The Week in Review: Sport
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Your support makes all the difference.TRUEMAN and Statham, Hall and Griffith, Lillee and Thomson. . . the wiles of Waqar and Wasim bring the five-Test cricket series to an almost inevitable conclusion at The Oval where Pakistan win the match by 10 wickets and the series
2-1. If their two strike bowlers stay healthy, they must surely become as formidable as history's most feared combinations. Graham Gooch, the losing captain, demonstrates his great powers of resilience by agreeing to lead England to India and Sri Lanka this winter.
The Olympic Games conclude with a historical victory in the men's marathon for Hwang Young-cho. The last Korean to win the event was Sohn Kee-chung in Berlin in 1936 but he was forced to represent Japan (as Kitei Son), whose forces had occupied his country. Sohn watches his compatriot's achievement from the crowd in Barcelona's Montjuic Stadium. Koichi Morishita, of Japan, is second.
Nick Faldo, in the good golfing company of his fellow major title-holders, Fred Couples and Tom Kite, makes a solid start to the US PGA Championship in St Louis.
Nigel Mansell takes to the Hungaroring near Budapest where victory in the grand prix will ensure the crowning of the first British world drivers' champion since James Hunt in 1976. Ayrton Senna, the reigning champion, is courted by Ferrari for next season.
The number of transfers in the football market approaches the amount on Mansell's Williams-Renault as the Premier League prepares to kick off.
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