Sports
Hearts of Oak/Enugu Rangers are out
Accra Hearts of Oak beat US Goree of Senegal 1-0 in Accra in the second round of the second leg of the African Champions Cup but have failed to qualify for the next round on account of their 3-0 defeat by the Senegalese.Enugu Rangers, who beat their Guinean opponents Kaloum Stars 3-1 at home, have also failed to qualify. Kaloum Stars, who had beaten the Nigerians 2-0 in Conakry, qualified on account of their away goal.
Results of other matches are Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) 0, CA Bizerte (Tunisia) 1 (Forces win 4-2 on agg); Gali Mascara (Algeria) 3, Stade Malien (Mali) 0 (Mascara win 3-2); AS Sogara (Gabon) 1, Vital'o (Burundi) 1 (Vital'o win 4-2); El Hilal (Sudan) 1, Zamalek (Egypt) 1 (Zamalek win 5-1): Black Rhinos (Zimbabwe) 1, Power Dynamos (Zambia) 1 (Rhinos win 3-1); Cara Brazeville (Congo) 0, Bilima (Zaire) 1 (Bilima win 2-1).
Firm date for Africa Games
The long-delayed fourth All-Africa Games have been scheduled for August 8 to 22, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya's Assistant Minister of Culture and Social Services, Mr Livingstone Marite, announced last week.Mr Marite, who headed Kenya's five- man delegation to the just concluded executive bureau meeting of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) in Tunis, told a news conference in Nairobi that the dates were proposed by Kenya. He said Kenya will now commence "vigorous preparations" for the games which are already several years behind schedule.
"Kenya is now duty-bound to ensure that these games are a complete success and we must get all the necessary facilities ready before or by the scheduled dates," Mr Marite said.
Black Stars invited to Seoul
The Korean Football Federation has invited Ghana's national soccer team, the Black Stars, for the Korean President's Cup Championship in Seoul, between June 1 and 15.The news was given by Mr Bok-Nam Kim, executive chairman of Afk Fisheries Company Limited, Tema, when he presented various sporting equipment to the National Sports Council in Accra. The equipment was made up of 190 footballs, 1,000 lawn tennis balls and 30 sets of tennis rackets.
Mr Bok-Nam Kim directed that 20 of the footballs should be presented to the Black Stars in appreciation of their excellent performance in the African Cup and World Cup qualifying matches. One hundred and fifty, he said, should be distributed to the first and second division clubs, and the remaining 24 given to colts clubs at Tema.
Mama rated world No. 2
Ghana's Prince Mama Mohammed is now rated the number two contender to the World Light-Heavyweight boxing crown by the World Boxing Council (WBC).Mama moved up from his number three position following the recent knock-out of the first contender, Eddie Davies by the number two man, Marven Johnson, who now takes over the leading contender's seat. Meanwhile, Mama is billed to fight another top contender David Sears, who unsuccessfully fought holder Michael Spinks for his world crown recently.
If he is able to handle the American effectively, his case for a world title shot would be strengthened.
Yannick Noah wins Italian Open
Cameroonian-born Yannick Noah won his first tournament since triumphing in the 1983 French Open by beating Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia, in a three-hour battle in the final of the $350,000 Italian Open in Rome. Noah, aged 25 last week has been. plagued by injury and loss of confidence. since winning in Paris, but he made an abrupt recovery on the clay courts of the Foro Italico.In a match lasting three hours and seven minutes, Noah took the first set 6-3, lost the second 3-6, immediately hit back by taking the next 6-2 and then clinched victory 7-4 on the tie break. At the end the Frenchman's relief was plain to see as he went down on his knees and raised his arms in the air to celebrate.
Noah, the ninth seed, needed to reach the last eight to be seeded for the French Open. Mecir came to everybody's notice by beating Jimmy Connors in Philadelphia, finishing runner-up to John McEnroe, in January and going on to win in Rotterdam in March.
World Cup: Ghana meets Libya
Ghana national soccer team Black Stars will play the Libyans in Ghana in the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup African qualifying zone.According to the pairings released by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), the two sides are to complete the two-leg matches between June 1 and July 31 this year.
A spokesman for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) said the GFA was in contact with their Libyan counterparts to agree on firm dates for the two-leg matches. He said the GFA has already proposed some dates to the Libyans and was waiting for their response.
The first leg match scheduled for Ghana will be the third meeting involving both Ghana and Libya since March 1982 when the Stars first played the Libyans during the 13th Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Tripoli.
The Stars first played the Libyans in the opening match of the tournament. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. They met again in the final of finals when the penalty shoot-out rule was applied. The Black Stars scored four as against three by the Libyans to win the cup for an unprecedented fourth time.
The Black Stars qualified to meet the Libyans after beating the Elephants of Ivory Coast on a 2-0 goal aggregate.
Other African pairings are Algeria, one of Africa's representatives in 1982 finals in Spain play Zambia while Nigeria meet Tunisia with Egypt taking on Morocco. These matches should also be played within the same period as the Black Stars - Libya matches.
Answer wrongly and I'll kill you
Thousands of angry Chinese soccer fans went on the rampage outside the Workers' Stadium in Peking after the national side had unexpectedly been knocked out of the World Cup by Hong Kong.Foreigners' cars were stoned, buses wrecked and taxis overturned in ugly scenes after Hong Kong's 2-1 victory in front of a partisan 80,000 crowd.
Windows were smashed in the cars of foreign correspondents as furiously disappointed Chinese supporters demanded of the foreigners: "Who is better Hong Kong or China?"
The question was followed up by the threat: "Answer wrongly, and I'll kill you.'
The Chinese crowd had earlier been incensed by what it considered the Hong Kong side's time-wasting tactics after it had gained a 2-1 lead. When a Hong Kong player went down injured, a frustrated Chinese player tried to drag him to the touchline. China needed only to draw to enter the next round after having beaten Macao and Brunei.
