BRIEFLY : FRENCH DRIVER DIES IN LE MANS CRASH.Stephane Enjolras, a 21-year-old French driver, was killed Saturday when his car crashed and burned during pre-qualifications for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in Le Mans, France. Enjolras' Peugeot left the track and sailed into an adjoining wooden area where it burned. The last race driver killed at Le Mans was Jo Gartner Jo Gartner (January 24, 1954 – June 1, 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula career, including wins in Formula 2. He participated in eight F1 Grands Prix for Osella, debuting on May 6, 1984, scoring no points. , of Austria, during the 1986 race. The most notable accident at Le Mans was in 1955, when a Mercedes crashed and went into the stands, killing more than 80 people. The pre-qualifications reduce the field for the regular qualifications, which take place three days before the race on June 14-15. Mark Martin, trying to end a 1-1/2-year winless streak on the Winston Cup circuit, won the pole for today's Save Mart Supermarkets This article or section has multiple issues: * It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. * It may need to be to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. 300 on the 2.52-mile road course in Sonoma. GYMNASTICS: Former Olympic and world gymnastics medalist Dan Grecu is reported to be seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. in a hospital in Bucharest, Romania. ``He has liver, kidney and breathing deficiencies, and is unconscious,'' said his doctor, Ioan Stan. ``He may not get better.'' Grecu, 47, who specialized in the rings, is considered Romania's greatest male gymnast of all time, and has been a trainer for the men's national gymnastics team. Grecu was hospitalized because of food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that during the Orthodox Easter holiday last weekend. HOCKEY: Sweden scored two goals in the final four minutes for a 3-1 victory over the United States, reducing the Americans' chances of winning a medal at the World Hockey Championships in Turku, Finland. Travis Green's goal and an assist led Canada to a 6-0 victory over Italy, securing Canada's berth in the medal round. The Czech Republic beat France 9-3, and Germany won its first match at the 12-nation tournament, defeating Slovakia 1-0. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : Isaac Austin of the Miami Heat, who came back from a season in Turkey, was voted the NBA's most improved player In some sports, a Most Improved Player award is given to players who have improved the most over the year.
Austin, a 6-foot-10 center, averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds and shot 50 percent as the backup to Alonzo Mourning. He received 41 votes of a possible 115 from a panel of media members, 24 more than Toronto's Doug Christie. Austin's Miami teammate Voshon Lenard, was third with nine votes. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : Ground was broken on a new 67,000-seat, $160 million stadium for the Oilers in Nashville, Tenn. |
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