input: Nice 1 Guingamp 2

Nice

Guingamp


Input: Metz 3 Strasbourg 1

Metz

Strasbourg


Input: Le Havre 1 Caen 1

Le Havre

Caen


Input: Played Tuesday:


Input: Auxerre 0 Marseille 0

Auxerre

Marseille


Input: ATHLETICS-CHRISTIE AND JOHNSON ASKED TO JOIN OWENS' TRIBUTE.

CHRISTIE

JOHNSON

OWENS


Input: Adrian Warner

Adrian Warner


Input: BONN 1996-08-28

BONN


Input: Organisers hope to persuade Britain's former Olympic 100 metres champion Linford Christie to join a " Dream Team " sprint relay in a special tribute to Jesse Owens at Friday's Berlin grand prix.

Britain

Berlin

Olympic

Linford Christie

Jesse Owens

Dream Team


Input: Christie, who is retiring from international competition at the end of the season, was not due to compete in the German capital but Berlin promoter Rudi Thiel said: " We are still hopeful of getting him to come. "

Christie

Rudi Thiel

German

Berlin


Input: Thiel has managed to get most of the Olympic 100 metres champions since 1948 to attend the meeting, which is being held in the stadium where Owens won four gold medals 60 years ago at the Berlin Olympics.

Thiel

Owens

Olympic

Olympics

Berlin


Input: Canada's Donovan Bailey, the Olympic 100 metres champion and world record holder, and Namibian Frankie Fredericks, the silver medallist at the recent Atlanta Games, have already agreed to run in the 4X100 metres team.

Canada

Atlanta

Donovan Bailey

Frankie Fredericks

Olympic

Games


Input: Thiel said on Wednesday that he had also asked Olympic 200 and 400 champion Michael Johnson to run as well as Christie.

Thiel

Michael Johnson

Christie

Olympic


Input: " Most of the Olympic champions of the past are coming including Britain's (1980 champion) Allan Wells.

Olympic

Britain

Allan Wells


Input: Christie belongs to them.

Christie


Input: It would be great to have him here.


Input: " There is a good offer ....


Input: My minimum would be that he just ran the relay, " he said.


Input: The 36-year-old Briton is still considering the offer and is expected to announce his decision later on Wednesday.

Briton


Input: Owens's widow Ruth is not well enough to attend but a message from her will be read out during the meeting and one of the sprinter's relatives is expected to attend.

Owens

Ruth


Input: The relay race, which will include squads from Africa, the United States and Europe as well as the Owens' quartet, will be held at the end of the meeting.

Africa

United States

Europe

Owens


Input: Organisers had hoped to include 1984 and 1988 champion Carl Lewis in the squad but he injured himself in Brussels last Friday.

Carl Lewis

Brussels


Input: CRICKET-NEW CAPTAIN TENDULKAR UPSTAGED BY 120 FROM JAYASURIYA.

TENDULKAR

JAYASURIYA


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-28

COLOMBO


Input: Sachin Tendulkar marked his debut as Indian captain with a patient 110 on Wednesday, but was upstaged by dashing Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya whose 120 steered the world champions to a nine-wicket Singer Cup win.

Sachin Tendulkar

Sanath Jayasuriya

Indian

Sri Lankan

Singer Cup


Input: Sri Lanka, playing in front of their home crowd for the first time since winning the World Cup last March, comfortably passed India's modest 226-5 from 50 overs in 44.2 overs.

Sri Lanka

India

World Cup


Input: The devastating opening pair of Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana shared a fine first wicket stand of 129 to the delight of the 25,000 fans.

Jayasuriya

Romesh Kaluwitharana


Input: Jayasuriya, whose first 50 included three sixes and three fours, went on to an unbeaten 120 and the man-of-the-match award.

Jayasuriya


Input: Kaluwitharana, slow in comparison, was bowled by Tendulkar for 53, but Aravinda de Silva with 49 not out helped see Sri Lanka home.

Kaluwitharana

Tendulkar

Aravinda de Silva

Sri Lanka


Input: Earlier, Tendulkar completed his ninth century in one-day cricket, taking 138 balls to do it before being run out.

Tendulkar


Input: The rest of the Indian batting was generally tied down by brilliant fielding and some fairly tight bowling, although ex-captain Mohamed Azharuddin chipped in with 58, adding 129 with Tendulkar off 28 overs, before being stumped.

Indian

Mohamed Azharuddin

Tendulkar


Input: The next match in the four-nation tournament is on Friday when Sri Lanka play Australia in a repeat of the World Cup final in Lahore where Sri Lanka won by seven wickets.

Sri Lanka

Australia

Lahore

Sri Lanka

World Cup


Input: CRICKET-SRI LANKA BEAT INDIA BY 9 WICKETS IN ONE-DAY MATCH.

SRI LANKA

INDIA


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-28

COLOMBO


Input: Sri Lanka beat India by nine wickets in the second match of the Singer World Series one-day (50 overs) cricket tournament on Monday.

Sri Lanka

India

Singer World Series


Input: Scores: India 226-5 in 50 overs, Sri Lanka 230-1 in 44.2 overs.

India

Sri Lanka


Input: CRICKET-INDIA V SRI LANKA SCOREBOARD.

INDIA

SRI LANKA


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-28

COLOMBO


Input: Scoreboard of the second Singer

Singer


Input: World Series cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on

World Series

India

Sri Lanka


Input: Wednesday:


Input: India

India


Input: A. Jadeja run out 0

A. Jadeja


Input: S. Tendulkar run out 110

S. Tendulkar


Input: S. Ganguly c de Silva b Dharmasena 16

S. Ganguly

de Silva

Dharmasena


Input: M. Azharuddin st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 58

M. Azharuddin

Kaluwitharana

Jayasuriya


Input: V. Kambli run out 18

V. Kambli


Input: R. Dravid not out 7

R. Dravid


Input: J. Srinath not out 1

J. Srinath


Input: Extras (b-1 lb-3 w-9 nb-3) 16


Input: Total (5 wickets, 50 overs) 226


Input: Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-57 3-186 4-217 5-217.


Input: Did not bat: A. Kumble, N. Mongia, V. Prasad, A. Kapoor.

A. Kumble

N. Mongia

V. Prasad

A. Kapoor


Input: Bowling: Vass 9-2-35-0, Pushpakumara 6-0-23-0, Dharmasena

Vass

Pushpakumara

Dharmasena


Input: 10-0-59-1 Muralitharan 10-0-42-0, Jayasuriya 10-1-39-1, de Silva

Muralitharan

Jayasuriya

de Silva


Input: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka


Input: S. Jayasuriya not out 120

S. Jayasuriya


Input: R. Kaluwitharana b Tendulkar 53

R. Kaluwitharana

Tendulkar


Input: A.de Silva not out 49

A.de Silva


Input: Extras (lb-3 nb-3 w-2) 8


Input: Total (for one wicket-44.2 overs) 230


Input: Fall of wicket: 1-129


Input: Did not bat: Arjuna Ranatunga, Asanka Gurusinha, Hashan

Arjuna Ranatunga

Asanka Gurusinha

Hashan


Input: Tillekeratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumara Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas,

Tillekeratne

Roshan Mahanama

Kumara Dharmasena

Chaminda Vaas


Input: Muthiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara

Muthiah Muralitharan

Ravindra Pushpakumara


Input: Bowling: Kumble 10-1-40-0, Prasad 6-0-47-0, Srinath

Kumble

Prasad

Srinath


Input: 8-0-33-0, Tendulkar 6-0-29-1, Kapoor 10-2-51-0, Jadeja

Tendulkar

Kapoor

Jadeja


Input: 2.2-0-13-0, Ganguly 2-0-14-0

Ganguly


Input: Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

Sri Lanka


Input: Man-of-the-Match: Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya


Input: CRICKET-INDIA WIN TOSS AND BAT AGAINST SRI LANKA.

INDIA

SRI LANKA


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-28

COLOMBO


Input: India won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second day-night limited overs cricket match of the Singer World Series tournament on Wednesday.

India

Sri Lanka

Singer World Series


Input: Teams:


Input: India-Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Anil Kumble, Ajay Jadeja, Sourav Ganguly, Mohamed Azharuddin, Vinod Kambli, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Ashish Kapoor.

India

Sachin Tendulkar

Anil Kumble

Ajay Jadeja

Sourav Ganguly

Mohamed Azharuddin

Vinod Kambli

Rahul Dravid

Nayan Mongia

Javagal Srinath

Venkatesh Prasad

Ashish Kapoor


Input: Sri Lanka-Arjuna Ranatunga (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillekeratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumara Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara.

Sri Lanka

Arjuna Ranatunga

Sanath Jayasuriya

Romesh Kaluwitharana

Asanka Gurusinha

Aravinda de Silva

Hashan Tillekeratne

Roshan Mahanama

Kumara Dharmasena

Chaminda Vaas

Muthiah Muralitharan

Ravindra Pushpakumara


Input: PRESS DIGEST-ANGOLA-AUG 28.

ANGOLA


Input: LUANDA 1996-08-28

LUANDA


Input: These are the leading stories in the Angolan press on Wednesday.

Angolan


Input: Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Reuters


Input: JORNAL DE ANGOLA

JORNAL DE ANGOLA


Input: -Princeton Lyman, the U.S. Under-Secretary of State for International Organisations, will on Wednesday continue his work in Angola visiting Bailundo, where he should be received by Jonas Savimbi, leader of Unita.

Princeton Lyman

Jonas Savimbi

U.S.

Angola

Bailundo

Unita


Input: On Tuesday Lyman participated in a meeting of a joint-commission where he considered that the Angolan politicians should advance faster and find a way to cooperate.

Lyman

Angolan


Input: In his opinion the quartering of Unita forces must be concluded in all the Angolan territory and the troops must be selected and integrated in the armed forces, the government forces must be concentrated in the principal units and the free circulation of people and goods must be reality in all the country.

Unita

Angolan


Input: S.AFRICAN TRUTH BODY TO SUMMON APARTHEID POLICE.

S.AFRICAN


Input: CAPE TOWN 1996-08-28

CAPE TOWN


Input: South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission said on Wednesday it would subpoena persons accused of human rights violations to appear before it.

South Africa

Truth and Reconciliation Commission


Input: " We can subpoena anyone we want to, even the president of the country, " spokesman John Allen told Reuters. "

John Allen

Reuters


Input: Subpoenas are due to be served on a number of people this week. "


Input: Media reports have speculated that the commission, which is trying to heal the wounds of apartheid by confronting the past, could subpoena apartheid-era President P.W. Botha and former police generals Basie Smit and Johan Van Der Merwe.

P.W. Botha

Basie Smit

Johan Van Der Merwe


Input: In submissions last week to the commission National Party leader and former president F.W. De Klerk said he had received no co-operation from Botha in compiling his party's report.

National Party

F.W. De Klerk

Botha


Input: Since it began work in April the commission has been hearing harrowing tales from the victims of apartheid-era abuses, by both the white minority regime and its opponents.


Input: It also wants to hear from those who committed the abuses, to whom it can offer amnesty in return for frankness.


Input: Hopes that reformed perpetrators would come forward voluntarily have faded but the commission has the legal power to force them to appear.


Input: Allen declined to give say who would be subpoenaed.

Allen


Input: " At the moment we have a preliminary list of less than 10 people, but this is just the beginning, " he said.


Input: The commission was set up last year to probe 30 years of human-rights violations during the apartheid era.


Input: It is chaired by Nobel Peace winner, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Nobel Peace

Desmond Tutu


Input: Allen said the commission could announce the names of subpoenaed persons on Monday next week.

Allen


Input: TURKISH AIRPLANE LANDS IN SOFIA ON BOMB THREAT.

TURKISH

SOFIA


Input: SOFIA 1996-08-28

SOFIA


Input: A Turkish airliner on flight from Istanbul to Vienna on Wednesday landed in emergency at Sofia airport after receiving a bomb threat, said an airport official.

Turkish

Istanbul

Vienna

Sofia


Input: " The plane landed at Sofia airport at 1503 (1203 GMT) after receiving a signal that there is an explosive on board, " the official, who declined to be named told Reuters.

Sofia

GMT

Reuters


Input: The plane, surrounded by 11 fire-engines, is being checked for explosives at the moment.


Input: Nothing has been found so far, added the official.


Input: In March a Turkish Cypriot airliner hijacked while on a flight from northern Cyprus to Istanbul landed in Sofia airport to refuel before landing in Munich, where the hijacker was arrested.

Turkish Cypriot

Cyprus

Istanbul

Sofia

Munich


Input: Arch Alberta well tests 1,100 bbl/day.

Arch

Alberta


Input: FORT WORTH, Texas 1996-08-28

FORT WORTH

Texas


Input: Arch Petroleum Inc said Wednesday an exploratory well in Alberta's Morinville area tested in excess of 1,100 barrels daily and will begin production immediately.

Arch Petroleum Inc

Alberta

Morinville


Input: The company said the 90 percent owned Trax et al Morinville 10-23 logged 28 feet of productive Leduc Reef at 5,350 feet.

Trax et al Morinville 10-23

Leduc Reef


Input: Reserve estimates from this well are at 250,000 gross barrels of oil.


Input: The Trax well is one of the prospects developed by Arch through its early 1996 purchase of Trax Petroleums Ltd, the company said.

Trax

Arch

Trax Petroleums Ltd


Input: It said another, the Cometra et al Morinville 11-13, has logged 128 feet of productive Leduc Reef at 5,400 feet and is flowing water free at the rate of 590 barrels of oil per day on a 15/64ths-inch choke.

Cometra et al Morinville 11-13

Leduc Reef


Input: Arch owns a 16 percent working interest in this well with most of the rest held by the privately owned operator.

Arch


Input: Arch said full production has begun and initial estimates of gross reserves attributable to this well range up to one million barrels of oil.

Arch


Input: A third well drilled in this area, the Trax et al Morinville 2-25, encountered the Leduc Reef but tested wet.

Trax et al Morinville 2-25

Leduc Reef


Input: At the company's Nordegg prospect, the Apache et al Saunders 14-28, has reached total depth in the Leduc Reef at approximately 3,800 feet and has been abandoned, Arch said.

Nordegg

Apache et al Saunders 14-28

Leduc Reef

Arch


Input: It said this acreage earning well brought an interest in an additional 5,120 acres, building the company's gross land position in this area to 8,320 acres.


Input: At the Butte prospect, the Garrington 4-8 has reached total depth of 11,500 and has logged 278 feet of Leduc Reef.

Butte

Garrington 4-8

Leduc Reef


Input: Testing has begun and results will be announced within the next several days, Arch said.

Arch


Input: Including the costs of the two abandoned wells, the company said, these first prospects have added to reserves at a finding cost of about U.S. $2 per barrel of oil equivalent.

U.S.


Input: -- Jim Brumm 212-859-1710.

Jim Brumm


Input: U.S. judge orders Biogen, Berlex officials deposed.

U.S.

Biogen

Berlex


Input: Leslie Gevirtz

Leslie Gevirtz


Input: BOSTON 1996-08-28

BOSTON


Input: In order to help him decide whether he should hear the case, a U.S. District Court judge Wednesday ordered the legal counsels of Biogen Inc and Berlex Laboratories, a subsidiary of Schering AG, deposed.

U.S. District Court

Biogen Inc

Berlex Laboratories

Schering AG


Input: The tempest beyond the test tube involves allegations that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the Orphan Drug law by allowing Biogen the right to sell its multiple sclerosis drug Avonex.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Biogen

Orphan Drug law

Avonex


Input: Berlex also charges that Avonex is so similar to its MS drug, Betaseron, that it is a patent infringement.

Berlex

Avonex

Betaseron


Input: Both drugs are types of interferon.


Input: One analyst said sales of Avonex had already cut into Betaseron market share.

Avonex

Betaseron


Input: BioVest Research, Inc's analyst Eddie Hedaya said, " Berlex sales are losing share like mad ...

BioVest Research, Inc

Berlex

Eddie Hedaya


Input: my understanding of the marketplace is that they're below expectations. "


Input: He added Chiron Corp reported its sales of inventory to Berlex was down.

Chiron Corp

Berlex


Input: Chiron makes Betaseron; Berlex markets it, he said.

Chiron

Berlex

Betaseron


Input: Biogen, in its Securities and Exchange Commission quarterly report for the period ending June 30, said it had earned $6.1 million from Avonex sales during the drugs first six weeks on the market.

Biogen

Securities and Exchange Commission

Avonex


Input: When it approved Avonex in May, the FDA said both Biogen's product and Betaseron were developed under the incentives of the Ophran Drug Act which provides seven years of marketing exclusivity for products that treat rare diseases.

Avonex

Betaseron

Ophran Drug Act

FDA

Biogen


Input: Avonex " has been allowed to enter the market because it differs from interferon beta-1b (Betaseron) ..

Avonex

Betaseron


Input: the FDA said.

FDA


Input: Now, U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf has ordered the chief counsel for Biogen, Michael Astrue, and Robert Chabora, his counterpart at Berlex be deposed about a May 21 meeting the two men attended to help him determine whether the lawsuit filed by Biogen against Berlex should be heard in Massachusetts.

U.S.

Massachusetts

Mark Wolf

Michael Astrue

Robert Chabora

Biogen

Berlex

Biogen

Berlex


Input: Berlex filed a lawsuit against Biogen in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. in July, but Biogen had already filed a suit against Berlex in Massachusetts in May.

Berlex

Biogen

U.S. District Court

Biogen

Berlex

Newark

N.J.

Massachusetts


Input: Wolf ordered the depositions to determine if he or U.S. District Judge John Bissell of Newark should preside over the case.

Wolf

John Bissell

U.S.

Newark


Input: U.S. Treasury balances at Fed rose on Aug 27.

U.S. Treasury

Fed


Input: WASHINGTON 1996-08-28

WASHINGTON


Input: U.S. Treasury balances at Federal Reserve based on Treasury Department's latest budget statement.

U.S. Treasury

Federal Reserve

Treasury Department


Input: (BILLIONS OF DLRS)


Input: Aug 27 Aug 26


Input: Fed acct 5.208 4.425

Fed


Input: Tax/loan note acct 14.828 15.687


Input: Cash balance 20.036 20.112


Input: Total public debt,


Input: subject to limit 5,124.053 5,122.084


Input: COMEX copper ends higher after late recovery.

COMEX


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: COMEX copper ended higher after a late, modest recovery dragged the market from the lows, but traders shrugged-off an imminent strike at Codelco's Salvador mine in Chile.

COMEX

Codelco

Salvador

Chile


Input: The market was also waiting for Friday's LME stock report which will include figures delayed from Tuesday because of the U.K. public holiday on Monday when the LME was closed.

LME

LME

U.K.


Input: " We are in the late stages of the weaker period of the market, and as we get to the post Labor Day market we will start to see more consumer interest and the demand side of the market will start to firm prices up, " said William O'Neill of Merrill Lynch.

Labor Day

William O'Neill

Merrill Lynch


Input: December COMEX settled 0.35 cent higher at 90.20 cents, traded 90.50 to 89.40 cents.

COMEX


Input: September went out 0.05 cent lower at 91.05.


Input: The August contract expired at 0.85 cent down at 90.85 cents.


Input: Volume was estimated at 8,000 lots.


Input: Workers at Salvador voted to strike from Saturday, and it was not clear when further talks between the unions and management would take place.

Salvador


Input: " Salvador is a small facility, and the prospects are that if there will be a strike, it will not be a long strike, " O'Neill said.

Salvador

O'Neill


Input: -- Huw Jones, New York Commodities 212-859-1646

Huw Jones

New York Commodities


Input: U.S. copper service center shipments stable-CBSA.

U.S.

CBSA


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Average daily shipments from U.S. copper service centers in July fell three percent from the previous month, but were higher than in July 1995, the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association reported.

U.S.

Copper and Brass Servicenter Association


Input: " July was still above the historic average for that month, " the CBSA said.

CBSA


Input: In the first seven months of 1996, shipments of copper sheet, coil and strip were 2.2 percent ahead of the same period last year.


Input: Alloy shipments, however, were 7.5 percent down.


Input: " Several service centers indicated that while their volume of orders remains constant, the size-per-order continues to be smaller than what was realised during the first five months of the year, " the CBSA said.

CBSA


Input: Service centers continued to lower their inventories in July when total copper stocks were off two percent and alloy products down 1.9 percent.


Input: -- New York Commodities 212-859-1646

New York Commodities


Input: Harleysville Group ups qrtly dividenD.

Harleysville Group


Input: HARLEYSVILLE, Pa.

HARLEYSVILLE

Pa


Input: Quarterly


Input: Latest Prior


Input: Amount $0.21 $0.19


Input: Pay Sept 30


Input: Record Sept 16


Input: Chile's ENAP buys Oriente, Escravos crude for Oct.

Chile

ENAP

Oriente

Escravos


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-28

NEW YORK


Input: Chile's state oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) bought a second spot cargo of Oriente and nearly one million barrels of Escravos in a recent tender, traders said Wednesday.

Chile

Empresa Nacional del Petroleo

ENAP

Oriente

Escravos


Input: A 400,000 barrel cargo of Ecuadorian Oriente and 960,000 barrels of Nigerian Escravos was awarded in a tender for Oct 15-18 late last week, but price information remains vague.

Ecuadorian Oriente

Escravos

Nigerian


Input: " The Oriente will be supplied by the same seller at a small premium to formula, " a trade source said, referring to the first October cargo sold two weeks ago at Petroecuador's sale formula plus five cents fob.

Oriente

Petroecuador


Input: Escravos was sold on a Dated Brent related basis, with premiums for the light grade seen in the low 50-cent range.

Escravos

Dated Brent


Input: The next purchase tender from ENAP is expected for late October or early November crude, traders said.

ENAP


Input: -- Jacqueline Wong, New York Energy Desk +1 212 859 1620

Jacqueline Wong

New York Energy Desk


Input: Reuters historical calendar-September 4.

Reuters


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 4 in history.


Input: 1241-Alexander III, King of Scotland, born.

Alexander III

Scotland


Input: King from 1249-1286, he consolidated royal power, leaving Scotland united and independent.

Scotland


Input: 1260-The Ghibellines retook the city of Florence from the Florentine Guelfs at the battle of Monte Aperto.

Ghibellines

Florence

Florentine Guelfs

Monte Aperto


Input: 1768-Francois-Rene (Vicomte de) Chateaubriand born.

Francois-Rene (Vicomte de) Chateaubriand


Input: He was a politician, one of the first French romantic writers and ambassador to the British court.

French

British


Input: He wrote " Rene ", a seminal work in the French romantic movement and a famous autobiography " Memoires d'Outre Tombe ".

Rene

French

Memoires d'Outre Tombe


Input: 1781-Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers and named " El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles " (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels).

Los Angeles

El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles

The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels

Spanish


Input: 1824-Anton Bruckner born.

Anton Bruckner


Input: Austrian composer and organist, he wrote nine symphonies on a huge scale and three grand masses in the romantic tradition.

Austrian


Input: 1870-In France, the Second Empire was ended and Napoleon III was deposed after his surrender two days earlier in the Franco-Prussian war.

France

Second Empire

Franco-Prussian

Napoleon III


Input: 1886-At Skeleton Canyon in Arizona, Geronimo, Apache chief and leader of the last great Red Indian rebellion finally surrendered to General Nelson Miles.

Skeleton Canyon

Arizona

Geronimo

Nelson Miles

Red Indian


Input: 1892-Prolific French modernist composer Darius Milhaud born.

French

Darius Milhaud


Input: He wrote a jazz ballet " La Creation du Monde " and scores for many films including an early version of " Madame Bovary ".

La Creation du Monde

Madame Bovary


Input: 1906-German-born U.S. biologist Max Delbruck born.

U.S.

Max Delbruck


Input: Winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for work on the genetic structure of viruses that infect bacteria.

Nobel Prize


Input: 1907-Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer best known for his " Peer Gynt Suite " and his Piano Concerto, died in Bergen.

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian

Peer Gynt Suite

Bergen


Input: 1908-U.S. film director Edward Dmytryk born.

U.S.

Edward Dmytryk


Input: Best known for his films " Crossfire "-one of Hollywood's first attempts to deal with racial discrimination and " Farewell My lovely ".

Crossfire

Farewell My lovely

Hollywood


Input: 1909-The world's first Boy Scout Rally was held at Crystal Palace near London.

Boy Scout Rally

Crystal Palace

London


Input: 1944-Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium were liberated by British and Canadian troops in World War Two.

Brussels

Antwerp

Belgium

British

Canadian

World War Two


Input: 1948-Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 and throughout World Wars One and Two abdicated in favour of her daughter Juliana.

Wilhelmina

Juliana

Netherlands

World Wars One

Two


Input: 1963-Robert Schuman, French statesman, Prime Minister 1947-48 and Foreign Minister 1948-52, died.

Robert Schuman

French


Input: He was responsible for the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community.

European Coal and Steel Community


Input: 1964-The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland, measuring 6156 ft, and with a centre span of 3300 ft, was opened by Her Majesty the Queen.

Forth Road Bridge

Scotland


Input: 1965-Albert Schweitzer, theologian, philosopher and organist died in Gabon where he had set up a hospital in 1913.

Albert Schweitzer

Gabon


Input: Acclaimed for his interpretations of J.S. Bach's works, he also won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of the " Brotherhood of Nations " in 1952.

J.S. Bach

Nobel Peace Prize

Brotherhood of Nations


Input: 1972-At the Olympic Games, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal, a record for a single Olympiad.

Olympic Games

Olympiad

U.S.

Mark Spitz


Input: 1974-East Germany and the United States established formal diplomatic relations for the first time.

East Germany

United States


Input: 1977-E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher, economic guru and author of the best seller " Small is Beautiful ", died on his way to a conference in Switzerland.

E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher

Small is Beautiful

Switzerland


Input: 1989-Georges Simenon, writer of 84 books based on the detective character Inspector Maigret, died.

Georges Simenon

Inspector Maigret


Input: 1992-Bulgaria's former Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, deposed in 1989, was sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling state funds.

Bulgaria

Communist

Todor Zhivkov


Input: 1995-Declaring " united Jerusalem is ours ", Israel launched a 15-month celebration of the 3,000th anniversary of King David's proclamation of the city as the capital of the Jewish people.

Jerusalem

Israel

David

Jewish


Input: 1995-The Fourth World Conference on Women, the biggest U.N. gathering in history, began in China's Great Hall of the People with a U.N. declaration that sexual equality was the last great project of the 20th century.

Fourth World Conference on Women

U.N.

U.N.

China

Great Hall of the People


Input: UK lowers noise limits for three London airports.

UK

London


Input: LONDON 1996-08-28

LONDON


Input: The British government on Wednesday lowered the noise limits for London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports and announced it would make a bigger effort in detecting and fining violators.

British

London

Heathrow

Gatwick

Stansted


Input: The limits, effective from January 1, 1997, are reduced as much as possible while still complying with international obligations, a spokesman for the Department of Transport said.

Department of Transport


Input: The maximum noise level during the day is trimmed by three decibels to 94, while the night time level is reduced by two decibels to 87.


Input: " It is a smaller reduction in terms of loudness than was sought by local people.


Input: Nevertheless I am satisfied that the overall benefits will be worthwile, " Lord Goschen, minister for aviation, said in a statement.

Goschen


Input: The ministry said it believed the new limits could be met with existing aircraft. "


Input: They can be flown in quieter ways, " a spokesman said.


Input: The reduction in noise levels is the same as proposed in a consultation paper which was published in October 1995.