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1 Arsenal 's £2.5 million striker is in the dock for an off-the-ball punch on Tottenham 's David Howells in last Saturday 's stormy North London derby .
2 He was rehearsing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and the lines had fled ; what he hung on to was the physical business , and when he did some of it to the mirror it seemed poor stuff for the old Living Boomerang .
3 The first Irish rider home was Eugene McManus in 12th place .
4 The first Irish rider home was Eugene McManus in 12th place .
5 As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre .
6 Darlington 's John Bradley ( Bath University ) is also in the third spot in the 100m butterfly , with Tynemouth 's David Warren in fifth place .
7 Bert Whoriskey in third place also on 38pts missed his opportunity with an unfortunate six at the last .
8 The 28-year-old player led IFK Gothenburg in last night 's wed European Cup clash against Portugese champions FC Porto .
9 Ekstrom , 28 , led IFK Gothenburg in last night 's European Cup clash against FC Porto .
10 Business Week ranked Spencer Stuart in third place for 1988 with revenues of $81.7m. based on 1800 assignments carried out by 137 consultants .
11 Myriam Jerusalmi in third is married to Richard Fox , second in the men 's event . )
12 Snooker ( pairs ) , Lol Macdonald and Kevin Mahoney won with Ron Hill and Dair Rees in second place .
13 The 6ft 7in American slammed in 46 points as the Israelis beat Brixton Topcats in last night 's other quarter-final 99-89 .
14 The polls put him well ahead of George Bush , with the Independent Ross Perot in third place .
15 Last season 's women 's champion Anne Pashley is the top seed for the women 's singles with Stockton 's former England No 1 junior Jane Durham in second place .
16 Devon and West Torridge : Friday afternoon declaration could make this a crucial seat ; Emma Nicholson , who angered some local supporters by backing Michael Heseltine in leadership election , is fighting challenge of David McBride.Falmouth and Camborne : Former double Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe in first attempt to become an MP ; but Lib Dems believe retiring Tory David Mudd 's majority of just over 5,000 is vulnerable to Mrs Terrye Jones , chairman of the local district council .
17 ( He thinks of Marlon Brando in Last Tango . )
18 A woman co-accused with Winnie Mandela in last year 's kidnap and assault trial was said to have disappeared mysteriously yesterday from her Soweto home .
19 So was Mr Lamont in last year 's , pre-election , Budget : ‘ I have no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT . ’
20 She was chosen by one in five , narrowly beat sexy actress Kim Basinger 's 16 per cent , with Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer in third place .
21 STEPHEN HENDRY , beaten by Doug Mountjoy in last year 's final , overwhelmed Barry West 9-1 in their best-of-17-frames fourth-round match in the Stormseal UK Open at Preston Guild Hall yesterday , writes Clive Everton .
22 Brady turned down the loan deal — Boro keeper Steve Pears was injured — because he says he needs Bonner as cover for Gordon Marshall in next week 's UEFA Cup tie with Cologne .
23 It was a clean up for the Irish in the Junior Drum Majors competition , with Darren McBride once again dominating the top placing , and J Elvin in third , A McKeown in fourth and R Elvin in fifth places .
24 The best of the 125 riders is Darren Gawley in 18th , with Adrian Coates 20th , and his cousin Mark 22nd .
25 The American , who crashed to Russian qualifier Andrei Olhovskiy in last year 's third round , should have a straightforward opening match against Italian Gianluca Pozzi .
26 His team-mate Mark Jay finished seventh , Leo Cole , of the Chelmer was eighth , with East Anglian Vet Vic Stark in ninth and Tim Bright , of Braintree , completing the ten .
27 Graham Gooch , despite scoring only 47 in four innings , remains in second place behind Richie Richardson in the C&L list , with Robin Smith in fifth position .
28 Other successes for Central South teams ; Martin Brundle coming home in 4th for Benetton , Mauricio Gugelmin in 7th ; that 's Jordan 's best result of the year .
29 THE appearance of the former Wolves defender Derek Jefferson in last week 's column prompted a golden memory of 1975/76 from Iain Woods of Great Barr , Birmingham .
30 FOLLOWING the report on the Beech 18 entered in next year 's Round the World Air Race by Len Perry in last month 's News pages , Len has informed us that the Beech will not now be entered in the race due to modifications needed to meet the specification for the race detracting from the overall authenticity of the aircraft .
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