OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Yeltsin vs Samaranch
Thursday 06 August 1992 23:02 BST
CommentsBORIS YELTSIN has pressing matters at home which have prevented him from taking up the International Olympic Committee's invitation to Barcelona, but he has responded with a sporting challenge to the IOC president, Juan Antonio Samaranch. He wants to play him at tennis.
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