Quotes of the week

WORLD CUP football returns to centre stage as the struggle to qualify for USA '94 continues. Goals from the Italian connection, David Platt and Paul Gascoigne, secure victory for England in Turkey; Wales, at home, defeat Belgium with the same scoreline; the Republic of Ireland beat their northern counterparts 3-0 in Dublin.

Ayrton Senna wins the Brazilian Grand Prix before his delirious hometown fans in Sao Paulo. Alain Prost, leading easily, crashes in the wet; Damon Hill takes his first points with second place; two other Britons, Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell, finish fourth and fifth.