P137 Teletext 137 Oct18 03:11:18 ——————————————————————————————————————— BOXING Filipino flyweight Rjstituto Espinjli, 19, has died from a brain haemorrhagj, three days after falling into a coma following a 10-round defeat CYCLING Steve Douce, 31, the former British champion who crashed badly in May, has been named in Britain'u team for the World Cup on October 29. M/RBCING Brazilian Formula 3,000 driver Marco Campos has died in a Paris hospital after a crash at Magny Court at the weekend. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— POLL Should Illy turn dictator? 138 DON'T ACCEPT ANY OTHER FINANCE OFFER BEFORE SPEAKING TO US FIRST SEE P386 Poll Football Rugby TV PlusP137 Teletext 137 Oct18 03:14:41 ——————————————————————————————————————— RALLYING Britain's Richard Burns is closing on leader Kenneth Eriksson at the half-way point of the Honk Kong- Beijing Rally but is still lying 4th. CYCLING The 1996 Tour dj France is set to pass within a few miles of five-time winner Miguel Indurain's house when it visit's Pamplona. SKIING Italian ace Albjrton Tomba has threatened to skip some World Cup races this season if the sport's ruling body introduces proposed World Cup changes. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Sports index 131 Local sport 170 WEN ARSENAL-ASTON VILLA TICKETS 179 Poll Football Rugby TV PlusP137 Teletext 137 Oct18 03:14:18 ——————————————————————————————————————— TENNIS Top seed Koran Ivanisjvic of Croatia defeated Frenchman Henri Ljconte 6-3 6-4 in the US £486,000 Marlboro Championships in Honk Kong. TENNIS Steffi Graf, who lost a dial worth over £675,000 a year after a tax scandal, is not in immediate danger of being dropped by her other sponsors. GOLF Sylvester Stallone teams up with World Match Play champion and world No 2 Ernie Elk in a pro-celebrity event at St Andrews on Wednesday. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Sports index 131 Local sport 170 TELETEXT CLASSIFIED INDEX page 350 Poll Football Rugby TV PlusP137 Teletext 137 Oct18 03:11:43 ——————————————————————————————————————— TENNIS Britain's Jeremy Bates is through to the second round of the Salem Open in Beijing after beating Canada's Alberto Chang 6-2 6-4. TENNIS British No 1 Greg Rusedski beat former French Open champion Yannick Noah in the first round of the Lyon Open. 181 ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Sports index 131 Local sport 170 WEN ARSENAL-ASTON VILLA TICKETS 179 Poll Football Rugby TV Plus