ARTHUR TUNSTALL, vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, gets Canada's 'Friendly Games' off to a controversial start by criticising the inclusion of disabled athletes.
Linford Christie limbers up for Victoria by winning the 100 metres in the Zurich Grand Prix. Two of those in his slipstream take defeat badly as Dennis Mitchell and Olapade Adeniken brawl in a hotel lobby.
Australia cap a grey year for the All Blacks, winning the Bledisloe Cup; Nick Price, the British Open golf champion, crowns a red letter one by taking the US PGA.
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