He was an overweight ex-champion who seemed more interested in enjoying the fruits of his labour than the actual labour itself
He was an overweight ex-champion who seemed more interested in enjoying the fruits of his labour than the actual labour itself. But then, excepting Muhammad Ali, there’s always been a considerable difference between poets and prize- fighters. In February 1992, when he was convicted of raping a beauty pageant contestant, Tyson’s boxing career seemed to be in decline. SOMETIMES going to jail can be a brilliant career move. While it didn’t work for his fellow sex offender Oscar Wilde, a lengthy stint in the slammer has done wonders for Mike Tyson.
Richards, named man of the match, also added 104 runs for the fourth wicket with Clive Rice (47). He was at his aggressive best in racing to his second 50 in just 33 balls, striking seven fours and three sixes off the hapless English attack. Earlier, England recovered from a dismal 93 for five to post a fighting total of 247 after being asked to bat first. The Independent on Sunday’s cricket correspondent, Derek Pringle, and Paul Downton added 108 for the sixth wicket in rapid time to rescue England. He hit 13 fours and three sixes and shared a 98-run stand for the third wicket with another past master, the left-handed Graeme Pollock (45). The South Africans clinched third place in the six-nation tournament by virtue of the victory. The 49-year-old Richards entertained the crowd at the Brabourne stadium with vintage batting, racing to his century off 99 balls as South Africa cruised past the 248-run target.
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Richards retains old skills
The South African cricket idol Barry Richards slammed a brilliant century yesterday to steer his side to a four-wicket win over England in the Masters Cup tournament in Bombay. “If this race is not cancelled, it’s proof of what I call corruption.”. Bowls
Egham triumphant
Egham’s women lifted the Yetton Trophy for the first time at Northampton today by beating defending champions Boston 85-62 in the national inter- club championship final.. The race was later suspended because of poor visibility after only 31 of the 68 competitors had been down.
But on Wednesday the FIS said it was scrapping the result, citing the rule that a result only counts if two-thirds of the skiers have competed. Yesterday the same scenario was repeated – with an apparently different ending. The American won the race on the lower half of the 3,080 metre course with a time of 1min 50.57sec. The American AJ Kitt accused s officials of corruption in Kvitfjell, Norway. Olhovskiy will meet Martin Sinner of Germany in today’s final. Sinner defeated Anders Jarryd of Sweden 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the other semi-final.. kiing
World Cup won by a Street
Picabo Street of the United States secured the World Cup downhill title when she won her third downhill in a row and fifth this season in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, yesterday.
Andrei Olhovskiy of Russia beat Karol Kucera of Slovakia 6-2 6-0 to reach the final of the Copenhagen Open. The great Pakistani retained the Portuguese title with a 15-13 15-8 15-7 victory.. ennis
Graf and Martinez advance
The top seed, Steffi Graf of Germany, and the second seed, Conchita Martinez of Spain, advanced to the final of the $430,000 Delray Beach women’s t tournament in Florida yesterday Graf beat Anke Huber in straight sets Martinez defeated Brenda Schultz. The Independent on Sunday’s cricket correspondent, Derek Pringle, scored a rapid 64 in England’s ultimately inadequate total of 247 India take on the West Indies in the final today.. They lost four wickets for 16 runs with pacemen Paul Reiffel claiming three for 32 from 10 overs and Craig McDermott taking three for 37 in 6.5 – the last seven wickets tumbling for 59. The South African idol Barry Richards scored a brilliant century yesterday to steer his side to a four-wicket win over England in the third-place play-off of the Masters Cup in Bombay.
