... They know they have to win or draw against their English rivals if they are to have a midsummer trip to Brazil for the World Cup series. The S.F.A. announcement that they would only send a team to Rio de Janeiro if Scotland won the British championship ...

... made a mistake in taking Sands to England last winter. Sands nearly froze to death and his fights were failures, he added. Sands has also rejected an offer to meet the world welterweight champion, Ray Robinson, in the U.S. next month. ...

... Russian Hero; 33 bar six Cricket Tourists Arrive Home THE advance guard of the Commonwealth cricket team arrived back in England by air yesterday after their winter tour of India and Pakistan. The party was made up of the captain, Jack Livingston, Frank ...

... Pickpockets Are Being Locked Up at Rio PROTECTION FOR WORLD CUP TOURISTS 010 is carrying out an antipickpocket campaign during the World Cup championships. The campaign has been launched by the Department of Theft and Vigilance and the department's Chief ...

... for their visit to West Bromwich. Aston, the England full back, continues to lead the Manchester United attack, but Carey is still absent for the match at Fulham. Even Badminton Hit The Crombie Badminton Cup matches —Peterhead v. Kincardine and Fraserburgh ...

... Wielema, fifteen-yearold Dutch girl, last night beat the world record for the 100 yards backstroke at Hilversum, clocking 1 minute 4.6 seconds. The official record is 1 minute 5.1 seconds. England Complete Fifteen B. Boobbyer, the Oxford University centre ...

... to defer Germany's readmission until the annual meeting of F.1.F.A., which will be held in Rio during the playing of the World Cup finalsl then moved that the motion to permit the return of Germany and Japan should not receive any support from the Executive ...

... between the English League and the Scottish League tends*to' be regarded as just.another representative match. With' the World Cup series due this summer, the inter-league' clash at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, to-day assumes additional importance. Changes ...

... Association, at Burnt Oak. Middlesex The other parties might as well get used to the idea that Liberal revival is a reality. Sir Basil Neven-Spence at Stromnes —The people that governed us in the past four to five vears have had no experience. They are not ...

... consideration that the sole defeat was at the hands of the world flyweight champion. Dado Marino, who won on points after hectic ten-round battle. Almond, whose father hails from the North England, will takr the place of Vic Herman against Black Pico, flv ...

... South, a goalkeeper with an outside chance of playing for Scotland against England at Hampden, put up a magnificent display against Rangers in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup. It was sheer tragedy that the goalkeeper's only blemish should give the ...

... raised by New Zealand provincial associations against the use of professional coaches in Plunket Shield sides, says the writer. Joey Maxim gives the punchbag some nasty knocks while training for his world lightheavyweight title fight with Freddie Mills, which ...