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RCTI, Coke-Cola offer Rp 300m

JAKARTA (JP): A handsome prize package worth Rp 300 million (about US$140,000) is up for grabs during the World Cup soccer finals.

From May 8 to July 20, soccer fans in Indonesia will be eligible to win prizes which include three double VIP tickets to watch the World Cup finals in Los Angeles, a house priced at Rp100 million and other booty provided by Coca Cola and the private TV station RCTI.

According to John Brady, Coca Cola's country manager in Indonesia, Coke has been the official soft drink of the World Cup since 1978. "Even though the 1994 World Cup finals has not yet begun, we have decided to extend the sponsorship for the 1998 finals."

Winners will be decided in a drawing of participants' entries which will require one cap from a Coke Cola bottle and one cap from a Sprite bottle. (rsl).

Kartini Tour Rally around the capital

JAKARTA (JP): To commemorate Kartini Day, in honor of one of Indonesia's forerunners in women's rights, a time rally around the capital, organized by the wives of rally drivers, will be staged for women on Sunday.

Up to Monday, 50 cars had been registered for the one-day rally scheduled to start at 7 a.m. at Bintaro Plaza. It is scheduled to finish at 5 p.m. at Hotel Indonesia after covering a stretch between 150 and 160 kilometers, a committee spokeswoman said.

Cash prizes worth Rp 6 million (US$3,000) and coveted trophies from the minister of social services and the state minister for women's role are up for grabs.

The time rally is jointly organized by the Indonesian Motor Sports Association's Jakarta chapter and Revlon Indonesia. (rsl)

Striker Riedle returns

BONN (Reuter): Germany coach Berti Vogts, who has yet to finalize his first-choice striking partnership for this year's World Cup, has recalled forward Karlheinz Riedle to his squad for next week's friendly against the United Arab Emirates.

The Borussia Dortmund striker has been struggling with his form this season due to injury and missed the world champions' victory over Italy in a friendly last month.

But with Juergen Klinsmann unable to play in the Abu Dhabi clash because of his club Monaco's European Cup commitments, Riedle was named on Monday in Vogts's 18-man squad for the game on April 27.

Chavez must be quicker

NEW YORK (Reuter): Julio Cesar Chavez must be quicker next month to regain his World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight title and to prove his magnificent career is not winding down, says the Mexican fighter's new trainer, Emanuel Steward.

The five-time world champion, considered for almost a decade the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, had gone 14 years and 90 fights without a defeat.

But last January, 15-1 underdog Frankie Randall of the United States refused to be intimidated by Chavez's reputation and slugged it out with the Mexican for 12 rounds, even knocking him down once, to win a narrow decision.

Rai gets chance

PARIS (UPI): Midfielder Rai gets the perfect chance to set the record straight when he joins a Brazilian eleven taking on his French club side Paris Saint Germain here on Wednesday.

Rai, who joined PSG this season but who has spent more time on the subs' bench than on the pitch after his lack of pace was criticized, is a key man in Brazil's World Cup squad.

And Rai will be determined to show PSG what they have been missing this season in front of the Parc des Princes crowd.

Scot calls up old guard

GLASGOW, Scotland (AFP): Scotland boss Craig Brown called up the old guard for Wednesday night's challenge match with Austria in Vienna.

Brown will hand international debuts to Bolton's John McGinlay and Duncan Shearer, of Aberdeen, as he experiments before the start of the European Championship qualifiers later this year.

McGinlay, 30, will kick off the match in a new-look strikeforce alongside Aberdeen's Eoin Jess with Shearer, also 30, promised a piece of the action later in the game.

Diving champion ready to sell medal

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AFP): Barcelona Olympic 3-meter diving champion Mark Lenzi, struggling to find money to pay his rent, is preparing to sell his gold medal to the highest bidder to attend a flight school.

"I'm sure this will cause shock waves, but the simple fact remains I'm broke. Drastic times require drastic measures. I really don't want to do it. But if worst comes to worst, I will have to."

Lenzi plans to sell his medal to the highest bidder unless he can find some other way to raise 25,000 dollars tuition to attend ComAir flight school near Orlando, Florida.