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Ginola in Angola for anti-mine campaignLUANDA: Exactly one year after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, French football star David G...

Ginola in Angola for anti-mine campaign

LUANDA: Exactly one year after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, French football star David Ginola arrived in Angola to carry on the Princess8217; work raising funds for victims of landmines. quot;I hope to sensitise everyone 8211; through football, the media and the international Red Cross 8211; to the problems of landmines,quot; Ginola told journalists on his arrival in Luanda. The footballer, who plays for the english club tottenham Hotspur, will visit Huambo and Kuito, the two cities which suffered the greatest devastation during Angola8217;s 20-year Civil War. Aside from watching mine clearers at work and visiting amputees, Ginola will lace up his football shoes for a friendly game with some mine victims.

Oliver Bierhoff new captain of Germany

ST. JULIANS Malta: Oliver Bierhoff, the striker who shot to fame two years ago with the golden goal8217; which won the European Nations Cup for Germany, has been named captain of the German football team, it was announcedhere today. Bierhoff, 30, who had played in obscurity for years before he scored the goal that earned him fame, will replace veteran striker Juergen Klinsmann, who ended his career for Germany after the World Cup. Bierhoff8217;s appointment as captain was announced by German coach Berti Vogts here today.

Mike Tyson8217;s car accident leads to a near brawl

WASHINGTON: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was treated and released from a Maryland Hospital last evening after a minor traffic accident nearly turned into a fist fight, local police officials said. Montgomery county police received calls from witnesses after Tyson8217;s green Mercedes, driven by his wife, collided lightly with another vehicle in Gaithersburg, Maryland, police spokesman Derek Baliles said.

The witnesses said Tyson quot;appeared as if he wanted to fight the driver of the other carquot; and had to be restrained by his wife and bodyguards travelling in a vehicle behind him. The other driver was identified only as an adultmale.

Police arrived on the scene just after Tyson had left, but pulled him over a few minutes later.

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While they were talking with him, Tyson complained of chest pains and his wife took him to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, where he was evaluated and released, a hospital spokesman said adding Tyson suffered no serious injuries. Baliles said no charges were brought against either driver because police had not witnessed the incident. Either party could still bring charges, he added.