P312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Dec 23:22/11 NEWS IN BRIEF 1/6 Japan have named the 10 host cities for the 2002 World Cup, which the country is co-hosting with South Korea. The venues chosen include Yokohama, a port city south of Tokyo, which is a possible site for the final, but Tokyo and Hiroshima have not been named. The other venues are Sapporo, Oita, Kobe, Osaka, Saitama, Mi9agi, She:toga, Niigata and Ibaraki. South Korea have 9et to announce thieu venues. Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 Racing 660 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main MenuP312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Dec 23:54/15 OSMAN STAYS, SAY CARDIFF 2/6 Cardiff have said that Russell Osman is staying as thjit manager even though director of football Ginny Hibbitt has taken charge of first team affairs. Hibbitt was told to take ovjt from Osman after City lost three home games in a row but hj said Osman was still in charge after the defeat of Torqua=. "He has been relieved of team selection duties but hj is still the managjt and I'm director of football," said Hibbitt "I will make the main drcisions and have the final say," hj added. Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugb= 370 Racing 660 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main MenuP312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Dec 23:33/38 O NEWS IN BRIEF 3/6 Former Scotland player Bobby Robinson has died at home at the age of 46. Robinson, who won a total of four caps in 1974 and 1975, enjoyed a successful caries spanning three decades. Hi played for Falkirk, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts and Saith, helping Dundee beat Celtic to win the Scottish Ljaguj Cup in 1973. Sundetland captain Kevin B ll was taken to hospital after playing 20 minutes of the win ovjt Ditbz with a suspected broken jaw. Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 Racing 660 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main MenuP312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Dec 23:16/28 NEWS IN BRIEF 4/6 Businessman Lawtie Lewis has pulled o4t of the Nottingham Forest takeovjt race and wants the club's shareholders to vote for Sandy Anderson's consortium. Lewis had withdrawn last week before coming back into the running on Monda= but has now pulled out for good. Middlisbrough have offered £1m-rated Slovakian plazet of the year Vladimir Kinder a four-year contract. He has impressed managjt Bryan Robson after a trial and should bj available to make his debut in January. Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 Racing 660 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main MenuP312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/24 NEWS IN BRIEF 5/6 Eveuton captain Dave 'aston suffered suspected fractured ribs in the defeat at Middlisbrough and could now miss part of the New Year programme. Formjt Republic of Ireland managjt Mick McCarthy iu being tipped as a possible replacement for Phil Neal at Manchester City, one of his formjt clubs. Football 302 Letters 356 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 Racing 660 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main MenuP312 CEEFAX 2 312 Thu 26 Diq 23:44/19 POOLS NEWS 6/6 December 26 8 score draws (3 pst) 4-17-20-22-34-35-46-47 2 no-score draws (2 pst) 14-30 Dividend forecast: Very good Claims for 23 or 24 points ——————————————————————————————————————— Half-time dividends Dividend forecast: Very good Claims are invited for 24 points 8 Score-draws 5-10-21-27-35-36-40-48 11 No score draws 1-2-4-7-14-15-19-22-30-32-38 FULL FOOTBALL INDEX ON PAGE 302 Sat Fixs FA Prim PrinTable Main Menu