Sporting Digest: Football
THE former Gillingham manager Damien Richardson, now in charge at League of Ireland champions Cork City, has signed the Kent club's 20-year-old defender Paul Hague on a month's loan. He will be available for their European Cup preliminary round first leg tie at Cwmbran tomorrow.
SUNDAY'S LATE RESULTS: World Cup South American Group A (Barranquilla): Colombia 2 (Valenciano 3, Valencia 52) Argentina 1 (Bello 88); (Asuncion): Paraguay 2 (Mendoza 14, Chilavert pen 28) Peru 1 (Del Solar pen 45). Standings: 1 Colombia (P 3, Pts 5); 2 Argentina (3-4); 3 Paraguay (3-3); 4 Peru (3-0). Group B (Montevideo): Uruguay 1 (Fonseca 1) Brazil 1 (Rai 29); (La Paz): Bolivia 1 (Ramallo 18) Ecuador 0. Standings: 1 Bolivia (P 4, Pts 8); 2 Ecuador (4-4); 3 Brazil (4-4); 4 Uruguay (4-4); 5 Venezuela (4-0). African Nation's Cup Group Six (Brazzaville): Congo 0 Guinea 0 (Guinea to draw lots with Burundi to decide place in next year's finals. Other qualifiers: Ivory Coast (holders), Tunisia (hosts), Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Zaire, Zambia, Ghana, Mali, Egypt). Portuguese Super Cup second leg: Porto 1 Benfica 0 (agg. 1-1; cup shared).
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