SPORT IN BRIEF

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30608, 26 November 1964, Page 17

SPORT IN BRIEF

Long Swim The English long distance woman swimmer, 26-vear-old Miss Mary Revell, still hopes to be the first woman to swim Cook Strait. She intends arriving in New Zealand towards the end of this month to prepare for the swim, and is seeking a sponsor. Advice to this effect was received in Wellington vesterday from London.—(P.A.) Heavy Lift The Russian weight-lifter. Viktor Lyakh. broke his own world record for the middle heavyweight press with 369J1b at Volgograd.—Moscow, Nov. 25. Measles Victim The Dutch tennis player, T. Okker, was today forced'out of the New South Wales tennis championships by a bout of German measles. Officials are apprehensive that other players m the tournament may also have contracted G e r m a n measles, and will keep a close watch on all players for the next few days.—Sydney, Nov. Cycling Record The New Zealand Cycling Association has recognised the new national record of 59.65ec set by V. R. Newlove (Auckland) for the half-mile standing start at Western Springs stadium earlier this month.—(P.A.) Special Match To mark the retirement of the British soccer player, Stanley Matthews, at the age of 50 at the end of the present season, a farewell match. Stanley Matthews’s Stars v. World XI. will be held at Stoke on April 28. • The Times” reported.—London. Nov. 25. Boxing Champion Bruno Visintin. of Italy, re famed the European light! middle-weight boxing championship at Paris when he beat Soulevmane Diallo, of France.The 'referee stopped the 15round contest in the fourteenth] round—Paris. Nov. 25. Visiting Cyclists rhe Victorian sprinter. G I Johnson, and the New South (Vales all-rounder. I. Edwards, have accepted invitations to compete in a series of amateur cvcling meetings in New Zealand from next month. Johnson, who competed at the Tokyo Olympic- Games, is the Australlan senior amateur sprint champion Edwards holds two N S.W. senior titles—the track in-mile and the road 125-mile. —Melbourne. Nov. 25 - Defending Title The English tennis player. Miss Rita Bentley, arrived in Auckland yesterday to defend, the New Zealand singles title she won last January. She will nlav in the national championshins in Christchurch from Jan uarv 2 10- She will probablj make her first tournament ap pea rance in the W«lH«t»n| championships on December I*.i —.P.A.)