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8 - CROSSROADS, TUESDAY, JULY 10,1990Track, soccer, hockey making the headlinesGeorgeGrossColumnist Toronto SunWith the findings of chief justice Charles Dubin just made public, the interest in track and field has been rekindled.Probably one of the most interesting international meets took place recently in the West German city of Eberstadt, where some of the world’s foremost high jumpers met in the traditional annual event.The expected winner,Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor, was suffering from a heel injury and placed fourth with a leap of 2.30 metres. . tThe surprising winner was Romania s Sorin Matei, who managed 2.36 metres, followed by Poland’s Artur Patyrka at 2.33 and then a group of four, all of whom cleared 2.30: Carlo Traenhardt, Dieter Moegenburg, Ralf Sonn, all of West Germany and, sandwiched between them, Sotomayer, who reached the height on fewer tries than Moegenburg and Sonn.SoccerWest German national coach and former captain of the 1974 World Cup champion West German national team, Franz Beckenbauer, keeps the experts guessingabout his future.There have been suggestions that Der Kaiser will coach the American national team in the 1994 World Cup, but Beckenbauer has since denied this. His name is also linked with coaching positions in Munich and Milan as Bayern Munichand Inter Milan have expressed interest inhis services.Meanwhile, restauranteurs in the 12 World Cup stadia in Italy are complaining about an estimated loss of $40 million aweek because of the taboo on booze.Czechoslovak ace Lubomir Moravcik of the Nitra club will transfer after the World Cup to St. Etienne of the French League and Eindhoven's Dutch star Wim Kieft is negotiating withBordeaux of the French League.HockeyThe International Ice Hockey Federation has decided to increase the number of teams in Group A from eight to 12, starting in 1992.As a result, no team will be dropped from Group A next spring at the world championship in Finland. Instead, the top four teams in Group B will be promoted to the elite division.These 12 teams will compete at the worldchampionships in Czechoslovakia in 1992 despite the fact that ‘92 is an Olympic year. Normally, the Olympic champion has been considered the world champion, but the IIHF recently decided to hold separate world and Olympic championships.West German president Dr. Gunther Sabetzki was re-elected to another term, as was Canadian vice-president Gordie Renwick of Cambridge.
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