The Week in Review: Sport
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Leeds United are drawn against VfB Stuttgart in the European Cup. Arsenal, intent on putting their house in order for the dawn of the Premier League, spend pounds 1.1m on renovations to their midfield with the purchase of Denmark's John Jensen. A legend is lost to the racehorse-training fraternity when Barney Curley vows to hang up his trilby. Dissatisfaction with racing in general is the root cause. Jeremy Bates transports his Wimbledon form to Washington where he records a second-round win over John McEnroe. The New Yorker loses a line-call argument, his temper, inevitably, and the match, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Bates's joy is short-lived, however with a refusal at the next fence, a wrist injury checking further progress.
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