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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

NEWS IN BRIEF

25 May, 1999 - 00:00

Andriy Shevchenko on World Team

On June 12, Sydney, the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, is to dedicate
the stadium destined to become the main Olympic arena. The festive program
includes a soccer match between the Australian national squad and a FIFA
World Stars team. The 110,000-seat stadium will see in the flesh the planet's
best players: 1998 world champions Bernard Lama, Youri Djorkaeff, Marcel
Desailli (all France), the German JЯrgen Klinsmann, and the Liberian George
Wea. Also on hand will be famous Italian forward Cristian Vieri, who, when
a boy, lived for 11 years in Australia where his father worked as a coach.
But the most pleasant news for us is that the select team also includes
Dynamo Kyiv and Ukrainian international forward Andriy Shevchenko. This
will be his second match for the world team. Andriy made his debut in this
capacity in 1997 at Moscow's Luznniki Stadium in the inaugural match of
the renovated stadium and the 850th anniversary of Moscow, The Day's
Kyrylo STADNYCHENKO reports.

Professional Boxing

The recent days off witnessed not only the heating up of the Kyiv mayoral
race. Kyivans were more interested in two big sports events, Europe's first
kiokushinkai karate and an international professional boxing tournament,
with the latter facing off Kyivan Rakhym Minhaleyev against Vladimir Borov
of Sofia for the Balkan championship and Mariupol native Oleksandr Hurov
versus Baston Malang of Johannesburg for the WBA world championship belt.
Both Ukrainian prizefighters gave their compatriots a fine evening in the
ring, set in the National Circus premises, defeating their rivals.


 

Karate
Of course, Ukrainian black belts were well prepared for the European championship
in kiokushinkai karate, held in Kyiv's Meridian Sports Complex. But nobody
expected them to come in first in overall unofficial team standings, outdoing
the very strong teams from Romania and Poland. The current first came as
a pleasant surprise for participants and spectators alike with the unexpected
victory of Kherson's oldest and most experienced Vadym Yakovenko, who has
trained for many years with the Ukrainian team's coach, Serhiy Vsevolod.
Two months ago the thirty-three year old karate master almost left the
sport after the national championship, also held in the Meridian, but at
the last moment he reconsidered, obviously thinking of the European gold
medal, and rejoined the team. And a good thing he did!

 

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