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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.