Brazilian soccer legend Pele supports the U.S. as the site for the 1994 World Cup. The U.S., Brazil, Chile and Morocco have applied to hold the event. A decision will be made next June.
Edwin Moses finished 10 meters ahead of Kriss Akabusi, winning the 400-meter hurdles in 48.07 seconds in London. Debbie Flintoff had her best time of the season, winning the women`s 400-meter hurdles in 54.80. Butch Reynolds won the men`s 400 meters in 44.42, with Innocent Egbunike second at 44.80. Fatima Whitbread won the women`s javelin with a throw of 236 feet 11 inches. . . . Stefan Fernholm threw the discus 229 feet in Malmo, Sweden, the longest toss this year.
Shawn O`Sullivan, the 1984 Olympic silver medalist, will face Chicagoan Norberto Bueno in a 10-round welterweight bout Aug. 20 in New York.
Auburn quarterback Jeff Burger`s academic suspension has been lifted by Warren Brandt, the school`s vice president of academic affairs, removing one of two hurdles for Burger playing his senior season.
He also has been ruled ineligible by Auburn officials and reported to the NCAA because quaterback coach Pat Sullivan bailed Burger out of jail after a fight. An academic honesty committee voted last week to suspend Burger for two quarters for allegedly plagiarizing a class report.
Burger appealed that decision to Brandt, who said at the time he had never overturned a vote by the academic honesty committee.
Whether Soviet basketball star Arvidas Sabonis ever plays for the National Basketball Association`s Portland Trail Blazers probably depends on the International Basketball Federation, according to Soviet coach Alexander Gomelsky. Sabonis is rehabilitating a torn right Achilles` tendon. The International Basketball Federation is expected to decide next fall whether to make basketball an open sport for the 1992 Olympics. If it votes to open the doors, the 7-foot-2-inch center would be able to play for the Blazers without jeopardizing his amateur status.
”But it must be stipulated,” Gomelsky said, ”that he will play for the Soviet team in all international competitions, even if he is playing as a professional.”
