PERTH, Reuter: Australia beat reigning world champions the Netherlands 20 in the final of the ‘six nation bicentennial women’s hockey tournament on Sunday.

In playoff matches for the lower places, South Korea swept aside Britain 40 to finish third and Canada beat New Zealand 10 for fifth place.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, West Indies Captain Viv Richards, out of action since having an ‘operation on March 13, was named on

Thursday to lead the team for the first cricket test against Pakistan in Guyana from April 2.

NEW YORK: The United States may finally get its chance to hold World Cup Football Tournament but more out of default than anything else.

The international football federation, FIFA, will announce the site for the 1994 Cup on July 4. Indications are there that it will be awarded to the United States.

Article extracted from this publication >> April 1, 1988