Sport in Short: Football

CROATIA had a player sent off and police arrested several fans after fighting broke out during their 0-0 draw with Australia in Sydney yesterday. Goran Vuncevic, shown the red card in the 73rd minute for kicking Andrew Bernal while the former Ipswich Town player was on the ground, was the third Croatian to be dismissed in the three-match series against the Australians.

TRANSFER: Nick Cusack, striker, Darlington to Oxford, pounds 95,000.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES (Sydney): Australia 0 Croatia 0. (Johannesburg): South Africa 2 (C Masinga 43, B Masinga 51) Cameroon 2 (Pagal 6, Ewane 46).

VETERANS' EXHIBITION MATCH (Bologna): Italy 3 (Graziani 2, Rossi) Germany 4 (K Rummenigge, H Muller, Breitner, Hrubesch).