SEOUL, Reuter: World Boxing Council (WBC) light fly weight champion Chang Jung Koo of South Korea retained his title when he stopped Hideyuki Ohashi ‘of Japan in the fifth round of their scheduled 12round bout at Inchon.

TOKYO, Reuter: Vinny Testa verde, winner of the Heisman Trophy for the outstanding American college football player of the year will play in the Japan bow at Yokohama on January 11, organizing officials

FUKUOKA, Japan, Reuter: China’s heavyweights swept all opposition aside to dominate the open category on the final day of the Fukuoka International Women’s Judo Championships. Femgliah Gao, winner of the heavyweight class, and Shuang Li both weighing 120 kg, put on a impressive display of strength and skill that overwhelmed even the open weight world champion, spirited Belgian Ingrid Berghmans.

JAKARTA, Reuter: Indonesia’s top badminton player Icuk Sugiarto has pulled out of the grand prix finals in Kuala Lumpur this week because of illness, the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) said

Deputy Chairman, Paulus Sumarsono told Reuters that Sugiarto had flu and needed a weeklong rest

“We know the grand prix organizing committee will be disappointed, but we can’t push Sugar to play in his condition”, Sumarsono said.

TOKYO, Reuter: River plate completed a year of triumph for Argentine soccer when they beat Romania’s Steaua Bucharest 1-0 in the World Cup Championship.

Article extracted from this publication >> December 19, 1986