SPORT

FOOTBALL

ENGLAND 0 – 2 CHILE

Salas scored 2 goals in this exciting matched. The England team was made up of a lot of new inexperienced players as they were beaten 2 – 0. Chile may be a team to watch out for in the world cup as they are playing very well. Salas plays for River Plate (an Argentinean team at the top of their league. He might be transferred to another team for up to £18 million many say he is not worth the money. Many players are being transferred for higher prices all the time. He will be a big help to Chile in the world cup. The favourites for this world cup are Brazil. Other seeded teams are Argentina, Spain, Romania, France, Italy, Germany and

TENNIS

Britain’s No 1 and the world’s fastest server has been beaten again by Goran Ivanisavic in the final of the Croatian indoors. Goran has already beaten Boris Becker but Becker said he was just playing for fun but Ivanisavic was desperate to break into the top ten again. This will boost his ranking even although he didn’t win Goran was desperate to break into the top 10 again he has not been playing well recently but this will boost his confidence

Goran Ivanisavic won 76(3) 76(5).

Tim Henman got knocked out in the first round he is ranked at 18 in the world.

Greg Rusedski wins the European community championships by beating Marc Rosset 76(3) 36 61 64. If he wins this tournament another 2 times in the next 5 years he gets to take the gold and diamond racket home with him. This racket is worth £1,000,000. The only person that has won this racket is Lendel. Greg Rusedski is now at number 5 in the Rankings released on Monday 23^rd February 1998. Kafelnikov wins at London. He defeated Pioline. This is the first major ATP tour to be held at England apart from Wimbledon. Greg Rusedski lost in a thrilling final against Marcelo Rios in the newsweek championships

GUARDIAN DIRECT CUP

London, England

February 23-March 1, 1998

32 Draw - $689,250

Surface: Carpet

SEEDED PLAYERS

1 P. KORDA

2 P. RAFTER

3 Y. KAFELNIKOV

4 G. RUSEDSKI

5 R. KRAJICEK

6 S. BRUGUERA

7 K. KUCERA

8 G. IVANISEVIC

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CHAMPIONSHIP

Antwerp, Belgium

February 16-22, 1998

32 Draw - $875,000

Surface: Hard

SEEDED PLAYERS

1 P. KORDA

2 P. RAFTER

3 J. BJORKMAN

4 Y. KAFELNIKOV

5 G. RUSEDSKI

6 G. IVANISEVIC

7 K. KUCERA

8 T. HENMAN

ATP TOUR SINGLES RANKINGS FROM THE 2^ND FEBRUARY 1998

1 SAMPRAS, PETE 3784

2 KORDA, PETR 3484

3 RAFTER, PATRICK 3250

4 BJORKMAN, JONAS 2977

5 RIOS, MARCELO 2808

6 CHANG, MICHAEL 2742

7 KAFELNIKOV, YEVGENY 2690

8 RUSEDSKI, GREG 2530

9 KRAJICEK, RICHARD 2299

10 CORRETJA, ALEX 2285

11 BRUGUERA, SERGI 2261

12 KUERTEN, GUSTAVO 2202

13 KUCERA, KAROL 2014

14 MANTILLA, FELIX 1947

15 MUSTER, THOMAS 1880

16 IVANISEVIC, GORAN 1867

17 PHILIPPOUSSIS, MARK 1809

18 HENMAN, TIM 1766

19 BERASATEGUI, ALBERTO 1669

20 PIOLINE, CEDRIC 1656

BASKETBALL

THE ALL STARS MAGICAL GAME – East 135 - West 114

Michael Jordan leads the East into another victory over the West. Kobe Bryant was obviously the one to watch though performing his 360° slam-dunk. Shortly after he scored another amazing slam-dunk when he passed the ball to Kevin Garnett and Garnett laid him up for an amazing powerful dunk. He is well know for excellent slam-dunks as he won the last slam-dunk competition. Kobe scored 18 points for the West. "We were in the locker room before we ran out there. I was a little nervous. I was shaky," said Bryant. "I had butterflies because I wanted this moment to come. Once I went out there, I was comfortable."

The 34-year-old Jordan, who also won the MVP award in 1988 and in 1996, thought the youngster showed remarkable poise. "He came at me early, which I would have done if I were him. If you see someone who's sick, or whatever, you've got to attack him. He attacked. I like his attitude."

Jordan was named the Most Valuable player he scored 23 points. The East beat the west again 135 – 114.

March 3, 1998

Duncan: Top Rookie,

Player of the Week

Spurs rookie Tim Duncan, who averaged 26.3 points, 15.7 rebounds and 5.33 blocks as San Antonio went 3-0 last week, was named NBA Player of the Week on Monday.